I’m so glad our book club picked The Silent Patient for this month’s book! It was such an engaging and fast read! I couldn't put it down, and I have a really hard time staying engaged with anything that isn’t YA. I don’t typically read mystery or thriller books either because they can be kind of gruesome. Obviously, there is a murder but it wasn’t over the top in blood and violence. We have some pretty conservative members in our book group and no one really has any objections. It’s more psychologically twisty though there was definitely some sex scenes.
I thought the ending was great! It gave us lots to talk about, and I didn’t see it coming at all. Theo and Alicia were captivating narrators. Good characters are a must in books. I don’t typically like unreliable narrators because I just don’t like them and then can’t get into the story (ex. Girl on a Train), but I liked Theo. I feel like I can’t talk a lot about everything without giving things away!
I thought the ending was great! It gave us lots to talk about, and I didn’t see it coming at all. Theo and Alicia were captivating narrators. Good characters are a must in books. I don’t typically like unreliable narrators because I just don’t like them and then can’t get into the story (ex. Girl on a Train), but I liked Theo. I feel like I can’t talk a lot about everything without giving things away!