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Tell Me Your Dreams (Mass Market Paperback)

by Sidney Sheldon (Author)
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Meet Ashley Patterson, the brainy, babelicious "computer whiz" and confused heroine of Tell Me Your Dreams. Although she has a cushy job at Global Computer Graphics, a fast-growing start-up in Silicon Valley, her life falls short of fulfilling. She's lonely, shy, and absolutely convinced she's being stalked. What's worse, the only sympathetic ear around is her father, Dr. Patterson, the heartless heart surgeon, who has the charm of an electric eel and the compassion of a tarantula. Given her options, Ashley looks to the heavens for support and offers up an ultimatum to the Almighty: "I'll make a deal with you, God. If it doesn't rain, it means that everything is all right, that I've been imagining everything." Of course, it starts raining buckets just paragraphs later, setting off a car alarm of an omen about our computer cutie's fate.

Enter Toni Prescott and Alette Peters. They both work with Ashley at Global Computer Graphics, but the similarities end there. Toni is a saucy, British vixen with a penchant for Internet dating and discotheques. La bella Italiana Alette, on the other hand, is a wannabe artist who prefers quiet, dreamy weekends with beefcake painters. Reminiscent of junior high school, Toni and Alette do their best to keep Ashley out of their cool clique, but find it difficult when a string of murders irrevocably binds them together. Based on a true story and laden with realistic details--not to mention a whopper of an ending--Tell Me Your Dreams is vintage Sheldon. However, there is one necessary caveat: avoid moviegoer types who insist on telling you the entire plot before you have a chance to see it. You should be doing this anyway, but take extra care with this book. Once the surprise ending is blown, so is the fun in reading it. --Rebekah Warren --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Perennial bestseller Sheldon (The Best Laid Plans) doesn't get under the reader's skin here as he does at his best, even though he weaves together many of his time-tested elements?childhood horror and its consequences; lust and murder as bedfellows; a pretty, hapless heroine; good men in the legal and medical professions trying to undo the wrongs done by others. Despite gory crime scene depictions, the old master, uncharacteristically, has left out the suspense and the layers of feeling. We finger the serial murderer all too quickly, just as we know before we know that Ashley's creepy physician father, Steven, abused her as a child. We never doubt that goodhearted lawyer David Singer will convince hostile judge Tessa Williams that, yes, multiple personality disorder happens, and that, morally and legally, it separates the doer from the deed. Nor is it any surprise that psychiatrist Gilbert Keller, spurred on by personal as well as professional longings, takes Allison apart and puts her back together the right way?or does he? A prefatory sentence says the novel is based on real cases. Maybe so, but one wishes that the authentic details had been told with genuine passion. Literary Guild main selection.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Am I the only one who thought this book stunk?, Sep 18 2006
This review is from: Tell Me Your Dreams (Hardcover)
I've read some SH books; some are good, some not so good. This one falls at the bottom of the heap. Like many SH novels, the dialogue moved the story along quickly making for a fast read culminating with what is supposed to be (but really isn't) a shocker of an ending. What really put me off was the total dropping of the ball and ultimate acceptance on the issue of child molestation. I kept waiting for the story line to follow through on how the culprit who created the serial killer monster would be apprehended, and instead we get spoon fed a "Aw, he wasn't all that bad; isn't it time to let go of the anger?" attitude. What's up with that? I'm glad I picked this up at a tag sale. It certainly isn't worth the full price of a bookstore purchase.
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3.0 out of 5 stars There's Movies Like This...Made before the book came out., April 23 2004
By "totallyrockingdude" (State of Nirvana) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Tell Me Your Dreams (Mass Market Paperback)
I won't give away the story because the synopsis given in the editorial review is really all you should know about the book if you really want to enjoy it. No sense in giving away any bits of plot to what IS a Murder Mystery. But the problem was, as good as the book is, it becomes very predictable towards the end. The true highpoint and most memorable part of the book is the very last paragraph on the very last page: it brings this evil "oh-my-damn-god" smile to your face. Unfortunately, if you watch a lot of Psyche-Thrillers(Good or sub-standard, doesn't matter) or even shows like The X-Files; you probably will see the end coming. One more point, the courtroom scenes aren't as great as one might expect. I actually found the scenes from a TV Show like Ally McBeal or The Practice to be more Intelligent. The only reason I finished the book in a single sitting is because half-way through the book, I figured how the book would end..I got a little bit of it right and after she*****SPOILER********
gets into rehab, I knew EXACTLY how she was gonna get out of there. And that's why I LOVED finishing this book: I got a big kick out of knowing that I knew EXACTLY how it would end!!! Read it at your local library. I've never really felt like going through it again.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Add a Star if You are Listening to Unabridged Audio Version, April 21 2004
By Diana F. Von Behren "reneofc" (Kenner, LA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tell Me Your Dreams (Mass Market Paperback)
Sheldon uses his tried and true formula to produce a fast paced tale based on a true story. The plot hinges on the unraveling of a lovely computer graphics analyst working at a large Silicon Valley company --- someone is following her with the intent to kill her; she has no where to turn, her passive personality prevents her from speaking about her fears the her friends and her uncomfortable relationship with her famous heart surgeon father further defines her as someone who reacts rather than interacts. When Ashley suddenly finds herself as the prime suspect in a series of brutal sex-related murders, she discovers that the world she relied on is a fantasy and there are only two close friends that can help her recover her sense of reality.

