Daniel Keyes was an American author best known for his Hugo award-winning short story and Nebula award-winning novel Flowers for Algernon. Keyes was given the Author Emeritus honor by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 2000.
Keyes was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York. At age 17, he joined the U.S. Maritime Service as ship's purser. He obtained a B.A. in psychology from Brooklyn College, and after a stint in fashion photography (partner in a photography studio), earned a Master's Degree in English and American Literature at night while teaching English in New York City public schools during the day and writing weekends.
In the early 1950s, he was editor of the pulp magazine Marvel Science Fiction for publisher Martin Goodman. Circa 1952, Keyes was one of several staff writers, officially titled editors, who wrote for such horror and science fiction comics as Journey into Unknown Worlds, for which Keyes wrote two stories with artist Basil Wolverton. From 1955-56, Keyes wrote for the celebrated EC Comics, including its titles Shock Illustrated and Confessions Illustrated, under both his own name and the pseudonyms Kris Daniels, A.D. Locke and Dominik Georg.
The short story and subsequent novel, Flowers for Algernon, is written as progress reports of a mentally disabled man, Charlie, who undergoes experimental surgery and briefly becomes a genius before the effects tragically wear off. The story was initially published in the April 1959 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction and the expanded novel in 1966. The novel has been adapted several times for other media, most prominently as the 1968 film Charly, starring Cliff Robertson (who won an Academy Award for Best Actor) and Claire Bloom. He also won the Hugo Award in 1959 and the Nebula Award in 1966.
Keyes went on to teach creative writing at Wayne State University, and in 1966 he became an English and creative writing professor at Ohio University, in Athens, Ohio, where he was honored as a professor emeritus in 2000.
Keyes' other books include The Fifth Sally, The Minds of Billy Milligan, The Touch, Unveiling Claudia, and the memoir Algernon, Charlie, and I: A Writer's Journey.
I have to say that the personalities of Sally are too ideal... as if they're from the textbook. But comparing to The Minds of Billy Milligan, through Fifth Sally I've learned more things about MPD. 1. So actually those "persons" didn't die or disappear; instead, they became parts of Sally. Just like part of me likes art such as dancing, and drawing and part of me likes science and psychology, but I didn't develop individual personalities out of them. 2. Environments matter a lot, but what matters even more is whether you're willing to let go. In my opinion, I think that part of the reasons why Jinx was created was because Sally still hoped that her father would come back. *My thoughts come from The Time Paradox by Phillip Zimbardo and John Boyd. (The past-negative kind) 3. Umm... MPD really requires lots of imagination... I still wonder how those personalities talk to each other... and how do they actually see each other in the mirror. Is that only based on her imagination?
Well, that was quite a book I didn't like it. I thought the idea was interesting but the way it's written... Do you know that feeling when a character does something but you are the one feeling embarrassed, ashamed even? For a strong half of this book that's what I felt. I would close it, take a deep breath and only then open it and continue reading. Questions like 'seriously?!' and 'you are not actually doing/saying that, are you?' would not leave me. This book was so hard to read. And if I was not feeling that I was feeling disgust. All those scenes from Sally's childhood. It was awful. I understand that it is what it is but still. It's so hard to believe, so hard to imagine that people like that can actually exist that you end up either thinking how unnecessary it all was or how disgusting. Funny thing, her present was not much better. All those conversations about sex, all those graphic descriptions, thoughts... don't get me wrong, I am one of those people who read fanfictions, so I'm quite used to graphic sex descriptions but here it was unnecessarily, I don't know how to put it,.. dirty? It's like her whole life was about sex. How she can or cannot, want or don't want to do it, and why. And finally, the psychological part... I felt like I was given a lecture and by a boring professor too. You know how in films characters say something that is obviously said only for the viewers? Well, most of the psychological stuff looked a lot like that type of exposition to me. Especially closer to the end. And I am not talking about all that philosophical/religious crap. Now, the last thing I want to talk about is how predictable the book was. Just after reading the preview you can tell how it will end. Just think about the most obvious end and this is the one you'll get. Sally's okay and alone, ready to begin her new life. Hooray. How predictable. Overall, I did not like this book. Not even a little bit.
I thought it would be something different. It was surprisingly an easy read, I literally flew through it. But at the same time, something was missing for me. It felt kinda strange. And I didn't like Sally's relationship with men. The romance was too instant. And unnatural. And just not for me. Everyone who reads this book should be aware of all the triggers -rape, violence, child abuse, etc.
