If you are intrigued by the psychiatric aspects of the storyline, as was I, it will keep you reading. On a positive note, despite the redundant reading, the writing itself-as with most of Koontz's novels-flows very easily. When this is finally over, and the ending resolved, I just did not feel satisfied. It is just an awkward interruption to the flow of things. To make things worse, the climax at the end was interrupted by an obnoxious family quarrel. Outside of the doctor, the characters-though fairly written-are not memorable in anyway. At times, the descriptions was too graphic for me. It had redundant scenes, and was fairly predictable. This book was just too long (750 pages paperback). The rest of the story involves how they will escape his influence, then expose the Doctor. Although it takes a couple of hundred pages to establish this, he is not a major character up until this point. Do not worry, I have not ruined the surprise by telling you of Ahriman's involvement. His doctoral specialty is hypnotic-therapy. Ahriman is the son of a renowned (and dead) movie director-whose eyes the Doctor keeps in a bottle looking for inspiration. These mental and physical events have come about and are related directly to both ladies' psychiatrist-the creepy Dr. So when Susan sets up a camcorder to record her sleeping hours, she is in for a huge surprise after viewing the tape. Even though she ca not remember these rapes, she feels "unclean" each morning.
What's more, Susan knows she is being visited and raped at night-in her sleep-by her separated husband, Eric, even though she keeps her windows and doors locked. Martie's best friend, Susan Jagger, is also newly coping with agoraphobia, fear of the outdoors. Skeet apparently has had some sort of odd visions recently.
At the same time, her husband's younger half-brother, Skeet Caulfield, has decided to jump off the roof of a building the two men are repairing. ``Martie'' Rhodes, has developed a rare mental disorder: autophobia, fear of oneself. Brief Summary: A married couple and those surrounding them suffer from obscure disorders - including fear of oneself.īefore I give you my full opinion of this novel, let us examine the story.
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