The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

My Rating: 5 Stars



Date finished: 18/06/2020



Date published: 05/02/2019




Synopsis from Goodreads:




Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. 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. 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.

Alicia’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. 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.

Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist who has waited a long time for the opportunity to work with Alicia. 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...


My Review: 

Why oh why did I wait so long to read this one?! I kept looking at it, and thinking, I will buy and read this book eventually! I have such a huge collection of books I try not to buy too many at the moment! This is my favourite read of 2020 so far. I read this book in two evenings, so overall it took me about 5.5 hours to read. It was absolutely brilliant. 

If you are looking for a book that you really cannot put down and something a little different from all the other average thriller type books out there, then this is the book for you. This had the most brilliant twist that I haven't seen coming for such a long time. It is so well written and the pages flow so effortlessly. You just cannot put it down. It was all I could think about until I finished it. And once I had finished it, I wanted to tell everyone about the book and the twist. 

Overall, my best book of 2020. I don't have much else to say other than please read it! You won't be disappointed. 

Happy reading :)


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