I think the premise behind The Man with Two Souls is very interesting. At first I thought the
title was metaphoric and symbolic, like a man with two faces. But then at page
three the protagonist has the conversation with “himself” and we realize he
really is someone else. I like how he tries to figure out who he is, using business
cards and maps. I think it’s really creative how he is living this stranger’s
life. I would like to know why he’s in this person’s body and how it happened,
but that’s just personal curiosity, I think the story is OK with out that
knowledge, because that’s not what the story is about. It’s not about the how
it happens, but what to do now that it already has.
I do think we need to get a better sense of who the guy who
is being possessed is normally. Nobody picks up on him acting like a different
person, not even his girlfriend. I think there should be some action he does
that could expose him. Like being nice to a person ‘he’ has a rivalry with, or
ordering something at the restaurant ‘he’ is allergic to. Small clues that no
body picks up because he can think fast and talk his way out of it. It also
makes sense since he is a different person.
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