Alex Michaelides
it, such a good plot twist, This is Alex Michaelides debut novel and what a debut it is, I just dont know how hes going to top this, I loved this book. The story entices you in starting off with Alicias diary, Although not every time, the chapters to alternate between Alicias diary and Theos POV, Its hard not to spoil this book with my review, Im about to write something down and then realise that it would give too much away, There are so many twists and turns to this story that once youve started, you just cant stop, And I love thrillers like that, In fact, I love any novel like that, Alexs writing is outstanding! There were point in the book where I was a little bored with Alicias silence my problem Im impatient not Alexs but once I got to the end of the book and had a few days to stew over what actually happened, I realised that it makes total sense and is absolutely necessary for her to be silent for as long as she was.
There is a shocking twist at the end of this book, As always, you wonder how you didnt see it coming, But with this one, it is literally staring you in the face the whole time, I gasped when I read the ending, I also laughed and shouted at myself for not seeing it coming, I couldnt get enough of this book, of Alexs writing style, of the twists and turns, of the journey he takes you on, Im already itching to get my hands on something else written by him, I highly recommend The Silent Patient, I originally gave this book/when I reviewed it straight after reading, however, a few weeks have gone by and I have mulled it over, and it really does deserve/stars.
So, that is now my revised rating,/stars. Gerçekten çok güzel kitap, İyi ki okumuşum. Öneririm. Alicia Berenson shoots her husband Gabriel five times in the head and condemns herself to silence forever, She s thought to have committed the crime due her unstable mind and is judged to spend her life in a home for such accused people, called The Grove.
The nature of this judgement is helped by Dr Diomedes, the eccentric
incharge of the same institution not only due to Alicia s troubled previous mental health and self harm but at the crime scene she s found with her wrists slashed and with a lot of blood loss, she s hospitalised too,upon return, she paints the scene uninterrupted and indicates she be the culprit, naming the painting Alcestis!Psychotherapist Theo leaves his present job and joins The Grove.
His drive is Alicia herself, who he follows since the time of the murder and who he believe s can be brought out from the silence by none other than himself.
So, Theo on joining the institution, faces both adversity and help from his colleagues and boss but gets permission to be in therapy with Alicia, Does Alicia respond Does she speakAfter numerous varied attempts, digging into family past and counter questioning characters a many like Max Berenson, Jean Felix, Paul Rose and also Dr Christian West.
To give it away she does speak! But not before she gives Dr Theo her diary, to reveal her troubled childhood and psychic death, Parallelly we know that Theo himself has had an abused childhood and himself has had therapy from Dr Ruth for long, however, his partner Kathy has been a breather in his life.
The saddest part is, Theo discovers Kathy is cheating, He doesn't confront her, just lets the pain be in fear of loosing his most potent drug after marijuana! He instead shadows them and her partner in a crazy sadistic way!The rest is the twist, which makes this book a/read and one of my best this year!Find out for yourself,what happened when Alicia spokeWhats the aftermath Why she killed and whats the significance of Alcestis!Its a beautifully written thriller, with a karma twist, its unpredictable, edgy and so real life!Shows how much of a pretence life is.
. What makes Gone Girl and Sharp Objects then just cheesy page turners is the quality of the writing, What makes The Silent Patient such a tacky slog is the consistently lazy, cliche ridden, dumbed down prose, Who cares about a mystery when you have to trudge through page after page of sophomoric prose Many books are marketed as compelling page turners, This one certainly is. As sleep denying novels go, this one must come high up the list, It does not belong in the crime genre, even though crime is involved, Rather it is a psychological thriller, fittingly set mainly within a secure psychiatric ward, The narrator, for the most part, shares top billing with a young girl artist, who after traumatic events refuses,or is unable, to speak, seemingly trapped in post traumatic shock.
The narrator , Theo Faber, is a young psychotherapist, who seizes on the opportunity to work with the patient, Alicia Berenson, in the hope of helping her, and in particular restoring her speech.
