(BOOK REVIEW)

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About the book

The story moves around a woman named Alicia, a painter and a loving wife. But, late one evening, Alicia shoots her husband, Gabriel five times and never speaks another word.

The story is narrated by Theo Faber, a Forensic Psychotherapist who is obsessed with investigating Alicia’s crime and thinks he can successfully treat Alicia, make her speak, while all others have failed.

But…

Why did she go Silent?

And, if she spoke, would he want to hear the truth?

Does ‘ALCESTIS’, her last painting, has a deeper meaning to it?

And why did she kill her husband when she loved him truly and couldn’t even bear the thought of worrying him or causing him pain?

What I think…

First of all a Smart, Surprising and Intriguing novel. Brilliantly written.

The story starts with the line “Alicia Berenson was thirty-three year old when she killed her husband”, a straightforward writing with a twisty plot i.e. a Perfect Thriller. And well that is true. Amazingly written. A smooth suspense which has you in its grasp and does not let you go (I personally couldn’t get it out of my mind for a few days).

The story is beautifully designed discussing every detail and towards the end leaves you baffled. An epic ending. The language is easy-to-comprehend, so even if you are not into reading much or this is your first book, go for it.

A note to all the readers, the story will interest you from the start but it will move slowly as it discusses every detail and so you have to be a little patient. But once it catches its pace it becomes ‘unputdownable’ and you read it to the very last page.

“The Silent Patient” has received a lot of praise and hype since its release mainly because of its epic ending so you need to understand that its not important that it will interest you too. If you are new to this genre and expecting thrill or drama its a little less in action and has more psychological depth to it.

So, to sum it up, a must read for anyone in this genre. The novel is meticulous and provides you with enough information to keep you guessing but you never reach the right guess. And even if you guess the ending right (which i think you won’t be able to), you will not regret reading it.

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