Title: The Silent Patient
By: Alex Michaelides
Published: 2019
Call #: FIC Michaelides
http://pclib.polarislibrary.com/view.aspx?author=michaelides&title=silent
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides is a mystery-thriller novel set in a private London psychiatric facility called The Grove. The plot revolves around a successful artist, Alicia Berenson, who murders her fashion photographer husband, seemingly out of the blue. She then refuses to speak another word…to anyone! Several years later, with Alicia still not talking, a psychotherapist named Theo Faber begins treating her. Theo is himself a flawed individual who plotted his hiring at The Grove specifically in order to be able to see and treat Alicia, and get to the bottom of the mystery of what she had done and why she wasn’t speaking.
For those who like psychological thrillers this may be a good fit however, it seemed to me that the storyline moved somewhat slowly and overall was perhaps a bit unrealistic. On the other hand, there were some interesting twists and turns in this book, something suspense novel fans will definitely appreciate!
Blanca
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