I have just finished reading a psychological thriller novel Ten Days of Danger (once named "The Number One Book Fan") with Douban score of 8.6. The author of this book has adopted the structure of "a book in a book" to write. The book tells the story of Paul Scheer, a writer, who was rescued by a woman named Anne after a car accident.

Paul was saved by Anne. At first, Anne claimed to be Paul's number one book fan, and her status as Paul's savior made Paul have some trust in her. However, after learning that Paul wrote his favorite novel character "Bitter Son" to death, the relationship between them completely changed. Angry, Anne began to torture Paul in every way, forcing him to write a sequel, to make the "bitter son" live, and to "resurrect" reasonably and logically.

At first, Paul was able to communicate with Annie normally. Gradually, Paul discovered that he was crippled in both legs, and Annie controlled his pain and death when he could not contact other people. If he doesn't listen, Anne will leave under the pretext of something, and will not give Paul food and painkillers, which will make him miserable. The description of Anne's character in the book is delicate, and at first it just makes people feel that she is a poor and sad middle-aged woman who lives alone and is not understood.

Paul thought so at first, but a large number of painkillers at home, telephones in the living room without telephone lines and so on all began to make Paul think deeply. In Paul, I found a scrapbook full of reports on the dead. All the dead in it died of a long illness or emergency, and everyone who died had more or less contact with Anne. With Paul's extreme panic, the plot in the book has reached a climax ...

The first half of the book basically describes the mode of getting along with Anne and Paul and Paul's "adventure" in Anne's cabin. However, the whole novel has always created a creepy atmosphere, which friends who like horror or thriller novels can read.

I even had a feeling when I saw Anne showing malice to Paul for the first time and forcing Paul to continue writing "Bitter Son". Perhaps Paul's car accident was Anne's premeditated plan. After all, after Paul was saved, he has been locked in the house and can't see outsiders. The most important thing is Anne's status as the "number one book fan".

She was originally Paul's "number one book fan", and "Bitter Son" was the character in the book, but Paul was the real one. She felt that she loved Paul the most and wanted to keep him for herself. It is thought-provoking that when she learned that "Bitter Son" died, she was no longer Paul's "number one book fan", and she began to curse Paul and force him to resurrect "Bitter Son", ignoring Paul's hatred of "Bitter Son".

Maybe the "bitter son" in her mind is herself.