"In a sense, everything revolves around the time of the Past -. Remember This -. Feel the future -. Wait for all fragments, all fragments -. Minutes, seconds, fractions of seconds - should be taken into account, so that you can connect them, if necessary, as the mosaic elements, and get the story of his life, history itself. " 鉁� Review: It was waiting for this book, the last product of Keyes: "A mysterious story of Billy Miligana" and "Flowers for Algernon" I was not just surprised and shocked and became one of his favorite books in his personal top in the top ten! And how could I miss out on a new novel Keyes ?! I bought in the first days of the start of sales 鈽�
The novel was written a couple of years before the mysterious story ... Home Sally heroine suffers like Billy because of childhood trauma LSU, but it is not the individual 24, and only 5 (including Sally). After the actions of alternative personalities, usually the heroine does not remember anything. Personality Sally is not so interesting as Billy: Beauty Bella Nola intelligent, logical Derry, gray mouse Sally and evil Jinks. A doctor who treats Sally applied very strange fusion methods of treatment and hypnosis ... Written easy and clear to read without interruption in the same breath, contains a minimal amount of scientific and medical terms. But after Billy stars from the sky is not enough, so do not expect the level of the previous works of the book Keyes My rating: 4/5
It was a fictional story about a woman with 5 personalities. It was tame compared to the real life accounts. The Billy Mulligan book he wrote was more exciting.
Ammetto di aver terminato questo libro e di esserne rimasta un po' perplessa. Non perch茅 sia brutto, ma perch茅 ho trovato che ci siano molte parti in pi霉, di cui francamente potevo fare anche a meno, soprattutto a fronte di 358 pagine.
Come il titolo suggerisce, la storia ha come protagonista Sally Porter, ma anche Derry, Nola, Bella e Jinx. Sally non lo sa ma in lei vivono ben cinque persone, ognuna diversa e ognuna convinta di esistere davvero. La sua vita 猫 fatta di mal di testa e amnesie, buchi di ore o giorni di cui non ricorda neanche un particolare. Confusa da questa situazione decide di chiedere aiuto al dottor Ash.
Il cuore del racconto sono naturalmente queste personalit脿 multiple che convivono nel corpo di Sally. Jinx 猫 la violenta, Bella 猫 l'attrice disinibita, Nola l'artista e l'intellettuale, Derry quella gentile e affabile. Il rapporto che si 猫 venuto a creare tra loro 猫 strano e particolare, non solo per la situazione in se, gi脿 piuttosto originale, ma perch猫 crea quasi una gerarchia di personalit脿, in cui Sally, udite udite, non 猫 a capo. Gi脿 l'idea di far raccontare a Derry in prima persona e alle altre in terza sottolinea come questa sia la personalit脿 guida di questa donna, quella che cercher脿 di mettere insieme le cose pur cercando di sopravvivere. Si perch茅 il terrore delle quattro Sally "in pi霉" 猫 questo: se la terapia avr脿 successo che ne sar脿 di loro? E cos矛 Derry si trova un gradino sopra le altre e diventa la vera protagonista di un racconto fatto di continui mutamenti. A seconda della situazioni una delle cinque donne spunta fuori: l脿 dove ci vuole sfacciataggine Bella d脿 uno spintone alle altre e prende il controllo, se ci vuole affabilit脿 e buon senso 猫 Derry ad avere la meglio. E se Sally 猫 in pericolo (vero o presunto)? Il vaso di Pandora si scoperchia ed 猫 Jinx a palesarsi.
Viene naturale chiedersi chi sono queste donne? Da dove spuntano fuori? E qui non ho trovato una grande originalit脿 quando l'autore ha tirato fuori un'infanzia difficile, fatta di abusi e di perdite. Ma non 猫 questo che non mi ha convinto del romanzo. Sono i filoni romantici e pi霉 sensuali ad essermi sembrati un surplus. In poche pagine Sally incontra e incanta non uno ma due uomini, che si dichiarano immediatamente innamorati di lei, pronti a comprendere la sua situazione tutt'altro che semplice. Credibile? Possibile? Mica tanto, ma soprattutto poco utile nell'economia del racconto. Alla fine mi sono chiesta: Todd ed Eliot sono stati cos矛 necessari? Hanno dato veramente qualcosa al racconto? La mia risposta 猫 no, solo qualche scena piccantella. E veniamo al sesso. Ok, lungi da me essere bacchettona su questo argomento, anzi, capisco che sia una componente psicologia importante nel trascorso di Sally... tuttavia, cavoli, tutti lei li trova? Non pu貌 uscire di casa che qualcuno le si struscia addosso, la palpa, la guarda con lascivia o ci prova. Anche qui, una forzatura continua.
