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Wendy
May 09, 2020 rated it did not like it
I admit I saw where this was going from the beginning, and I spent most of the book hoping I was wrong.
Hannah Peterson
Jan 07, 2022 rated it it was ok
Shelves: aty-2021
Just to get it out of the way, I'd like to give The Silent Patient credit for one thing: this book is compulsively readable and extremely fast. I did read it in a day. I don't personally feel like readability is the highest weighted element in my personal book-enjoyment index, but I do like to acknowledge it, because I'm sure it takes talent to write that way.

However, despite readability, I don't think this book had much to offer me. Part of it may be that I don't read a lot of thrillers and rar
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Marie (UK)
I enjoyed this but i wouldn't say it was the best of its genre. I didn't see the twist bit thats maybe because it was unrealistic ...more
Lindabrown
While I’m not a big fan of mysteries this book had quite an interesting twist.
Megan
Dec 05, 2019 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: book-club
This is a really good book. I don't normally read murder mystery type books, but I heard this was good and it was picked for my book club and I'm glad it was. Very interesting. Good plot twist. But different from a lot of other books like this. ...more
Tweller83
Really twisty-turny mystery. I was worried there might be some gore surrounding the murder, but there wasn't. I really liked how this turned out and would highly recommend.


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Kathy E
Feb 15, 2020 rated it really liked it
Shelves: mystery-suspense
Kate Schnur
Jul 28, 2019 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 2019
Concetta
Sep 22, 2019 marked it as 4-listed
Jenny
Nov 01, 2019 rated it liked it
Lindsy
Mar 27, 2020 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: popsugar-2020
Amanda
Nov 09, 2023 rated it it was amazing
Despina
Dec 21, 2019 marked it as to-read
Shelves: mystery, challenge
Christine
Apr 20, 2022 rated it really liked it
Elizabeth Rainbow
Jan 12, 2020 rated it really liked it
Shelves: 2020
Rebecca
May 29, 2022 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Lisa
Jan 02, 2020 rated it it was amazing
Laura
Jan 02, 2020 rated it really liked it
Brandy B
Jan 12, 2020 rated it really liked it
Chelsea
Jan 15, 2020 rated it it was amazing
Katie
Jul 14, 2022 rated it liked it
Carla
Feb 09, 2020 marked it as to-read
Sara
Mar 24, 2020 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Imogen
May 24, 2020 rated it did not like it
Shelves: crime, read-in-2020
Adrienne
Apr 26, 2021 rated it really liked it
Amanda
Jul 20, 2024 rated it really liked it