Book Review:
Let’s review a thriller novel, The Silent Patient, by Alex Michaelides. Alicia Berensen looked perfect, married to a famous painter, living in a big house that faced a garden, in one of London’s famous areas. Alicia Berenson comes home one night for no reason whatsoever and stabs her Gabriel several times. She either stabs him or she, like, shoots him, something like that, yeah!. He returns home from work, and she shoots him five times in the face. She did this aggressively in his face as she never wanted to see his face again. She never speaks about it, but there is an interesting therapist, Theo, who is going to get her and talk about that scene. Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist who had a curiosity about this life threatening case and he wanted to unravel the mystery.
Novel Details:
| Title | The Silent Patient |
| Author | Alex Michaelides |
| Publishing Date | February 5, 2019 |
| Genre | Suspense, thriller, mystery, young adult literature |
| Rating | 4/5 |
The Silent Patient FAQs:
This book is about Alicia Berensen, who kills her husband, and the mystery remains unresolved until Theo, a criminal therapist, decides to unravel the truth.
There are certain themes used in this novel, such as rage, obsession, help, crime, and therapists. This book is a psychological thriller that dives into the lives of a criminal mindset. It describes how far help and harm can replace each other in times of trauma and mental illness.
The book is suitable for readers 16 and above, as it is a psychological thriller and uses the terms of crime, mental illness, trauma, and murder. Some people suggest that this book should be for readers above 18 because of the extremes of the storyline.