Non mi ha convita, proprio no. Non ho fatto fatica a leggerlo, anzi scorre veloce, 猫 scritto bene (con qualche congiuntivo che lascia a desiderare), anche se la storia forse risente degli anni passati dall'edizione originale (1980) a quella italiana (2018), tuttavia avrei preferito meno fronzoli esterni (anche la storia del manichino... mah) e magari un finale meno tagliato di netto. Insomma 猫 un classico 猫 intelligente ma non si applica.
芦 La quinta Sally si presenta come un viaggio intimo e travagliato nei pi霉 angusti recessi della mente umana, spingendosi oltre la normale psicanalisi e mirando a scalfire una superficie fragile ed indubbiamente pericolosa. Sin dal suo incipit ritroviamo quell'intensit脿 narrativa capace di colpire il lettore, catturarlo in una morsa quasi soffocante che difficilmente lascer脿 la presa.Affascinata ed impotente, curiosa oltre la naturale sete di sapere. Cos矛 mi sono sentita sin dal mio primo incontro con Sally, Nola, Derry, Bella e Jinx. 禄
2.0-2.5猸愶笍 My problem is that I still associate Daniel Keyes with 鈥淔lowers for Algernon鈥�, which is a) a brilliant book and b) one of my favorites. Now 鈥淭he Fifth Sally鈥� is also not bad. It is very interesting and gives a pretty broad overview of multiple personality diagnoses. However, the biggest con in this book is that Sally, being a very intelligent and logical person, is completely unaware of her situation. While everyone else around her can clearly see it but seems to be totally on board with it. Some are even happy with it. What an absurdity.
From the childhood, according to our relatives,they explain to us what is good, what is bad. To build our consciousness. Freud also said that it is very important that in childhood no shocks occur that will contribute to inferior maturation. But, what if there are not those who are able to explain to you what is good and what is bad. What if you try to formulate your consciousness yourself? What if your childhood was not cloudless at all and you are not that strong , you can not cope with this alone. Then your consciousness asks for help and finds it in creating a new alter ego or maybe a few. Dissociative personality disorder (cleavage) has