A review by amyvl93
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

dark mysterious fast-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? Yes

2.0

 

I picked this up after my friend was desperate to talk to someone about it and it whilst it was a pacey read it was one that I found just okay. It follows a psychotherapist, Theo, who is obsessed with a murder of a famous photographer apparently by his artist wife, Alicia, who has not spoken a word since it took place - he is convinced that he is the only person who can treat her and so gets a job at the treatment facility that she lives in - and we then get a split narrative between Theo and Alicia's diary which charts events up to the murder. The writing was pacey, but in general I found that not all the twists really worked for me, and I was left at the end with a pretty big why that I couldn't really resolve.