Helpful Score: 1
If you are looking for a psychologically accurate portrayal of someone with multiple personality disorder, this is not the book for you. Holly, the main character, has several personalities living her head, but she did not suffer the extreme sexual abuse that most people with DID experience. Her parents were physically abusive, but not to the extreme that causes DID. She is also able to hear and have conversations with each of the voices in her head.
This story is actually a funny, often suspenseful, story of Holly learning about who she is and how her voices came to be. I enjoyed the story line and it is a very quick read. The personality of the personalities comes out clearly and you can easily form opinions on who you like and who you do not like. This is a very enjoyable, quirky book.
There are several parts of the plot that confused me. OFten times the images the author tries to portray jumble together in the dialouge between the different personalities. Also, the relationship between Holly & her boyfriend confused me. She seemed apathetic to him in her thinking, yet she behaved needy when they would argue. The book tried to make the boyfriend sound like a bad guy, but I just didn't pick up on that at all. The author also leaves out information in the plot and expects the reader to be able to fill in the blanks. This left an unfinished, abrupt feeling to the story.
The author of this book also lives in some kind of weird commune.
This story is actually a funny, often suspenseful, story of Holly learning about who she is and how her voices came to be. I enjoyed the story line and it is a very quick read. The personality of the personalities comes out clearly and you can easily form opinions on who you like and who you do not like. This is a very enjoyable, quirky book.
There are several parts of the plot that confused me. OFten times the images the author tries to portray jumble together in the dialouge between the different personalities. Also, the relationship between Holly & her boyfriend confused me. She seemed apathetic to him in her thinking, yet she behaved needy when they would argue. The book tried to make the boyfriend sound like a bad guy, but I just didn't pick up on that at all. The author also leaves out information in the plot and expects the reader to be able to fill in the blanks. This left an unfinished, abrupt feeling to the story.
The author of this book also lives in some kind of weird commune.