not been fully understood to this day, but one of the reasons is that we are not able to carry these events alone, creating ourselves stronger, smart, brave, able to endure pain. -not the whole you, now there is more than one you exist in one body.and only professional help - is a cure,someone who will genuinely believe and want to help you, will be able to help u see the way , to remember all , to not step back and reunite with one own self . The book, as always, which was to be expected from the author is amazing. I was very much looking forward to translating Daniel Keyes's books, since after reading several times "flowers for algernon" and "minds of billy milligan" -this author remains the most beloved and the only one, able to take me to another world from the very first pages of his completely unexplored worlds. 小邪屑芯谐芯 写械褌褋褌胁邪 ,斜谢邪谐芯写邪褉褟 薪邪褕懈屑 褉芯写薪褘屑 薪邪屑 芯斜褗褟褋薪褟褞褌 , 褔褌芯 褌邪泻芯械 褏芯褉芯褕芯, 褔褌芯 褌邪泻芯械 锌谢芯褏芯. 肖芯褉屑懈褉褍褞 褌械屑 褋邪屑褘屑 薪邪褕械 褋芯蟹薪邪薪懈械. 袝褖褢 肖褉械泄写 谐芯胁芯褉懈谢 芯 褌芯屑, 褔褌芯 芯褔械薪褜 胁邪卸薪芯 褔褌芯斜褘 胁 写械褌褋褌胁械 薪械 锌褉芯懈蟹芯褕谢芯 泻邪泻懈褏-谢懈斜芯 锌芯褌褉褟褋械薪懈泄 ,泻芯褌芯褉褘械 锌芯褋锌芯褋芯斜褋褌胁褍褞褌 薪械锌芯谢薪芯褑械薪薪芯屑褍 褋芯蟹褉械胁邪薪懈褞. 袧芯, 褔褌芯 械褋谢懈 薪械褌 褌械褏, 泻褌芯 褋锌芯褋芯斜械薪 褌械斜械 芯斜褗褟褋薪懈褌, 褔褌芯 褌邪泻芯械 褏芯褉芯褕芯, 邪 褔褌芯 锌谢芯褏芯. 效褌芯 械褋谢懈 褌褘 锌褘褌邪械褕褜褋褟 褋褎芯褉屑褍谢懈褉芯胁邪褌褜 褋胁芯褢 褋芯蟹薪邪薪懈械 褋邪屑? 效褌芯 械褋谢懈 褌胁芯褢 写械褌褋褌胁芯 斜褘谢芯 褋芯胁褋械屑 薪械 斜械蟹 芯斜谢邪褔薪褘屑 懈 斜褍写懈 薪械 芯泻褉械锌褕懈屑 褔械谢芯胁械泻芯屑, 褋锌褉邪胁懈褌褜褋褟 褋 褝褌懈屑 胁 芯写懈薪芯褔泻褍 褌褘 褍卸械 薪械 胁 褋懈谢邪褏. 孝芯谐写邪 褌胁芯褢 褋芯蟹薪邪薪懈械 锌褉芯褋懈褌 锌芯屑芯褖懈 懈 薪邪褏芯写懈褌 袝械 胁 褋芯蟹写邪薪懈懈 薪芯胁芯谐芯 邪谢褜褌械褉 褝谐芯, 邪 屑芯卸械褌 薪械褋泻芯谢褜泻芯. 袛懈褋褋芯褑懈邪褌懈胁薪芯械 褉邪褋褋褌褉芯泄褋褌胁芯 谢懈褔薪芯褋褌懈(褉邪褋褖械锌谢械薪懈械) 锌芯 褋械泄 写械薪褜 薪械 懈蟹褍褔械薪芯 写芯 泻芯薪褑邪, 薪芯 芯写薪懈屑 懈蟹 锌褉懈褔懈薪, 褟胁谢褟械褌褋褟 , 褌芯, 褔褌芯 屑褘 薪械 胁 褋芯褋褌芯褟薪懈懈 锌械褉械薪械褋褌懈 褌械 懈谢懈 懈薪褘械 褋芯斜褘褌懈褟 胁 芯写懈薪芯褔泻褍, 褋芯蟹写邪胁邪褟 褋械斜械 斜芯谢械械 褋懈谢褜薪褘褏, 褍屑薪褘褏 , 褋屑械谢褘褏, 褋锌芯褋芯斜薪褘褏 锌械褉械薪械褋褌懈 斜芯谢褜 -携.懈 褌芯谢褜泻芯 锌芯屑芯褖褜 锌褉芯褎械褋褋懈芯薪邪谢, 泻芯褌芯褉褘泄 斜褍写械褌 懈褋泻褉械薪薪械 胁械褉懈褌褜 懈 褏芯褌械褌褜 褌械斜械 锌芯屑芯褔褜 -褋屑芯卸械褌 芯泻邪蟹邪褌褜 褝褌芯 锌芯屑芯褖褜, 褋芯斜褉邪胁 褌械斜褟 胁 械写懈薪芯械 褑械谢芯械. 袣薪懈谐邪, 泻邪泻 胁褋械谐写邪, 褔械谐芯 懈 褋谢械写芯胁邪谢芯 芯卸懈写邪褌褜 芯褌 邪胁褌芯褉邪 锌芯褌褉褟褋邪褞褖邪褟. 携 芯褔械薪褜 卸写邪谢邪 锌械褉械胁芯写邪 泻薪懈谐 袛褝薪懈械谢邪 袣懈蟹邪 ,褌邪泻 泻邪泻 锌芯褋谢械 锌褉芯褔褌械薪懈褟 薪械褋泻芯谢褜泻芯 褉邪蟹 "褑胁械褌褘 写谢褟 邪谢写卸械褉薪芯薪邪" 懈 "褉邪蟹褍屑褘 斜懈谢谢懈 屑懈谢谢懈谐邪薪邪 "-褝褌芯褌 邪胁褌芯褉 芯褋褌邪褢褌褋褟 褋邪屑褘屑 谢褞斜懈屑褘 懈 械写懈薪褋褌胁械薪薪褘屑, 泻芯薪褌褉芯泄 褋锌芯褋芯斜械薪 褍胁谢械褔褜 屑械薪褟 胁 写褉褍谐芯泄 屑懈褉 褋 锌械褉胁褘褏 褋褌褉邪薪懈褑 械谐芯 褋芯胁褋械屑 薪械懈蟹胁械写邪薪薪芯谐芯 屑懈褉邪.
