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4.5 stars!
Wow, what a book, I did not see that coming at all! There’s is so much going on, and tiny clues along the way. This book is definitely a good one to reread, because I’d love to see what I can pick out along the way. The writing is great, and short chapters make this book a quick read!
Wow, what a book, I did not see that coming at all! There’s is so much going on, and tiny clues along the way. This book is definitely a good one to reread, because I’d love to see what I can pick out along the way. The writing is great, and short chapters make this book a quick read!
I don't know what possessed me when I started reading this book, but I had a feeling that the narrator, Theo, wasn't going to be a character to rely on.
The novel starts out with the reader reading through a journal entry by Alicia, who you find out is the "silent patient." She is silent because she has been locked away in a psych ward for supposedly killing her husband, a famous photographer. Alicia is famous as well, for her life-like paintings.
Theo decides to leave his old job at another ward, ...more
The novel starts out with the reader reading through a journal entry by Alicia, who you find out is the "silent patient." She is silent because she has been locked away in a psych ward for supposedly killing her husband, a famous photographer. Alicia is famous as well, for her life-like paintings.
Theo decides to leave his old job at another ward, ...more
I was so enthralled by this story that I gave my baby the side-eye when he decided to wake up when I had 12 pages left to read. 12. Pages. Really, kid? Things were so intense at that point that it was reallllllly hard to close the book and know it would be hours until I could get back to it. I loved the juxtaposition of diary entries and narrative. I had to cover the last page of each chapter because I couldn’t trust my eyes not to flick over and see the last sentence of each. Having read a stre
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I really liked this book! I work in the medical field, so I loved the medical aspect to the plot with the main character being silent following a horrific incident. I thought the author used the imagery in the scenes where she is painting or where they are describing her paintings well and I thought it added nicely to the details of the plot. There were parts towards the end that dragged some for me and while I was somewhat surprised by the twist, it wasn't nearly as exciting a reveal as I think
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My favorite book of the year. Old school psychology and a really good thriller!
Mar 25, 2019
Anna
marked it as to-read
Apr 28, 2019
Erin
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Jun 28, 2019
Jenn Simmons
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Aug 21, 2019
Margot Dahling
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Sep 27, 2019
Jeni Johnson
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Dec 12, 2019
txreader
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Dec 14, 2019
Sasha
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Dec 17, 2019
Macaera
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Dec 19, 2019
Mica
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