This One Will Give You an Amazing #bookhangover!
I finished reading The Silent Patient in one sitting. This is the author's debut novel and even though the book description sounded intriguing, I had no idea that months later, this would still be the book that I keep thinking about and talking about to every book lover I know.
Alicia is an artist, married to Gabriel, a photographer. To the world, her life appears pretty perfect and yet one night, Gabriel comes home and Alicia kills him. What could have led her to murder her husband? No one may ever know the truth since she has not spoken a single word since that night. Enter Theo, a psychotherapist who believes if given the opportunity to treat Alicia, that he can break through her silence.
Almost everything I want to say about The Silent Patient veers dangerously close to spoiler territory. What I can say is that the story is told in the past and in the present and that much is revealed about both Alicia and Theo. Did I have my own thoughts about where this story was headed? Why yes I did and I totally got it wrong! The ending has an unbelievably good twist that made perfect sense after I thought about what I had read. It was weeks before I could read another book without thinking it was just 'OK'. Actually, I read some very good books, but my Silent Patient book hangover just wouldn't let go.
Honestly, the story, the characters, and the twists and turns made this unputdownable.
The bar is set high for psychological thrillers to be published in 2019! I would give The Silent Patient more than 5 stars if I could.
Alicia is an artist, married to Gabriel, a photographer. To the world, her life appears pretty perfect and yet one night, Gabriel comes home and Alicia kills him. What could have led her to murder her husband? No one may ever know the truth since she has not spoken a single word since that night. Enter Theo, a psychotherapist who believes if given the opportunity to treat Alicia, that he can break through her silence.
Almost everything I want to say about The Silent Patient veers dangerously close to spoiler territory. What I can say is that the story is told in the past and in the present and that much is revealed about both Alicia and Theo. Did I have my own thoughts about where this story was headed? Why yes I did and I totally got it wrong! The ending has an unbelievably good twist that made perfect sense after I thought about what I had read. It was weeks before I could read another book without thinking it was just 'OK'. Actually, I read some very good books, but my Silent Patient book hangover just wouldn't let go.
Honestly, the story, the characters, and the twists and turns made this unputdownable.
The bar is set high for psychological thrillers to be published in 2019! I would give The Silent Patient more than 5 stars if I could.