Tell Me Your Dreams

I was at the bookstore on the weekend and the owner told me they don't sell Sheldon anymore, they just dump them in the free box out front, apparently no one buys them anymore. That really is a shame as he's a brilliant writer and Tell Me Your Dreams is another example of his excellent ability to pull together a story.

This time we enter the world of a serial killer only all is not what it appears initially. I won't say more and ruin it, but I can tell you it's good. A mixture of legal, crime & psychology thriller that follows the victims, identifies the perpetrator then goes through their treatment and ends brilliantly.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book especially it's setting, namely the Silicon Valley. I worked for web start-ups during the internet bubble (the start of the book). Later the trial though the circumstances completely different, the media circus reminds me greatly of our current "trial of the century" up here, the trial of Scott Peterson. But the book in its deceptive simplicity takes on a rather serious subject, MPD and molestation. There's an afterword, contact info for more information and a bibliography.

Sidney Sheldon thinks outside the box with Tell Me Your Dreams. You either love it or hate it, as Ashley Patterson is a complex character struggling with multiple personality disorder or in lamens terms, the chick has a split personality. This leads to the mystery of events/things happening all around Ashley and Toni, Alette, and Ashley's dad trying to help Ashley get a handle on it. The chapters can get a bit confusing, but by the end everything is brought together in an abrupt end that gives you more than enough satisfaction if you're made it that far into the book. It's a read once and put it on the shelf book.

I'm glad that it's finished. Not because I didn't like it, but just because it was too spooky and got under my skin. Sidney Sheldon has that effect on you. His stories get under your skin.

Tell Me Your Dreams was full of suspense, gory murders, science and the question of what really was the crime?

A gripping story about hate, illness and controversies, Tell Me Your Dreams was an amazing read!

I have this added to my personal bookshelf, and even though I can't remember when I finished it, I will forever love Sidney Sheldon. I'm sure if he'd lived longer he'd have written more enjoyable books but it's amazing how he can construct three different characters and meld them into one so seamlessly, with such a surprise ending..Love It!!

Not at all scary once I was past the first few pages of stalker stuff. I guessed the main twist before it was revealed and I'd been suspecting that something odd was going on well before then. The final twist didn't exactly come as much of a surprise either. Neither the trial nor the treatment by the doctors in the hospital seemed at all realistic.

I'm giving it 3 stars because it did get me to read it all in one sitting.

Read in one sitting - wow what a ride!

Picked me up from page one, the story twisted and turned and did not let me go until the very last page!

The end is chilling!