Book Review: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

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Top ratings on this one and firmly in my elite “favorites” file

⏰ 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫: Alicia Berenson killed her husband and then stays silent. For years. She’s judged criminally insane and heads to a psychiatric hospital where everyone expects she will magically return from this quiet abyss, knowing she escaped prison. Nope. Years go by. She remains silent. Theo Faber is intrigued by the case and accepts a job at the hospital with the hope of reaching Alicia, to finally turn over the truth and help Alicia in her mental health journey. But is he prepared for what she truly knows?

💡𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬: What the whaaaaat? Imagine Macaulay Culkin’s famous Home Alone scream face and you’ve pretty put pegged my current facial expression. Jaw-on-the-floor.

Stunned.

This is the book you ESCAPE into. A world that’s taut with suspense, questions more than answers, and that constant “what happens next?” feeling. Ooooh I love that. As an English teacher I’m not evaluating this one on literary merit – this one is pure, wicked-good entertainment and Ddddaaaaaaaaaammn it doesn’t get much better.

I avoided all reviews on this book once I realized it was an “IT” book to read, and so happy I did. I felt like I had to keep looking over my shoulder the whole time, so either I’m paranoid or this book grabbed my senses and didn’t let go. Deliciously twisted. Just how I like it. 😈

𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆𝗠𝗮𝗴𝘀.𝗰𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.

📚𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞: Mystery/Psychological

😍𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨: Another “FOMO” book but this one delivers, allllll the bestseller lovers, book-of-the-moment, mystery twisted lovers like me… ya know? Us weirdos! Lol

🙅‍♀️ 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨: I suppose if you’re too analytical or not in the mood for twisted.

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