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The Third Personality

Rating 3.2
Chapters
5
Series
The Third Personality
ISBN
9787513914826

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Summary

Dabing wakes from serious injuries with no memory at all, unsure even whether "Dabing" is truly his own name. He first drifts among migrant workers but gradually notices many things that don't add up: extraordinary reasoning ability, the skill to subdue several strong men bare-handed, French that slips out of his mouth, and fleeting images of luxury cars, villas, and a noble woman. Even more unsettling is the sense that he may have killed someone. Various parties come knocking one after another: a mysterious business figure, a beautiful general manager, a psychiatrist, a surveillance policeman, an assassin, and an old lover. Someone tells him he is actually Gu Xingjun, general manager of the East China region of the Xinzong Group, which holds billions in assets; yet the policeman he subdues whispers that his real identity is that of a police officer. Identities as migrant worker, gang boss, and undercover cop collide within him—now honest and blunt, now shrewd and righteous, now sinister and ruthless—and he cannot tell which is the real him. The outside world is equally treacherous: the atmosphere inside Xinzong is eerie, every "acquaintance" hides a secret they will not speak aloud, and the boss behind the scenes remains faceless. As clues come together, a financial fraud scandal worth over ten billion yuan is being methodically pinned on him, and the key evidence that could turn the tables is nowhere to be found. Who he is, whom he can still trust, and how he should conduct himself become the tightening suspense that runs through the entire book.

Editor's review

《余罪》走红之后,常舒欣(常书欣)没有沿着熟悉的套路再写一部“警察抓坏人”,而是把心理分析的元素搬进了警匪故事。《第三重人格》的设定极狠:主角一出场就什么都不记得,身份像一件件衣服被人递到手里,穿上哪一件,就要承担那一件的罪与债。农民工、黑老大、卧底警察这三重身份,既是本书的悬念引擎,也是把人逼到墙角的绳索。 常舒欣多年来一直有警察从旁指点,笔下的侦查流程、审讯节奏、卧底接触方式都立得住,不会让人觉得是空中楼阁。这一部被他自述为“构思多年、几经易稿”的突破之作,保留了《余罪》那种粗粝、不回避人性灰度的质感,同时把场景从单一的缉毒、抓捕扩展到金融欺诈与资本运作,格局更大。小说在掌阅连载时点击过四百万,实体版仍保留了网文紧凑的推进速度,读起来不易卡顿。 需要提醒的是,实体书评分为 6.4 分,读者对主角“多智近妖”的设定颇有微词:能力过于全能,反而削弱了代入感。若你期待的是推理严密、逻辑闭环的硬核刑侦,这本未必合胃口;若你只想跟着一个被身份撕裂的人在地狱里穿行,并且在结尾拿到反转,它足够痛快。

Who it's for

A good fit for

  • 读过《余罪》或喜欢常书欣作品的读者,可以看到他题材上的转向
  • 偏爱卧底、双重或多重身份设定的悬疑警匪小说爱好者
  • 能接受网文节奏快、主角光环强,追求阅读爽感的读者
  • 对多重人格、失忆与心理分析题材感兴趣的读者

Not a good fit for

  • 期待严谨本格推理、要求逻辑闭环的读者
  • 不喜欢主角能力超群、缺少成长弧线的读者
  • 对暴力、犯罪场面和人性阴暗描写较为敏感的读者

Reading tips

  1. 先只把它当一部身份悬疑小说读,不要急着判断主角是谁,跟到证据浮现再回头对照前面的疑点。
  2. 注意每一处“人格切换”的触发情境,这是理解主角行为逻辑的关键线索。
  3. 读完第一部后可直接接续第二部,诈骗案与父亲殉职旧案两条线在续作中才收束。
  4. 如果只想看刑侦,可以重点读第三章和第五章,中间的群像与心理描写可以适当快读。

About the publisher

民主与建设出版社 China · Founded in 1994

Founded in 1994, Democracy and Construction Press organizes its publishing around economic management, the humanities and history, and united front culture, while also covering foreign literature and classic works. Among the 732 titles in the collection are translations of foreign classics such as The Brothers Karamazov and On War, fantasy literature such as The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: Illustrated Collector's Edition, and modern literary masterpieces including Lao She's Four Generations Under One Roof and Camel Xiangzi · The Problem of Nothing, and Lu Xun's Call to Arms. Translators Geng Jizhi and Wang Jinhua, together with authors such as J. R. R. Tolkien and Carl von Clausewitz, form the resource base for its combination of scholarly translation and general reading. As public information is limited, this description focuses on the publishing profile reflected in the titles held in the collection.

Contents

  1. Chapter 1: The Amnesiac
  2. Chapter 2: Dabing's Identity
  3. Chapter 3: The Suspect Gu Congjun
  4. Chapter 4: Dabing's Doubts
  5. Chapter 5: The Arrest in Progress

FAQ

这本书和《余罪》是同一个作者吗?
是。作者常舒欣早期以“常书欣”为笔名写成《余罪》《黑锅》《超级大忽悠》等作品,后来用“常舒欣”的名义发表《危险拍档》《第三重人格》。两本书都涉警匪题材,但《第三重人格》加入了多重人格与心理分析元素。
《第三重人格》一共有几册?
实体出版有第一册和第二册,均由民主与建设出版社出版,第一册 2017 年 9 月出版,ISBN 为 9787513914826;第二册 2017 年 12 月出版,ISBN 为 9787513914819。网络连载的完整版约 102.4 万字,共 181 章。
这本书是真实案件改编的吗?
目前没有公开资料表明它取材于某一起具体案件。作者长期有警察提供专业指点,书中的侦查流程、审讯与卧底方式比较接近实务,但人物和主要情节应属虚构创作。
豆瓣 6.4 分,值得买吗?
分数不算高,争议主要集中在主角设定过于全能、代入感偏弱。如果你喜欢卧底故事和身份反转,值得一读;如果对逻辑严密性要求高,建议先借阅网络版再决定是否入手实体书。
适合先看网文版还是纸质版?
情节基本一致,纸质版为出版修订稿,章节按五章划分,篇幅较连载版精简。习惯快节奏可以看连载版,想收藏或精读则推荐实体版。

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