This isn’t something that The Silent Patient offers, which left me rather frustrated at the end. I’m also not a huge fan of open-ended books, so this book was doubly cursed for me! If I’m reading a standalone novel, I like to have everything wrapped up neatly by the end, I like to have answers to questions.
I feel weird about people writing diary entries with full, total recall of exact words and actions expressed in conversations, so this aspect didn’t work very well for me. It’s not a secret that I’m not a huge fan of epistolary novels. That being said, there were still things I didn’t like about this book. It was fast-paced, a quick and easy read for me to get through. I liked the reference to Greek mythology. I enjoyed seeing the little twists of truth hidden throughout the book, I thought that really made this an exciting read. I think they add a subtle terror to thrillers. Generally, I will say that I’m a fan of unreliable narrators. His determination to get her to talk and unravel the mystery of why she shot her husband takes him down a twisting path into his own motivations-a search for the truth that threatens to consume him.I liked this book. Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist who has waited a long time for the opportunity to work with Alicia. The price of her art skyrockets, and she, the silent patient, is hidden away from the tabloids and spotlight at the Grove, a secure forensic unit in North London.
One evening her husband Gabriel returns home late from a fashion shoot, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face, and then never speaks another word.Īlicia’s refusal to talk, or give any kind of explanation, turns a domestic tragedy into something far grander, a mystery that captures the public imagination and casts Alicia into notoriety.
A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London’s most desirable areas. Alex Michaelides's #1 New York Times bestseller and international sensation, now in paperback.Īlicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect.
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