“Are you deranged or damaged? Sick or evil?”

Penny Francone has DID (dissociative identity disorder). She has 3 alternate personalities with Eve being the most violent. After being found at a crime scene with the dead body of her birth mother, the murder weapon in her hands, and claims of no memory of the murder, she is sent to Edgewater Mental Hospital. There, her psychiatrist is tasked with finding out if Penny really does have DID and if so, if one of her other alternate’s committed the murder or if she’s faking it. 

This book read slow for me. I understood Grace’s (Penny’s adoptive mother) pain and willingness to fight with everything for her daughter. But the viewpoints were only from Grace and Mitch - Penny’s doctor. They did tell and show us instances where Penny’s alternates showed up but I wanted more. I would have loved some chapters from her perspective.
The twist seemed a bit convenient and it came out of left park for me. But with that being said I truly did enjoy learning more about DID. I don’t think a lot of people are aware exactly of what the disorder is and what it entails. I also enjoyed the references to the movie Split and the book The Shining.

Thank you to Netgalley and St. Martin’s Press for a copy of the book in exchange of a review!