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The Silent Patient
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Michaelides, Alex-- The Silent Patient informal buddy read starts February 11, 2019; Reread starts May 5, 2019
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Hi Geri, I'll be back on Monday. I have a brand new copy. I love being the first person to read a new book!
The library was able to get you a copy quickly! Looking forward to reading this!
Couldn’t wait to start! I am through book 2, chapter 13. About a third through. It’s very interesting. I have a soft spot for psychological thrillers, mysteries. Theo and Alicia are complicated characters and maybe similar in that they have both had terrible childhoods and dealt with abuse, I think. I am suspicious of some things.(view spoiler)
I will start tonight after work!
I started I didn't get as far as you Geri! I'm about 40 pages in. I 'm interested in reading Alicia and Theo's stories!
Laura wrote: "I started I didn't get as far as you Geri! I'm about 40 pages in. I 'm interested in reading Alicia and Theo's stories!"It’s getting more interesting as the book goes on. I’m up to part 4 chapter 4 now. The book isn’t too long so the time is flying by. Lots of questions and more suspects. (view spoiler)
I love the way the story unfolds bit by bit in this one. One of my favorite things about this book is that with each new chapter, another suspect or seed of doubt is planted. (view spoiler)
Brooke wrote: "I love the way the story unfolds bit by bit in this one. One of my favorite things about this book is that with each new chapter, another suspect or seed of doubt is planted. [spoilers removed]"
I finished and agree the best part was how everything was revealed bit by bit. I suspected pretty much every character. But happy to say, I was surprised by the end! (view spoiler)
Can’t wait to read what you thought, Laura!
I'm still working on it! Real life is getting in the way. Hoping to make some progress tonight
Laura wrote: "I'm still working on it! Real life is getting in the way. Hoping to make some progress tonight"Happy Valentine’s Day, Laura and Brooke!
Hope things get a little less crazy for you, Laura!
Just starting the book now....happy Valentine’s Day everyone!
Sara wrote: "Just starting the book now....happy Valentine’s Day everyone!"Hi Sara! I really enjoyed this book. Hopefully, you do too!
I'm still reading this one; I had a busy week and a busier weekend. My son came home for the weekend!edit-- Happy belated Valentine's day!
Laura wrote: "I'm still reading this one; I had a busy week and a busier weekend. My son came home for the weekend!edit-- Happy belated Valentine's day!"
What a good weekend!
Thanks Geri; it was great. Now, I'm looking forward to this weekend ;its the start of my son's March break. I'm back to this one; sorry it's taken so long.. between RL and reading for task I had to put this on hold.
Laura wrote: "Thanks Geri; it was great. Now, I'm looking forward to this weekend ;its the start of my son's March break. I'm back to this one; sorry it's taken so long.. between RL and reading for task I had ..."
I know what it’s like during a challenge. It can get crazy! One reason I skipped for now. I am tearing through my tbr list. But, I keep adding to it too! LOL And reading books that I just stumble upon.
Let me know what you think of the book. I don’t think you will be disappointed.
Spring break already!!
Laura wrote: "Thanks Geri; it was great. Now, I'm looking forward to this weekend ;its the start of my son's March break. I'm back to this one; sorry it's taken so long.. between RL and reading for task I had ..."
I would like a March break. :-)
Brooke wrote: "Laura wrote: "Thanks Geri; it was great. Now, I'm looking forward to this weekend ;its the start of my son's March break. I'm back to this one; sorry it's taken so long.. between RL and reading f..."
Me too, Brooke!
He's worked really hard this year and definitely deserves this break before the end of his semester for this year.
I'm up to chapter 15(view spoiler)
Once you get into the story it does move along rather quickly doesn't it? I'm quite enjoying it.
I have a copy of
the other book you were interested in, Geri. When can you get a copy and when do you want to start that one?
Laura wrote: "I have a copy of the other book you were interested in, Geri. When can you get a copy and when do you want to start that one?"Laura, I can get a copy of that book also. I'd love to join you ladies! I can read it anytime after Monday of next week.
Sounds good Brooke. It looks intriguing. Geri, usually likes to start on a Monday so lets wait and see if she is good to go as well before I request/make the thread.
Laura wrote: "I have a copy of the other book you were interested in, Geri. When can you get a copy and when do you want to start that one?"I have it and can start next Monday!
Laura wrote: "FinishedWell,.... I didn't see that coming but I guess I should have! I really liked this one and thought it was well done. It certainly kept me guessing until the end.
edit- I suspected all th..."
