Oormi's bookshelf: favorites

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Eragon
A Great and Terrible Beauty
The Immortals of Meluha
The Secret of the Nagas
The Oath of the Vayuputras
Tell Me Your Dreams
The Doomsday Conspiracy
The Sky Is Falling
The Rozabal Line
Snow White Must Die
Lexicon
The Dark Room
Blood Eagle
The Taj Conspiracy
Ogilvy on Advertising
The Girl Who Played with Fire
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Digital Fortress
Angels and Demons


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"To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself, a refuge from almost all the miseries of life." - Somerset Maugham

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Tell Me Your Dreams by Sidney Sheldon




Personally, the best possible way to drive me to buy a book is by telling me it involves suspense, thrill and fiction. Because quite honestly, these are the only factors that keep the book glued to most of our hands. I came across Tell Me Your Dreams when I made a trip to the local library. I asked the librarian for fiction and suspense recommendations, which is when he asked 'Will a psychological thriller do?'. And yes, I was as excited as a  fat kid at Willy Wonka's factory. He handed over this book to me, I read through the back of the book, bought it, and started reading the moment I got home. This was one of the first Sidney Sheldon books I read, and it is what drove me to read the rest of the books. 
The story begins as the main protagonist Ashley Patterson is introduced as having a fear of being stalked. She finds herself in strange situations and happenings that could mean only one thing - She is being followed, and threatened.  A brief history about her life is provided. Sheldon also mentions two other characters, Toni Prescott and Alette Peters. All the three characters, in their mid to late 20's, happen to work at the same place 'Global Computer Graphics'. Th story entails each of the women's personal experiences, and how they spend their day, how they think, who they meet, etc. 
We're also told about a series of murders that take place under weird circumstances. As the plot progresses,  we are provided with shocking facts about the characters and the interconnected instances. It is impossible to imagine how the story steers itself to junctions that are absolutely unpredictable. Sheldon walks us through the human mind and how deep one's psych is, passing through the darkest and most unimaginable parts of the human mind. 
There are not one, but two plots here, which leaves every reader at the edge of their seat. The story is WONDERFULLY written. A gorgeous piece of work. Every dot aptly connected and every secret revealed in time, 'Tell Me Your Dreams' is THE ULTIMATE must have psychological thriller! 

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