by Alex Michaelides
I’ve heard and seen this book everywhere so I had to read it. Shooting your spouse five times in the face and then, pulling the silent treatment, now that is a good defense. What would cause someone to commit such a crime? I had to know. I didn’t know if I really trusted Alicia throughout the bo...
Very engrossing. This is my second audiobook and the listening experience was much better than my first one. The female and male narrators were great, both of them very natural and dynamic. The story is so absorbing I stayed up late a few nights as I couldn't resist listening just a little more, jus...
I Picked Up This Book Because: Tonight Show Summer Reads contestant. It wasn’t the winner but it was the one I wanted to read the most. The Characters: Theo Faber: Alicia Berenson: Prof Diametes, Indira, Yuri The Story: Nothing is as it seems here. NOTHING. I’m left somewhat in a state of shock ...
I don’t quite understand what the whole hype is with this book. It did go off to a good start and kept me interested in the story, but then it started taking a rather bland and dry turn. It started focusing on Theo’s obsession with Alicia and although it builds up to what happens to be a really g...
Thanks to NetGalley and to Orion for providing me an ARC copy of this book that I freely chose to review. Being a doctor (although I’d always had the same interest, even before studying Medicine), I’m always intrigued by books with the word “patient” (or doctor, hospital, or similar healthcare-relat...
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides, author; Louise Brealey, Jack Hawkins narrators There are two competing stories in this excellent psychological thriller. One concerns an artist, Alicia Berenson, a woman of fragile emotions and a victim of circumstance. After her mother committed suicide, she ...
I read a ton of psychological thrillers, and most fall short of the mark for me. Granted, the continued exposure does mean that it is increasingly harder and harder to "get" me with that required big twist. Then, along comes this debut from Alex Michaelides. The story is a slow build, and in the be...
Do you play chess? I don’t, more of a tic-tac-toe aficionado TBH. But I’ve always admired the ability to think 10 moves ahead when faced with a worthy opponent. Here we have 2 well matched MC’s, each with a plan & motive that may end up being their downfall. Alicia Berenson used to be one half of ...