MEMORIES OF MIDNIGHT by SIDNEY SHELDON

" A billion of us baby boomers read "The Other Side of Midnight" and were hooked many, many years ago. A few years after its publication, Mr. Sheldon saw the dollar signs on the wall and wrote this sequel" "Catherine attempts to recover from her tragedy and start a new life, with the help of the wealthy Constantin Demiris. The novel is basically the game of cat and mouse being played between Demiris and Cathy" "I assumed the sequel, MEMORIES OF MIDNIGHT, would be as good...but not quite. Actually, with the luxury of hindsight, I think the first book had such a stunning conclusion that I should have guessed it would be hard to take the story any further"
 "前作では戦争の影響について直截、間接的に被害にあった体験が多く語られていたが、この続編では戦争の被害はあまり強調されず、個人的なつらい体験を乗り越えて.." "前作のthe other sideは、物語が淡々と進み、はらはらドキドキではなく、何となく引きこまれていき、一大絵巻を見ているようなすごさがあった。この続編は、解決編のような感じで最初からノンストップで読んでしまうようなおもしろさがあります。舞台設定は、明りょうであり、物語は次々と展開します。前作のような深さはなく、ついでに書かれたような感じはしますが、大変楽しませてくれます.." "読み出したら止まらないおもしろさ。結末が近づくにつれ、もうおしまいなのかと寂しくなりました"

 THE OTHER SIDE OF MIDNIGHT" 의 후편이다. 전편처럼 진도는 잘 나가지만 내용이 심플해서 큰 즐거움은 없다. 특히 이 책은 그의 다른 책들에 비해서 시대적 한계점을 잘 보여주는거 같다. Youtube에서 검색하면 영화를 볼 수 있는데 책의 내용을 잘 반영하고 있는거 같다. 그래서 책을 읽은 사람들은 영화의 장면들을 이해하기 쉽고 배우들의 대화가 쉽게 들린다는 느낌을 갖게 된다. 가능하면 책을 읽고 영화를 보는 것을 추천한다. 핵심어는 convent, amnesia, jealous, retribution, gang, drug, shipwreck, blackmail, baby face, sacrifice, suicide, frame-up, double-cross, heir, murder, autism, conscience, confession, explosion, greedy, tycoon 등이다.