Carolyn Grand suffers from dissociative identity disorder. Inside her once abused and battered body live 6 individuals. Martha, the housewife, Victoria, the public persona, Eleni, the promiscuous, Kirk, a heterosexual male, Serena, the new age spiritual, and Tina, the keeper of memories. After Eleni propositions a cop, they find themselves in therapy. They immediately distrust the psychiatrist, who is a bit too forceful, and who takes pleasure in their discomfort. Then, their father, their primary abuser, is paroled.

This book seemed to have very little plot. The story focused so much on describing the personalities that nothing ever seemed to happen. The psychiatrist, meant to be a dark character, was a bit bland. The situation with the father was resolved too quickly and too easily. Overall, this book was much ado about nothing.

There’s a lot going on here (trigger warnings abound). And, six personalities are a lot to juggle. Ultimately, I feel like the novel didn’t completely pull off what it was aiming for.

Is dissociative disorder hip again:? This is the second multiple personality book I've reviewed this week. This book was a bit dreary. Lots of child abuse, suicide, murder, prostitution. It gets to be a bit much to have all of that on top of a book about a woman with multiple personalities. It really ended up being an unbelievable slog.

4 stars--I really liked it.

I don't believe in multiple personalities. But it makes for a great story! This is a psychological noir novel, featuring multiple characters that happen to inhabit the same body, that took some unexpected turns. If you like dark psychological suspense, give this a try.

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What an awesome book. Page turner and didnt want to put it down. Will be looking for more by this author

What a really odd, yet interesting book. This is a psychological thriller that's main character is a study in psychology themselves. Carolyn Grand suffers from multiple personality disorders that we get to know throughout the book as the POV is told from each different one. Her abuser, who is the cause of the disorder, is dead. The question is did Carolyn or one of her personalities do it? You must read to find out and to see what the reasons are behind all of this. I can't say much more without giving it away.
It is absolutely worth reading and as a speed reader, I blew right thru it, there were really no slow spots which is a plus for me.

Carolyn Grand has a multiple personality disorder. She has developed other personalities to cope with her severely traumatising childhood. And she manages. Well, her different personalities make sure she gets by. Each character has a different function, functional like cleaning and paying bills, traumatised child, or just a dreamy person. Each chapter is told from the point of view from one of the personalities. It’s truly a entertaining read and very well written.
The only let down for me was the ending, I saw it coming from miles away. I’d surely hoped it would be as surprising and good as the rest of the book, but it wasn’t.

Interesting book. The more I got into it the more I enjoyed it. The multiple personalities/characters were intriguing and I couldn’t wait to see who dunnit. I found the beginning confusing which nearly stopped me reading the book but I glad I persevered. Was the ending believable.... well you are just going to have to read it and make your own mind up

A. F. Carter's All of Us grabbed my attention and never let it go. Now that I've finished reading the book, I've gone back through it, looking for clues. But I've also gone back through it because I'm not quite ready to leave all of the characters I met--the ones who live in Caroline Grand's body. The book was basically unputdownable. Anyone who read the books (or saw the movies of the first two) Sybil, The Three Faces of Eve, and The Minds of Billy Milligan will find familiar footing here. But in Carter's book, the different personalities all get an opportunity to speak for themselves. And the reader may be repulsed, enamored, amused, or any variation or combination of those reactions. Mental health professionals don't get particularly kind treatment here, but you have to remember that the story is from the perspective of the personalities, so I wouldn't necessarily expect otherwise.

interesting and unique premise with an OK ending. It's not an easy (quick) read since it can get complicated but it's mostly interesting and wll probably appeal to fans of psych thrillers. I hope the author writes more. 3.5 stars.

I really appreciate the review copy!!

Typically, in a psychological thriller, the protagonist is often found to suffer from a multiple personality disorder a few pages before the end and - surprise - one of them is the murderer. In All of Us we meet a woman legally known as Carolyn Grand and the six personalities who live in her body and mind. The story is told from the varied POV’s of the various personalities who think, act, dress and speak differently from each other. Carolyn developed her family after years of abuse and when the abuser is murdered, suspicion falls on Carolyn. What a great premise and what a great story unravels. I thoroughly enjoyed getting to know Carolyn’s different personalities and I found the story totally fascinating, totally interesting and totally different from others in the genre. Highly recommended.