Nachdem ich letztes Jahr vom selben Autor gelesen habe wurde mein Interesse am Thema Dissoziative Identit盲tsst枚rung geweckt. Eigentlich fand ich dieses Thema schon immer interessant, aber ich kannte die multiple Pers枚nlichkeitsst枚rung, wie sie fr眉her genannt wurde, eben nur aus Filmen und B眉chern, in denen die betroffenen Personen eigentlich immer relativ negativ dargestellt wurden. In wurde nun an einer wahren Begebenheit sehr intensiv gezeigt was es bedeutet unter dieser St枚rung zu leiden und wie es 眉berhaupt zu dieser kommt. Mein Interesse war geweckt.
Bei meinen Recherchen wurde ich schnell f眉ndig. Allerdings waren es weniger psychologische Artikel die mich aufkl盲rten, als viel mehr echte betroffene Personen die auf YouTube von ihrem Leben mit dieser St枚rung berichten. Dort hat sich mittlerweile eine richtige Gemeinschaft gebildet der es wichtig ist Aufkl盲rung zu betreiben, denn bei diesen Menschen handelt es sich eben nicht grunds盲tzlich um gewaltt盲tige, sexbesessene Monster wie sie in vielen Filmen und B眉chern gerne darstellt werden. Leider hat diese Darstellung zu vielen Vorurteilen gef眉hrt, was das sonst schon nicht leichte Leben der Betroffenen zus盲tzlich erschwert.
Genau aus diesem Grund hat mich The Fifth Sally auch entt盲uscht, denn hier haben wir wieder klischeehafte Pers枚nlichkeiten, die entweder absolut gewaltt盲tig, sehr triebgesteuert oder extrem naiv sind. Es stimmt zwar, dass die einzelnen Pers枚nlichkeiten in einem System verschiedene Aufgaben 眉bernehmen, doch bedeutet das nicht, dass sie deshalb eindimensional sind. Auch die Darstellung des Arztes fand ich fragw眉rdig, wobei ich zugeben muss, dass das Buch schon 盲lter ist und es sein k枚nnte, dass vor 30 Jahren so therapiert wurde. Um aber auch noch etwas positives zu nennen, muss ich sagen, dass die R眉ckblicke und die Situationen die zur Abspaltung der einzelnen Pers枚nlichkeiten gef眉hrt haben sehr glaubw眉rdig waren und den Leser auf jeden Fall mit Sally mitf眉hlen lassen.
Vielleicht h盲tte mir die Geschichte vor ein paar Jahren noch gut gefallen, doch nachdem ich mich im letzten Jahr sehr intensiv mit der Dissoziative Identit盲tsst枚rung auseinandergesetzt habe konnte sie mich heute leider nicht mehr 眉berzeugen. Wenn man etwas 眉ber dieses Thema und die Zusammenh盲nge lesen m枚chte w眉rde ich daher auf jeden Fall eher zu raten.
Questo libro tratta un argomento molto particolare, il disturbo dissociativo dell'identit脿, personalit脿 multiple. In Sally, la protagonista, vivono ben 5 personalit脿, ognuna con specifiche caratteristiche. C'猫 Sally che 猫 timida e gentile, Jinx violenta e arrabbiata, Bella seducente e disinibita, Derry la traccia felice e piena di gioia e Nola intellettuale e artista. Per una serie di motivi si sono dissociate e spetta al dottor Ash il compito di uniformarle, di creare una quinta Sally completa. Mi ha molto colpito questo libro proprio per l'argomento trattato. Si capisce da subito che l'autore 猫 decisamente competente cos矛 che un tema cos矛 delicato venga compreso da tutti. Il libro analizza proprio le dinamiche che portano alla creazione delle varie personalit脿 e alla possibile guarigione della paziente. La storia 猫 romanzata e questo mi 猫 piaciuto, non 猫 solamente un trattato di psicologia. Lo stile 猫 scorrevole e io l'ho letto in pochissimo tempo. Ho mantenuto per貌 un certo distacco dal libro, non sono riuscita a provare empatia per la protagonista proprio perch茅 猫 decisamente psicologico. A tratti l'ho trovato troppo tecnico ma nell'insieme mi 猫 piaciuto. Mi ha fatto riflettere sul mio eventuale comportamento se dovessi incontrare persone con questa patologia. Ho odiato profondamente le infermiere (soprattutto una) del reparto ma non so come avrei reagito io. 脠 stata una lettura inquietante e istruttiva che mi ha aperto gli occhi su problemi di cui sapevo poco niente (anche la sindrome di burnout, che non avevo mai sentito). Libro strano e coinvolgente.
