Sybil (1973)

I'm giving this four stars, even if there is a new book out claiming it's all made it, just for pure page-turning readability. Every page introduces something shocking and who doesn't love to read about multiple personalities? While thinking of Sally Field? ( )

Had this been a first hand account of a therapist's encounter with a woman who was one of the first to be diagnosed with sixteen separate personalities its would have been much more engaging and fascinating account. However the story is told by a friend of Sybil and the therapist hence it does not have the same immediacy and the author's grasp of the concept of psychoanalysis was amateur and simplistic. It was a disappointing and interminably dull read ( )

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Yes, I was a child when I read this book. It left quite an impression on me, and began my fascination with the human mind. ( )

I read this book many years ago, well before watching the movie. Last summer, I met the man who wrote the Screenplay for Sybil, and it changed the lens of how I see and appreciate the book completely. What was once a four-star review of this book has now dropped to a two directly from that experience. ( )