Alicia Berenson’s perfect life ends the day that she shoots her husband Gabriel five times. Locked away in a secure ward, Alicia refuses to speak to anyone, a patient whose silence has kept authorities puzzled as to her motivation for the crime. Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist, a man who jumps at the chance to unlock the mystery of Alicia's silence. As Theo digs into Alicia's past, will the motivations behind the silent patient be revealed?
The Silent Patient received such high ratings, but the novel did not live up to the hype for me. I found it difficult to forge a connection to the characters or the story and I was less than thrilled with the ending. The skewed perspective and the misdirection thrown up by the author was more like a parlor trick, all smoke and mirrors but no substance. I am usually a fan of mysteries, but The Silent Patient was a big disappointment.
The Silent Patient received such high ratings, but the novel did not live up to the hype for me. I found it difficult to forge a connection to the characters or the story and I was less than thrilled with the ending. The skewed perspective and the misdirection thrown up by the author was more like a parlor trick, all smoke and mirrors but no substance. I am usually a fan of mysteries, but The Silent Patient was a big disappointment.