The Silent Patient
by Alex Michaelides
๐๐ฃ๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฃ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐๐๐.
๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ช๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ค๐ข๐ ๐๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ง,
๐๐ฃ ๐ช๐๐ก๐๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐จ.
SYNOPSIS
Theo Faber, a young criminal psychotherapist with a promising career ahead, makes a sudden absurd decision to drop everything & transfer to The Grove, a mental healthcare facility on the brink of collapse.
Nursing a secret obsession with the unsolved homicide that took place six years ago โ fashion photographer Gabriel Berenson, who, upon returning home one night, is shot five times in the face by famous painter Alicia Berenson, his beloved wife โ Theo is determined to get the most notorious patient of The Grove to speak again, even if it means putting everything at risk.
But Alicia has yet to utter a single word since the incident. What truly happened that night? Did Alicia really murder Gabriel? And why? Can Theo possibly get to the bottom of the case that has kept the world wondering for six whole years? But moreover, how is he to break the mysterious silence of Alicia Berenson?
REVIEW
A psychological thriller with a wicked ending twist thatโll most definitely send your mind reeling.
Sadly, there is little that I can tell you without giving the plot away. It wasnโt completely unexpected, but the way the author connected all the details together at the very last chapters โ from the achingly slow build-up all the way to the final drop โ is what makes this such an amazing read. I also enjoyed the psychological aspects that were brought into discussion, and how deeply the characters were portrayed, each with such raw & genuine emotions that I truly could feel & understand.
