Dear Fellow Reader,
Looking for a psychological thriller that will actually make you go like, 'What the beep just happened right now?', you might be at the right blog.
I haven't read a lot of psychological thrillers, but the one that I think most people who go crazy over psychology thrillers would have probably read is The Silent Patient by author Alex Michaelides.
The excerpt given at the back of the book would make it seem like an 'I can fix her,' and that is what you seem to gather from when you start reading at first, but believe me when I say that that, my fellow readers, is far from the truth. After you become so much invested in the plot, the end is like a slap that comes out of nowhere, shakes you up, and leaves you thinking, 'What did just happen right now? I don't think I signed up for this...'
The excerpt given at the back of the book would make it seem like an 'I can fix her,' and that is what you seem to gather from when you start reading at first, but believe me when I say that that, my fellow readers, is far from the truth. After you become so much invested in the plot, the end is like a slap that comes out of nowhere, shakes you up, and leaves you thinking, 'What did just happen right now? I don't think I signed up for this...'
The storyline revolves around the characters Alicia Berenson, a woman who has refused to speak after allegedly killing her husband, Gabriel Berenson, and Theo Faber, who is a psychologist and wants to help Alicia get past her trauma and speak.
The characters are imperfectly the perfect examples of how traumatic childhoods can shape innocent children into troubled adults. Alicia was a talented artist who was emotionally neglected by her father as a child and almost died when her mother killed herself by ramming her car into a brick wall with young Alicia in the passenger seat. Her character is seen dealing with abandonment issues and internalizing her emotions, and when her husband, Gabriel, provides her emotional security and a 'stable' home, she makes him her entire world, trusting him completely. Talking about Theo, he came from a verbally, emotionally, and physically abusive home. His father was the one implicating them. With little to no support from his family, he grew up insecure about forming relationships and very controlling of his surroundings.
The characters are imperfectly the perfect examples of how traumatic childhoods can shape innocent children into troubled adults. Alicia was a talented artist who was emotionally neglected by her father as a child and almost died when her mother killed herself by ramming her car into a brick wall with young Alicia in the passenger seat. Her character is seen dealing with abandonment issues and internalizing her emotions, and when her husband, Gabriel, provides her emotional security and a 'stable' home, she makes him her entire world, trusting him completely. Talking about Theo, he came from a verbally, emotionally, and physically abusive home. His father was the one implicating them. With little to no support from his family, he grew up insecure about forming relationships and very controlling of his surroundings.
The narrative is paced with enigma surrounding it in every chapter. It grips you, makes you contemplate about what could possibly happen next, jerks you awake if you are starting relax, and when you think that you can predict what could happen next, that is when you get the plot f*****g twist.
I thought I would openly talk about this book here, but then I realized that if I said anything that could possibly hint at the plot, it would ruin the entire experience for the people who haven't read 'The Silent Patient' yet.
Overall, this book was a 10/10 for me.
Overall, this book was a 10/10 for me.
(P.s. I have not read many thrillers or psychological thrillers, so this is basically an amateur's review.
This novel is being planned to be adapted into a motion picture.)
This novel is being planned to be adapted into a motion picture.)
Appreciate you for reading this.
Thank You
Yours truly,
Aditi
(Read Poets Society)
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