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A review by iris_ymra
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
'The development of our personalities doesn’t take place in isolation, but in relationship with others—we are shaped and completed by unseen, unremembered forces; namely, our parents.'
'We’re all crazy, I believe, just in different ways.'
'Sometimes it’s hard to grasp why the answers to the present lie in the past.'
________
Six years ago Alicia Berenson murdered her husband -- Gabriel -- by shooting him five times. And ever since Alicia has remained silent even when she was convicted of the crime.
Theo Faber a psychotherapist, who had been following up with the case seized the job opportunity at Grove -- where Alicia is admitted -- because he has the feeling of being responsible to save Alicia -- as he once been saved -- metaphorically and literally.
Later, the stories between Theo and Alicia will unravel the blurred line in their tale.
________
First of all, as a whole I like the idea of the story, though it's not that much as mind blowing. It's written well to keep the suspense for readers -- at least for me. And I love psychological thriller story.
But as the plot progressed it became rather slow, and I feel like the thrill started to die down a bit. Until when the twist took place, and I was on the edge. All I want, then, was to finish the book. Yet then again, the tension died down in short time. I'd say it was rather quiet anticlimactic for me.
I watched so many psychological crime thriller television series in my life that made me just had another totally different outcome and storyline in my mind throughout my entire reading of this book. To say the least this book comes a bit below to my expectation.
'We’re all crazy, I believe, just in different ways.'
'Sometimes it’s hard to grasp why the answers to the present lie in the past.'
________
Six years ago Alicia Berenson murdered her husband -- Gabriel -- by shooting him five times. And ever since Alicia has remained silent even when she was convicted of the crime.
Theo Faber a psychotherapist, who had been following up with the case seized the job opportunity at Grove -- where Alicia is admitted -- because he has the feeling of being responsible to save Alicia -- as he once been saved -- metaphorically and literally.
Later, the stories between Theo and Alicia will unravel the blurred line in their tale.
________
First of all, as a whole I like the idea of the story, though it's not that much as mind blowing. It's written well to keep the suspense for readers -- at least for me. And I love psychological thriller story.
But as the plot progressed it became rather slow, and I feel like the thrill started to die down a bit. Until when the twist took place, and I was on the edge. All I want, then, was to finish the book. Yet then again, the tension died down in short time. I'd say it was rather quiet anticlimactic for me.
I watched so many psychological crime thriller television series in my life that made me just had another totally different outcome and storyline in my mind throughout my entire reading of this book. To say the least this book comes a bit below to my expectation.