A review by pastelwriter
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

Did not finish book. Stopped at 35%.

I had to do it, y’all. I had to give up on this book. 

I was so painfully bored while reading this. I would listen to the audiobook while on my way to work…and my mind would wander to literally anything else. Work. Fanfic. Other books. My fave video game. I couldn’t care less about this story. 

This book was another reminder of why I tend to stray from mystery/thrillers. The inner conflicts of the main characters tend to be so boring and mundane. It was no surprise Theo was obsessed with this “silent patient” and was in the middle of a collapsing marriage. Cheating wife. Marriage used to be amazing and full of hot sex. Blegh. Terrible. Boring. 

I’m pretty sure I know what the twist is (because I never pick up this genre and thus watched a spoiler review of this years ago), but I will not speak it here for fear of being incorrect or not quite right. I will simply continue to fail my book club 😔