To say about the action would be to spoil the experience of being carried along by the plot, It's a novel that can very nearly be read at a sitting, and once past a certain point, is extremely difficult to put down, On the basis of all this, it would seem the book falls automatically into the highest bracket, yet I do have some reservations, That it is a quick easy read is only partly owing to the intriguing plot, Some of the writing is flat and cliched the diary sequences are not wholly convincing I find them inconsistent with an agonised state of mind there are lapses in grammar and the book needs careful proof reading.
The underlying idea is original and promising and it's not a book that anyone is likely to abandon half way through, but it lacks polish it would have profited by the author standing back at the end and taking a hard critical look.
At times I felt it was written in as great a rush as it is likely to be read, I have to admit, though, that it seems to have impressed a large number of people,.shipping Compulsive is one word you could use to describe The Silent Patient, It is highly addictive and it really takes you into the minds of its characters and explores their psychology, Alex Michaelides writing draws you into the story as the protagonist, Theo Faber, attempts to break the silence of convicted murderer, Alicia Berenson who has been rendered mute for six years and has spent that time in The Grove, a psychiatric unit.
Theo has become obsessed with her case, but can he finally be the one to find out what really happened the night she shot her husband dead When an opportunity arises to join The Grove as a psychiatrist he jumps at the chance, determined to reach out to Alicia.
I really enjoyed reading this book and I couldnt wait to find out if Theo was going to achieve his goal, I think the anticipation of wondering if this was going to be the moment that Alicia spoke is what made most parts of this book a really intense read and Alex controlled this really well, it did keep me turning those pages, and reading onto the next chapter.
There is some excellent character development here we have Theo, who is mysterious and unnerving, and Alicia who I wanted to get to the bottom of, and find out what was really going through her mind the night she killed her husband, Gabriel.
Like Theo, I wanted to drag the answers out of her and I couldnt wait to see what she finally had to say, Although we dont hear from Alicia, we do have her diary extracts, which again I raced through as I was reading as I tried to uncover what really happened.
This is very much a psychological story, and the reveals that came at the end of the book left me thinking, whoa, and I had to flick back just to see what it was that I had missed but it definitely did make so much sense and the way in which everything was pulled together was very good.
The tension is really turned up a notch in the final chapters, The Silent Patient has bestseller written all over it, Its tightly plotted and very well written, Im looking forward to seeing what Alex Michaelides comes up with next, If youre a fan of character driven psychological thrillers, then you should definitely pick up this book,
There is a shocking twist at the end of this book, As always, you wonder how you didnt see it coming, But with this one, it is literally staring you in the face the whole time, I gasped when I read the ending, I also laughed and shouted at myself for not seeing it coming, I couldnt get enough of this book, of Alexs writing style, of the twists and turns, of the journey he takes you on, Im already itching to get my hands on something else written by him, I highly recommend The Silent Patient, I originally gave this book/when I reviewed it straight after reading, however, a few weeks have gone by and I have mulled it over, and it really does deserve/stars.
So, that is now my revised rating,/stars. Gerçekten çok güzel kitap, İyi ki okumuşum. Öneririm. Alicia Berenson shoots her husband Gabriel five times in the head and condemns herself to silence forever, She s thought to have committed the crime due her unstable mind and is judged to spend her life in a home for such accused people, called The Grove.
The nature of this judgement is helped by Dr Diomedes, the eccentric
incharge of the same institution not only due to Alicia s troubled previous mental health and self harm but at the crime scene she s found with her wrists slashed and with a lot of blood loss, she s hospitalised too,upon return, she paints the scene uninterrupted and indicates she be the culprit, naming the painting Alcestis!Psychotherapist Theo leaves his present job and joins The Grove.
His drive is Alicia herself, who he follows since the time of the murder and who he believe s can be brought out from the silence by none other than himself.
So, Theo on joining the institution, faces both adversity and help from his colleagues and boss but gets permission to be in therapy with Alicia, Does Alicia respond Does she speakAfter numerous varied attempts, digging into family past and counter questioning characters a many like Max Berenson, Jean Felix, Paul Rose and also Dr Christian West.
To give it away she does speak! But not before she gives Dr Theo her diary, to reveal her troubled childhood and psychic death, Parallelly we know that Theo himself has had an abused childhood and himself has had therapy from Dr Ruth for long, however, his partner Kathy has been a breather in his life.
