Book info

• Title The Silent Patient
• Author Alex Michaelides
• Year 2019
• Genre Mystery

Alicia Berenson lived a seemingly perfect life until one day six years ago. When she shot her husband in the head five times. Since then she hasn't spoken a single word. It's time to find out why.

Thoughts

Overall, I think this is a good thriller with an intriguing ending that I didn’t see coming. It does take quite a long time to get there, and feels like it gets a bit muddled in the middle, but it’s well written and keeps you guessing. The main character of Alicia was a little underused too, partly due to her self-imposed muteness but even once she opened up it felt like we could have spent more time with her. But I did enjoy reading it and the suspense was well done.

Rating: 3 / 5