Switching Time
#2: Switching Time
Dr. Richard Baer
Bought this one because I needed something to go with SHADOW BRIDGE so I could get free shipping. :>) This is a tale of multiple personalities from the therapist's POV.
As far as the writing goes--it's all in present tense, which makes sense, because it's the therapist learning as he goes along. A few of his own thoughts and emotions are tucked in there, though it would have been nice to have more. I wanted to know more about him because he was telling the story, but it was mostly about his patient, Karen, and her seventeen personalities. I also wanted to know more about her at home and how other people were dealing with her, but I think that didn't happen partly because we were in the doctor's POV, and because there were only so many pages in the book and those were devoted to the disorder itself.
Generally it turned out pretty good, and it must have been a huge challenge to organize the book, since Dr. Baer got some 5000 pages written by Karen, along with other miscellaneous things to help tell her story.
As far as the MPD/DID thing goes, for me it was interesting to see another perspective on it since I'm using that in my book. I did get a couple more ideas for my book.
All in all, it's good for a case study, but not as engrossing writing-wise as a few others I've read.
Dr. Richard Baer
Bought this one because I needed something to go with SHADOW BRIDGE so I could get free shipping. :>) This is a tale of multiple personalities from the therapist's POV.
As far as the writing goes--it's all in present tense, which makes sense, because it's the therapist learning as he goes along. A few of his own thoughts and emotions are tucked in there, though it would have been nice to have more. I wanted to know more about him because he was telling the story, but it was mostly about his patient, Karen, and her seventeen personalities. I also wanted to know more about her at home and how other people were dealing with her, but I think that didn't happen partly because we were in the doctor's POV, and because there were only so many pages in the book and those were devoted to the disorder itself.
Generally it turned out pretty good, and it must have been a huge challenge to organize the book, since Dr. Baer got some 5000 pages written by Karen, along with other miscellaneous things to help tell her story.
As far as the MPD/DID thing goes, for me it was interesting to see another perspective on it since I'm using that in my book. I did get a couple more ideas for my book.
All in all, it's good for a case study, but not as engrossing writing-wise as a few others I've read.