In fact, if you wanted to borrow it off my shelf, IвЂ™d be more than happy to lend it to you rather than sway you to a better choice.

Was it a terrible book? No, absolutely not. The Silent Patient won the 2019 Goodreads choice award for best mystery/thriller (See the rest of the winners here: ). The predictability of the story is was killed it. Although, I donвЂ™t believe the story was executed in a way that kept you guessing to the very last page. The authorвЂ™s writing style was unique and creative. ThatвЂ™s when the lightbulb goes off, and the rest of the book unravels faster than a spool of yarn. Michaelides sends you in a whirlwind of a psychological thriller that has you on the edge of your seatвЂ¦until about two thirds into the book. But will his need to try to fix her consume his life? What I thought about it. This is what drives him to get a job at the Grove- to get close enough to Alicia so he can fix her. вЂњWeвЂ™re all crazy, I believe, Just in different waysвЂќ The Silent Patient, Alex MichaelidesД«ecause of this and his belief that him and Alicia are similiar, Theo is convinced he can be the one to make Alicia talk, to help her the way he needed help all those years prior. As a psychoanalyst, Theo has seen his own dark days, convinced that pyschotherapy has saved his life from becoming exactly what AliciaвЂ™s has-institutionalized. Theo Faber is a criminal psychoanalyst who recently took a position at the Grove, a forensic unit where Alicia Berenson is silently residing. Then Ill stop.' Once you pick up The Silent Patient, this will be what youll say to yourself, before you give in and keep reading until the blindsiding and brilliantly clever conclusion - no matter how good a sleuth you are, you arent going to see it. The tabloids love this scandal-so much that if you live in London, you know of the silent patient. The murder itself is a tragedy, but the fact that Alicia wonвЂ™t say a word makes it one of the biggest mysteries around. One night, upon returning home late from a photo shoot, Alicia ties up and shoots Gabriel five times.

She was a wealthy artist who was seemingly happily married to photographer husband, Gabriel. This is a three-chapter sampler.Alicia BerensonвЂ™s life is se. The silent patient is based on a woman, Alicia Berenson. Read 134 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. Book cover, The Silent Patient So whatвЂ™s it all about?

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