I'll say no more about the plot -- to say more would ruin the reader's fun. As with other Sheldon novels, the author uses dialogue to move the story along at a quick pace. There are snappy courtroom scenes, revealing patient doctor sessions using hypnosis and other trademark techniques to keep you reading chapter after chapter until the last page. Although fun, don't expect Sheldon at the top of his game, the story, once the secret has been revealed becomes too familiar rather than formulaic. When reading a Sheldon novel, one expects and applauds his formula. I think the subject basis of this story has been over utilized by so many popular writers and recent money-grossing films. Hence, a slight lack of punch. Since the story is advertisized as based on a true story, I would have liked to have seen references to the actual facts listed in the back of the book rather than the lists of institutions and articles written on the subject itself.

I listened to the unabridged audio version of this book--and believe me it is just the type of story you want to be listening to as you mindlessly exercise. I found that the page turning characteristic of the story made me want to run further just to discover just what had happened at a particular junction in the plot. At times the narrator when playing Ashley is a little too naive---but her performances of the two other main characters are well done, accents and all.

Bottom line: predictable, but if you like Sheldon's fast-paced fun, give it a shot especially on audio-book. However, I would not recommend this for family listening.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Six stars for Sidney
I started this book because I didn't have any other, I really don't like SH, but since the start of the book (at the beach in the morning) until I finished it (the next evening at... Read more
Published on April 10 2004 by Jorge Frid

5.0 out of 5 stars one of my best
this is the first sheldon's book that i have read and its absolutely magnificent consisting of a very deadly plot and the way he describe the role of toni, alette and ashley is... Read more
Published on April 9 2004 by Pratik

4.0 out of 5 stars Murder & multiple personality disorder
This is the first book I have read by Sidney Sheldon. Ashley Patterson, Toni Prescott and Alette Peters are 3 different personalities that is linked to brutal murders. Read more
Published on Sep 24 2003 by limau_nipis

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Plot, Soap Opera Style Novel
The simplicity and style of Sidney Sheldon works well in this book that deals with three very different women and how they are involved in a spate of killings. Read more
Published on Sep 23 2003 by Veronica

4.0 out of 5 stars Chill n Freeze!
New York Daily News captioned 'If you want a Novel you simply cannot put down, go to Sheldon' & yep, I would add 'If you wanna thrill, glue down to the Chilling Novel of Sid n you... Read more
Published on April 16 2003 by Ilaxi S. Patel

5.0 out of 5 stars A book that you can't put down
This was the very firt Sidney Sheldon book that I read. It was a very interesting book and i could not put it down until i finished it. Read more
Published on Jan 21 2003 by Daija D.

5.0 out of 5 stars great layout
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Published on Dec 2 2002 by Tanya Sides

5.0 out of 5 stars My favourite piece of Sidney
This is the first Sheldon book I ever read, and maybe that's why it is the most special to me. The issue of multiple personality disorder has been something I have been... Read more
Published on Aug 24 2002 by chrissa_ling

5.0 out of 5 stars Fasinating
This book is a real graber from the first few pages. I didn't intend to read it, but couldn't put it down from the minute I started it till I finished it. Read more
Published on Aug 13 2002 by rolfmich

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best of Sidney Sheldom- A must read

Sydney Sheldon at his Best!

Tell me your Dreams is an excellent piece of work, where Sydney Sheldom, in an excellent novel, conveys the reader about the possibility... Read more

Published on July 14 2002 by Aglae Rodríguez de Mizrahi

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