Genre: Book
Grade: A-/B+
Notable People: Alex Michaelides
Title: “The Silent Patient”
Review: Chilling and suspenseful first novel that baffled me throughout. The book starts in London with a disturbed woman killing her husband and goes on a whirlwind from there. It is told through the lens of her equally disturbed psychotherapist, and the erstwhile murderess’ journals, and is full of unusual twists and turns. Not a traditional mystery, and more of a full blown treatise on borderline personalities. The psychological themes and jargon are well researched and the use very short chapters allow for absorbing the intense narrative. I had no idea where this was going until the very end. Quite an inaugural effort, though the writing has some maturing to do. A number one NY Times bestseller, which was gifted to me, and made me wonder about the symbolism off that.