Daniel Keyes si conferma uno splendido autore non solo di autobiografie mediche (Una stanza piena di gente) ma anche di romanzi. Keyes ha usato per la creazione di questa storia gli studi che lui stesso ha fatto sulla personalit脿 multipla, identificando tutti i topoi del caso -per quanto possibile- e creando Sally, donna divisa in cinque parti. Ho amato, come sempre, il modo di descrivere dell'autore, che come al solito mi ha coinvolto totalmente nello sviluppo di questa storia. Ammetto di non aver sopportato Sally all'inizio della storia ma nel momento in cui il tutto prende piede le cose sono cambiate e ho cominciato ad apprezzarla. 脠 sicuramente un libro che si legge facilmente, di meno impatto rispetto a "Una stanza piena di gente" ma ugualmente importante, perch猫 apre gli occhi su un tema non molto conosciuto e che spesso viene sottovalutato. Fra l'altro Keyes narra senza mai essere pesante e questo non 猫 che un plus in pi霉 al tutto.
This is a book from the past, from a past where literature was literature, without cynicism, without tiktok, without catering to the lowest common denominator, without political bullshit, but with ample power to gut punch, hurt, impress and awe. Daniel Keyes can do no wrong and despite my own opinions about the way in which multiple personality disorder can manifest (significantly less theatrical), I really appreciate his dedication to the subject. Sally's alters captured me, although I could anticipate the horrendous traumas that caused each. The ending was absolutely perfect for this book and in general, it was a whole, satisfying, understandable and philosophical ending.
L'ho trovato molto originale. Riuscire a scrivere una sorta di thriller parlando di questioni meramente psicologiche non 猫 da tutti. L'autore 猫 uno psicologo che ha trattato diversi pazienti affetti da disturbi dissociativi dell'identit脿. Leggendo il romanzo traspare immediatamente la sua competenza e soprattutto il suo saper condividere con il lettore le proprie conoscenze rendendole facilmente comprensibili. Sally ha dei vuoti di memoria che non riesce a spiegarsi e solo andando in terapia col dottor Ash riesce a prendere coscienza delle altre identit脿 che albergano in lei e che la fanno agire in un modo che lei mai si immaginerebbe. Il percorso terapeutico andr脿 dal riconoscimento del problema alla sua risoluzione, attraverso l'accettazione delle parti di s茅 che Sally non 猫 mai riuscita ad accettare fino a quel momento. E la parte aggressiva sar脿 quella pi霉 difficile da individuare e da assimilare per il dolore e la rabbia che porta con s茅. Il romanzo 猫 scritto molto bene, 猫 avvincente e istruttivo. 脠 una lettura particolare che aiuta ad esplorare i misteri della psiche umana.
Berbeda dari karyanya yang lain seperti Charlie dan Billy yang merupakan kisah nyata, buku ini murni berdasar imaginasi Daniel Keyes. Dan di sini karakter utamanya Sally Potter yang sangat flat punya 4 kepribadian lain yang lebih berwarna dan sangat khas wanita : Jinx yang pemarah, Derry yang supel, Nola yang cerdas plus artistik, dan Bella yang sensual dan sangat hedonis. Setiap kepribadian merasa lebih daripada Sally, dan mereka merasa lebih berhak karena mereka lebih bisa menikmati hidup. Jadi apakah Sally bisa di sembuhkan?
Tema MPD adalah salah satu favoritku. Di saat novel lain hanya membahas MPD dari luar dan menjadikan si korban sebagai obyek penceritaan, buku ini menjadi unik karena para pribadi ini yang menarasikan perjalanan hidup mereka. Alur maju dan mundur terasa alami dan tidak membingungkan. Penulis dengan cerdas memasukan penjelasan mengenai penyebab, penyakit dan metode penyembuhannya dalam sesi-sesi pengobatan Sally.
Buku ini seru dan membuat penasaran. Tiap pribadi sangat unik sehingga aku bisa menyukai semuanya. Hal cerdas yang dilakukan Daniel di sini adalah dia bisa memggambarkan dengan baik sifat 5 kepribadian yang berbeda, mengabungkannya tapi juga tetap membuat kepribadian tersebut masih bisa nampak jejaknya dalam Sally Kelima. Selain beberapa poin tentang gampangnya kepribadian Sally mendapatkan perhatian pria yang agak berlebihan, dan mudahnya penyelesaian konflik penyebab kepribadiannya terpecah, novel ini benar-benar berisi dan seru.