All of Us by A. F. Carter The narrative was hard to follow with the different personalities. More of a transition between the chapters would have been helpful. The personalities weren't very sympathetic and not relatable. It was an interesting premise, just couldn't connect to the story,. Other readers will no doubt find it interesting as it relates to DID.

Thank you to the publisher, author, and NetGalley for the opportunity to preview the book.

So near to what i want in a five star. It just missed the mark slightly. I thought the treatment of trauma was well handled. I thought the murder mystery was well done. I liked the exploration of DID, but it wasn't 100% accurate. There was some glorifying and otherness that was placed on the main character that I didn't agree with. Overall I liked this book and will review it on my channel.

This was a super interesting concept. I can't say I've ever read a book laid out like this, with each personality speaking to the reader. Unfortunately I did find it a bit predictable. I was waiting for a good twist at the end that didn't come. Overall, it wasn't bad, it just wasn't great.

I originally requested to read this book because I was intrigued by the summary. I thought the story sounded like it would be unique and fun to read. I didn’t enjoy it though. It was a little confusing and the end left me trying to figure out what I missed because I didn’t really understand it.

Thank you netgalley and the publisher for the copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

ALL OF US is a powerfully thrilling novel about a woman with the personality disorder, Dissociative Identity Disorder. She embodies six different personalities. The writing is fascinating as each chapter is developed and narrated by a different personality. Highly recommended.

All of Us is a riveting thriller with six compelling protagonists—who all share one body. Though legally she is Carolyn Grand, in practice she is Martha, a homemaker who cooks and cleans for her “family,” Victoria, a put-together people person, Serena, a free spirit, Kirk, a heterosexual man, Eleni, a promiscuous risk-taker, and Tina, a manifestation of what is left of Carolyn after years of childhood sexual abuse.
As they jockey for control of their body, all the personalities also work together to avoid being committed to a psychiatric facility. But Carolyn’s tenuous normal is shattered when Hank Grand, the man who abused her and leased her out to pedophiles, is released from prison. Soon he begins stalking her, bringing back painful memories for all of the personalities.

When Hank is murdered in a seedy hotel room, Carolyn is immediately a prime suspect. But the man has other shady dealings, and the burden of proof weighs heavy on the police—especially when, propelled by demons of his own, one of the detectives assigned to the case finds his way into Carolyn’s very solitary life.

The police and the reader are left wondering: are any of Carolyn’s personalities capable of murder? A deeply suspenseful novel, with a truly unique cast of characters.

OK, honestly, I was confused to often to enjoy the book. I just felt like it was too much work to plow along. I am glad to see others do have a better view.

“All Of Us” is a story of a woman named Carolyn Grand who suffered terrible abuse at the hands of her father until 3rd grade when she finally confided in a teacher. Her father was arrested, sentenced to 30 years and she was placed in a foster home that instead of saving her, continued the abuse. That is when her personality split, though there have been more at present there is Victoria- the one who is friendly and takes care of dealing with outside people and interviews such as social workers, Martha a nonsense person who plans out their meals with the stipend they get, does the shopping, cooking, cleaning, Kirk a heterosexual man, Serena a hippy type, free spirit who sees beauty everywhere ,Tina the child who bears the memories of the abuse for them all and Elena the promiscuous one who brings them to attention of the police when she propositions a police officer and they end up on a psych ward.
One of the conditions of their release is to meet with a therapist who is determined to integrate the personalities. Their world is shaken more when they learn their father Hank Grand, is being released early from prison and he begins showing up in places they frequent.
Hank is found murdered and Carolyn is immediately under suspicion. Did one of the personalities take matters into their own hands? Could they really commit murder without all being aware of it? This is what detectives are trying to find out.
This was an interesting read but just okay for me. It can be confusing as each chapter is told from a different personality. You do not get any idea of how or why different personalities have control of the body and the question that one of them asks - where do I go when I’m not here? Is not addressed.
I found it interesting that people who interacted with them often such as the therapist, a neighbor and one of the police officers learned to tell them apart by their appearances. We are given some details of differences but not enough.
This will be of interest to readers who like to delve into psychological issues and are not looking for a thriller with a lot of action.
Thanks to Netgalley and Grove Atlantic for the ARC in exchange for my opinion . ⭐️⭐️⭐️

*Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review*

All Of Us, takes you into the minds of Carolyn Grand who has dissociative identity disorder. We get to meet each personality/character as they all have a role to manage the day-to-day with some getting to be in control for longer periods of time than others. Each chapter is from the perspective of one of the personalities and we get to see different perspectives of how they would handle the current situation that there in. All fighting to be in control they must work together as a family to ensure they remain autonomous and not indefinitely committed.

I think this book could have been fleshed out a little more. Being 200 pages a lot more could have been added to the story to make it flow better. It felt like things just kept happening out of nowhere with no real reason behind it. Typically novels of this length don’t take me long to read but this had me struggling multiple times over the span of a few days.

The romance that occurs between one of the identities and the cop was confusing and unnecessary. As well as “forbidden” given his role in the investigation. However, it was interesting to see how they all would react to his presence.

Another character that confused me was the therapist. I am not certain what his motives were and his involvement with this Zenia person he was emailing. I know they were part of a group leading experiments while in school (or got together after they graduated) but what was the end game of sharing this information with her years later?

This one wasn’t my cup of tea or maybe I didn’t get it but it’s nice to see that others that have read this so far have enjoyed it.

Appropriately enough, there are multiple names for the multiple personality disorder. Doesn’t make it any easier to live with. But Carolyn Grand manages. Which is to say the collective of personalities under the umbrella of Carolyn Grand manages. Following a nightmarish severely traumatizing childhood of horrid abuse, Carolyn has developed other personalities to help her cope with various aspects of what might have otherwise been an unbearable existence. There’s Victoria, who handles public appearances, Martha, who takes care of all practical matters, Serena, the dreamer, who, as she states, provides colors, Eleni who manages the carnal affairs, Kirk the tough guy and Tina, the child, tragically tasked with remembering the years of abuse, so that the others don’t have to be crippled by it. Six in all, different enough to have a somewhat contemptuous relationship, they must come together and cooperate like never before, when first their autonomy and then their freedom comes under a threat. It is Eleni’s sexual adventures that originally get the multis under the power of a possessive bastard of a therapist, but the real danger comes when the perpetrator of all the abuse, their father, gets an early release from prison where he’s been for the last 27 years. Redeemed on paper and far from it in real life, he reappears in their lives, causing a great disruption. But before too much damage can be done, he winds up dead, murdered. With no one (in theory) more motivated to do the killing than his longtime victim, his accuser, his mentally unstable daughter. But is she guilty? And how can guilt even be attributed to a person whom six comprise? So that’s the meat of the novel, but there’s so much more to it. No gristle, no fat, at 201 pages it is much too lean for that, but the author does manage to deliver a powerhouse of a character driven story in such a relatively slim package. Split personalities have been used in books, tv shows and movies and always provide a lot to play with, most notably recently in a movie titled Split. In fact, this book would make a great movie, I’d love to check it out in a cinematic form, I’ve been trying to mentally cast Carolyn, it would require a considerable acting skill. But anyway, as a character driven story, this novel lives and dies with its characters and the author did such a terrific job of creating memorable, compelling and (notably so) distinct personalities for Carolyn Grand’s composite. Each chapter is narrated by a different person with a completely authentic perspective and voice and it makes the entire thing come together really well. The sort of book that goes by so quickly (and it really did, 215 minutes, one sitting) and you kind of don’t want it to end just yet. Maybe because I didn’t all the way love the ending. But then again I didn’t all the way love the inclusion of the lovelorn cop either and still it worked. It was just a really great read. I read entirely too many thrillers and to find something so different and fresh and exciting and to find all of that in a debut is just…awesome. It was an awesome read. I really enjoyed it. Immensely entertaining psychological thriller. Recommended. Thanks Netgalley.