The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides
Overall: 4/5
Plot and themes: 5/5
Characters: 3/5
Writing style: 4/5
Attention-grabbing: 4/5
The Silent Patient is pretty much a murder mystery. It follows the narrative of a psychotherapist attempting to aid a woman who murdered her husband. She has refused to speak since the day of the murder and the world considers her truly psychotic. Theo thinks that he is different though, he thinks he will be the one who gets through to her. And slowly, he starts seeing what the world missed.
This book is way better than the Maidens. For once thing, there weren't nearly the amount of red herrings that the Maidens tried to thread in. But also, we didn't lose all of the character growth that we felt throughout the pages in the glory of the final plot twist. The plot twist actually added up and made sense in the grand scheme of the book. And the openness of the ending really gave it that additional spark.
I enjoyed it a lot aside from the monotony of some of the central parts. I think that it was a great book that was just trippy enough to be enjoyable without being pretentious or overdone.
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