The saddest part is, Theo discovers Kathy is cheating, He doesn't confront her, just lets the pain be in fear of loosing his most potent drug after marijuana! He instead shadows them and her partner in a crazy sadistic way!The rest is the twist, which makes this book a/read and one of my best this year!Find out for yourself,what happened when Alicia spokeWhats the aftermath Why she killed and whats the significance of Alcestis!Its a beautifully written thriller, with a karma twist, its unpredictable, edgy and so real life!Shows how much of a pretence life is.
. What makes Gone Girl and Sharp Objects then just cheesy page turners is the quality of the writing, What makes The Silent Patient such a tacky slog is the consistently lazy, cliche ridden, dumbed down prose, Who cares about a mystery when you have to trudge through page after page of sophomoric prose Many books are marketed as compelling page turners, This one certainly is. As sleep denying novels go, this one must come high up the list, It does not belong in the crime genre, even though crime is involved, Rather it is a psychological thriller, fittingly set mainly within a secure psychiatric ward, The narrator, for the most part, shares top billing with a young girl artist, who after traumatic events refuses,or is unable, to speak, seemingly trapped in post traumatic shock.
The narrator , Theo Faber, is a young psychotherapist, who seizes on the opportunity to work with the patient, Alicia Berenson, in the hope of helping her, and in particular restoring her speech.
To say about the action would be to spoil the experience of being carried along by the plot, It's a novel that can very nearly be read at a sitting, and once past a certain point, is extremely difficult to put down, On the basis of all this, it would seem the book falls automatically into the highest bracket, yet I do have some reservations, That it is a quick easy read is only partly owing to the intriguing plot, Some of the writing is flat and cliched the diary sequences are not wholly convincing I find them inconsistent with an agonised state of mind there are lapses in grammar and the book needs careful proof reading.
The underlying idea is original and promising and it's not a book that anyone is likely to abandon half way through, but it lacks polish it would have profited by the author standing back at the end and taking a hard critical look.
At times I felt it was written in as great a rush as it is likely to be read, I have to admit, though, that it seems to have impressed a large number of people,.shipping Compulsive is one word you could use to describe The Silent Patient, It is highly addictive and it really takes you into the minds of its characters and explores their psychology, Alex Michaelides writing draws you into the story as the protagonist, Theo Faber, attempts to break the silence of convicted murderer, Alicia Berenson who has been rendered mute for six years and has spent that time in The Grove, a psychiatric unit.
Theo has become obsessed with her case, but can he finally be the one to find out what really happened the night she shot her husband dead When an opportunity arises to join The Grove as a psychiatrist he jumps at the chance, determined to reach out to Alicia.
I really enjoyed reading this book and I couldnt wait to find out if Theo was going to achieve his goal, I think the anticipation of wondering if this was going to be the moment that Alicia spoke is what made most parts of this book a really intense read and Alex controlled this really well, it did keep me turning those pages, and reading onto the next chapter.
There is some excellent character development here we have Theo, who is mysterious and unnerving, and Alicia who I wanted to get to the bottom of, and find out what was really going through her mind the night she killed her husband, Gabriel.
Like Theo, I wanted to drag the answers out of her and I couldnt wait to see what she finally had to say, Although we dont hear from Alicia, we do have her diary extracts, which again I raced through as I was reading as I tried to uncover what really happened.
This is very much a psychological story, and the reveals that came at the end of the book left me thinking, whoa, and I had to flick back just to see what it was that I had missed but it definitely did make so much sense and the way in which everything was pulled together was very good.
The tension is really turned up a notch in the final chapters, The Silent Patient has bestseller written all over it, Its tightly plotted and very well written, Im looking forward to seeing what Alex Michaelides comes up with next, If youre a fan of character driven psychological thrillers, then you should definitely pick up this book,
Alex Michaelides was born and raised in Cyprus, He has a MA in English Literature from Trinity College, Cambridge University, and a MA in Screenwriting from the American Film Institute in Los Angeles, The Silent Patient was his first novel, It spent over a year on the New York Times bestseller list and sold in a record breakingcountries, He lives in London. .