Apart from interesting discussions about various parasomnias, Alice has a variety of annecdotes that range from hilarious, creepy, and even some that actually made me cry. I particularly found the parts about dreams in remote tribes and the affect of the emergence of colour TV on dreams interesting. AS READ ON BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK IN DECEMBER 2022 **’Curious, lively, humble, utterly genuine … a remarkable debut. It maybe wants to deliver too much on too many topics, and their treatment is uneven in depth and analysis.

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To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. From episodes of sleepwalking to hallucinations of sinister figures in her bedroom, her nights are often eventful and sometimes frightening.

On the other hand, it sometimes veers into unconfortably personal material that feels like a live therapy session happening in front of our eyes, with the author figuring things out as they come up. Parasomnias are surprisingly common and will be experienced by as many as 70% of people at some point in our lives. Over the next few years she would report from Paris as it fell to the Nazis, London on the first day of the blitz, and Berlin on the day Germany invaded Poland. As someone who dreams every time I shut my eyes, this was incredibly enlightening, resonated, and is a must read for dreamers.

Some film analysis is underdeveloped compared to the literary analysis : for instance, concluding that Kon's Paprika and Nolan's Inception is about "the dilemma of technology intruding in our dreams" and "the existential crisis we might face when technology helps us to control our dreams too well" is a little bit weak and doesn't offer anything interesting or new to say about the way those movies talk about dreams and the things dreams can be metaphors of. Ever since childhood, she’s been prone to “parasomnias” – sleep disturbances that include nightmares, sleepwalking and ghostly hallucinations.

When you login first time using a Social Login button, we collect your account public profile information shared by Social Login provider, based on your privacy settings. I just heard Dr Alice (the author) on Radio Wales and her voice was far superior for doing this type of content. The book has left me feeling I need more answers about the workings of the human brain, which is a positive outcome. Along the way she explores the Salem Witch Trials and sleep paralysis, Victorian ghost stories, and soldiers' experiences of PTSD.The publisher of this book provided free copies of the book to have their book reviewed by a professional reviewer.