The Silent Patient

Book Name- The Silent Patient.

-Autho – Alex Michaelides

Alicia Berenson’s life is seeming! painter married to an seemingly perfect in-demand Fashion A famous photographer, She lives in a grand house with big windowss overlooking a park in one of london’s most one evening from desirable areas. her husband Cuabriel returns home late a fashion shoot, & Alicia shoots him five Hmes in the face, & then never speaks a another coord.

Alicia’s refusal to talk, or give any kind of explana. twins a domestic tragedy into something far ty that captures the public imaginatio tion grander, a mystery -n. & costs Alicia into notoriety. The price of her art

skyrousels, & she, the silent patient, is hidden away. frored the tabloids 3 spotlight forensic unit, in North London. at the grove, a secure

Then Faber is a criminal psychotherapist coho has waited long time for the opportunity to work with Alicia. His determination to get her to talk & unravel the mystery of why she shot her husband takes him. down troisting path into his own motivations- a search for the truth that threatens to consume bim…

I want to love Atex Michaelides, Por the most pourt, he is a decent thriller writer & his novels often have a strong atmospheric start. However, his troist’ endings always fall really flat for me. It was the same in the maidens; a davik and poor pay off. gripping -premise with an exceedingly
Entire chapters are wasted with. Theo investigating Alicia’s Shady friends & family & it all ends up being pointless. One thing about michaelides is thelt he’ll give you mod herrings just for the sake of it & then fail to delivere any resdution to the can of coorms that the’s opened up because oma look Twist Ending!

The Beginning holds so much promise and the pages practically poze mystery & intrigue as we attempt to work out what has led to Alicia’s silence. Attorall, It’s in the title itself. In lieu of actually providing a satisfying answer, Michaelides big twist takes the spotlight & Alicia fades in background.