Book review : Holly Seddon's psychological thriller Don't Close your Eyes

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 Told partly in real time and partly through flashbacks, this is a fascinating study of twin sisters being separated during their formative years and the resultant effects on both of them.

A breakdown in their parents' marriage results in Robin and Sarah being brought up separately, Robin by her father in the UK and Sarah by her mother in the USA.  The adults in the flashbacks behaved very badly, with little thought of the consequences on their children.  Now, Robin is a struggling agoraphobic and Sarah desperately needs her twin sister but can't find her. 



Without giving away too much Don't close your Eyes is like

watching a train crash in slow motion ... through the flashbacks you can see that their will be problems ahead for the twins and when these correlate with the present all you can do is watch in trepidation ... oh, and read on of course!

Don't Close Your Eyes is a deliciously complex and poignant jigsaw of the twins lives.  It is at times harrowing and at others uplifting.  The sisters differing personalities shone through clearly and at times in the flashback chapters I found myself nearly yelling at the adults to behave differently.
This was a thought provoking book with a great end twist that I completely missed, much to my shame, because on hindsight the clues were there. 
I did find it a bit of a slow burner initially, but was really glad that I persevered.  A very good psychological thriller.