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The Gatekeeper
First, your writing is absolutely beautiful. I love your style and you are extremely adept at painting a picture that a reader gets into and feels right there. You are extremely vivid and that made it enjoyable to read the language.
I got from this book that it is a story of a woman finding out, learning to accept, and live with all of the many facets of her personality and finding a peace with it…I could write more about the triumph of it. IT WAS TRULY AMAZING!!!!!!!! — Amina Robinson
"The Gatekeeper twist was an excellent one and one I didn't see coming! Great job. And having the Gatekeeper trying to hold it all together ... it was heartbreaking at times. I actually began to imagine what it would be like if something like that should happen to me... the author should be congratulated on a great job." —Monica O'Rourke
After confiding in a friend and coworker who was seeing a therapist, a seemingly normal, middle-aged woman decides to take her teenage son to a psychologist to work on his anger issues. She thinks that she has lived a rather lackluster life, with an understanding that if she feels a bit “touched,” it is only because “everybody is a bit touched.”
During her therapy visits with her son, David, she learns that the therapist is more interested in her, and begins therapy on her own, only to discover that her uninspiring life is that way because of repressed memories, caused by a series of trauma-ridden experiences from long ago. Her therapist introduces her to her Safe Room, a magical place, where she discovers that there exist many personalities wrapped inside of her mind, invading and suppressing it, all with stories of their own intertwining lives to share.
She learns through a combination of hypnosis and extremely vivid flashbacks, just how distinct each of these unique individuals has meticulously maintained her sanity or insanity. She is jolted, tossed, and relentlessly bombarded with one startling revelation after another, until the final revelation, which threatens to send her toppling over the edge into complete insanity.
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I got from this book that it is a story of a woman finding out, learning to accept, and live with all of the many facets of her personality and finding a peace with it…I could write more about the triumph of it. IT WAS TRULY AMAZING!!!!!!!! — Amina Robinson
"The Gatekeeper twist was an excellent one and one I didn't see coming! Great job. And having the Gatekeeper trying to hold it all together ... it was heartbreaking at times. I actually began to imagine what it would be like if something like that should happen to me... the author should be congratulated on a great job." —Monica O'Rourke
After confiding in a friend and coworker who was seeing a therapist, a seemingly normal, middle-aged woman decides to take her teenage son to a psychologist to work on his anger issues. She thinks that she has lived a rather lackluster life, with an understanding that if she feels a bit “touched,” it is only because “everybody is a bit touched.”
During her therapy visits with her son, David, she learns that the therapist is more interested in her, and begins therapy on her own, only to discover that her uninspiring life is that way because of repressed memories, caused by a series of trauma-ridden experiences from long ago. Her therapist introduces her to her Safe Room, a magical place, where she discovers that there exist many personalities wrapped inside of her mind, invading and suppressing it, all with stories of their own intertwining lives to share.
She learns through a combination of hypnosis and extremely vivid flashbacks, just how distinct each of these unique individuals has meticulously maintained her sanity or insanity. She is jolted, tossed, and relentlessly bombarded with one startling revelation after another, until the final revelation, which threatens to send her toppling over the edge into complete insanity.
http.bumblebee.cadsmith.net
218 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 3, 2009
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February 4, 2010
This is an impressive debut novel! In “The Gatekeeper” C. Alease writes a riveting, believing, and heartfelt story dealing with a mental disorder. I was very impressed with C. Alease writing style, which is mature and refreshingly thought-provoking. This novel is themed and character driven, even still the story is easy to read; as each character’s personalities are understood and are climactic. The Gate Keeper takes us on a journey of women dealing with dissociative personality disorder.
"The Gatekeeper" opens up with the main character seeking counseling for her young son. The tables suddenly turn; as she discovers that it is she who would need counseling. This is where the journey of self-discovery and lessons learned begins. One of the many lessons is deciphering between what is real and what is not real. C. Alease, brilliantly reveals the “why of,” these characters existence; as their presence stems from repressed events, that had or has happen in the protagonists life. I would certainly love to read her next release.
Dream 4 More Reviewer,
Vanessa Richardson
* This is the opinion of the reviewer in which it does not reflect any views of Dream 4 More Literary Consulting Firm. Dream 4 More Reviews has received a copy of the book from the author for a book review.
"The Gatekeeper" opens up with the main character seeking counseling for her young son. The tables suddenly turn; as she discovers that it is she who would need counseling. This is where the journey of self-discovery and lessons learned begins. One of the many lessons is deciphering between what is real and what is not real. C. Alease, brilliantly reveals the “why of,” these characters existence; as their presence stems from repressed events, that had or has happen in the protagonists life. I would certainly love to read her next release.
Dream 4 More Reviewer,
Vanessa Richardson
* This is the opinion of the reviewer in which it does not reflect any views of Dream 4 More Literary Consulting Firm. Dream 4 More Reviews has received a copy of the book from the author for a book review.
June 14, 2010
Can you imagine going to therapy and finding out that everything you thought you knew was a lie? That is exactly what happened to one woman. She thinks that her son David has issues because of her divorce from his father. After taking him to see the therapist that was referred to her by a coworker, it doesn’t take long before the doctor tells her that she needs help and not her son.
She has always thought that she was “a bit touched” but she figured that everyone else was also. Her therapist shows her that she actually has more than one personality. After finding out that there are quite a few people living in her head she has to come to terms with the details of the life she lived but never knew that she lived it. She then gets the biggest shock of her life when she meets the last personality; The Gatekeeper. Can she deal with the one that has tried to hold it all together?
I give this book a four because it surprised me. I didn’t expect it to be good but when I picked it up I couldn’t put it down. I never saw the twist coming and this book actually made me question myself. That never happens.
Adellia Whitson-Stafford
AAMBC Reviewer
She has always thought that she was “a bit touched” but she figured that everyone else was also. Her therapist shows her that she actually has more than one personality. After finding out that there are quite a few people living in her head she has to come to terms with the details of the life she lived but never knew that she lived it. She then gets the biggest shock of her life when she meets the last personality; The Gatekeeper. Can she deal with the one that has tried to hold it all together?
I give this book a four because it surprised me. I didn’t expect it to be good but when I picked it up I couldn’t put it down. I never saw the twist coming and this book actually made me question myself. That never happens.
Adellia Whitson-Stafford
AAMBC Reviewer
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