My next book is The Silent Patient from Alex Michaelides.
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.
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.
I think I secretly dreaded this book. I had heard such mixed feelings about it in the Psychological Thrillers Facebook Group that I not only put it off, but I also started really slowly.
But that’s ok. The hype to me was justified.
I felt myself wanting to read more and more, even when I was dead tired and needed to go to bed. Or when I should be doing something else!
The twist in this book I didn’t see coming. Maybe I should have, but it alluded me. And really, that’s the way I like it. I want things to be a surprise, and I was definitely thrown for a loop!
The characters were so interesting. They were well-thought-out, and I found myself rooting for them. Scenes were described in vivid detail, and I felt like I could watch this as a movie. In fact, I’d love it as a movie!
I really do recommend this, despite the naysayers. I think it was well-written, and as I said, the twist was amazing.