Glad you enjoyed it too! I suspected pretty much everyone as well. The book uses a device that I have seen in a few books lately. (view spoiler) But I never expect it. It definitely makes it easier to fool the reader.
Geri wrote: "Laura wrote: "I have a copy of the other book you were interested in, Geri. When can you get a copy and when do you want to start that one?"I have it and c..."
March 4 or March 11?
Would anyone mind if I butt in and buddy up with you?
Vicki wrote: "Would anyone mind if I butt in and buddy up with you?"Not at all. Feel free to join us. Going to make a new thread for The Perfect Friend
Laura, both of those Mondays work for me. I just can't start it over the weekend. Great, Vicki! The more the merrier. :-)
Here's our ThreadI wasn't sure if Geri meant March 4 or the 11th so I made it for the 4th and we can figure out which Monday when she chimes in!
( ha sorry Geri... I blame it on the cold... it was minus 30 this morning with the windchill. I 'm starting to go a little crazy with the frigid temps. Thankfully, its been sunny the last several days)
Laura wrote: "(ha sorry Geri... I blame it on the cold... it was minus 30 this morning with the windchill..."How in the world can you take it??!! I complain when it is 30 above with the windchill, which only happens a few days out of the year here. Living on the West Coast and in Texas for the last 23 years has made me a complete wimp.
Thanks Laura and Brooke. :)
Brooke wrote: "Laura wrote: "(ha sorry Geri... I blame it on the cold... it was minus 30 this morning with the windchill..."How in the world can you take it??!! I complain when it is 30 above with the windchill..."
Dress really warm; layers, try not to go outside if I don't have too. ( hard with a dog who loves to go for walks!) I guess we get used to it.
Its been an unusual winter.. really cold and more wind/ice storms than snow. Its minus 13 with a windchill of minus 22. Sun is shining.... its a bit better than yesterday. This cold is supposed to break and we are looking at minus 6 on Saturday! I can handle that!
Oh boy, Brooke, look what I found: 
We will have to read this one!
Laura wrote: "Oh boy, Brooke, look what I found: We will have to read this one!"
Yes! I wonder if it will be a March Book of the Month option. I guess I'll find out tomorrow. :-)
Brooke wrote: "Laura wrote: "Oh boy, Brooke, look what I found: We will have to read this one!"
Yes! I wonder if it will be a March Book of the Month option. I guess ..."
I'm 3rd in queue!
I'm #18, but the library has 10 copies. Hopefully it won't be too long before a copy is available.
Sorry ladies! I had some stuff going on for the last few days. March 4 works just fine. I would rearrange my schedule if it didn’t!The book looks good! It could be kinda wild. And I did see it as a possible BOM.
It was subzero here a few weeks ago. I don’t want to go through that again! No going outside and worrying that the electricity and heat might go out. What a disaster that would have been! We kept the thermostat low so the heater didn’t work too hard.
You are made of tough stuff, Laura! I couldn’t go through subzero temps or wind chill too often!
Laura wrote: "Here's our threadI wasn't sure if Geri meant March 4 or the 11th so I made it for the 4th and we can figure out which Monday when she chimes in!
( ha sorry Geri... I blame it on the cold... it w..."
Not sure the link to the thread worked .... so I fixed and it works now! See you all Monday!
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Commenting to remind myself I signed up for this.
Reminding myself too....May 5th 😀
Am I able to join the discussion even though I did not previously sign up?
Definitely, the more the merrier!
Awesome! It’s perfect timing, it just became available at my library! This will be the first time I am reading it
Was it just me or was everyone in this story slightly unhappy about something? Which maybe is really just scene setting to make you FEEL melancholy about the whole thing - because the beginning sure did make me feel that way, but at times it was so annoying how down all of these people were.
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Synopsis
Promising to be the debut novel of the season The Silent Patient is a shocking psychological thriller of a woman’s act of violence against her husband—and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive…
Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London’s most desirable areas. One evening her husband Gabriel returns home late from a fashion shoot, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face, and then never speaks another word.
Alicia’s refusal to talk, or give any kind of explanation, turns a domestic tragedy into something far grander, a mystery that captures the public imagination and casts Alicia into notoriety. The price of her art skyrockets, and she, the silent patient, is hidden away from the tabloids and spotlight at the Grove, a secure forensic unit in North London.
Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist who has waited a long time for the opportunity to work with Alicia. His determination to get her to talk and unravel the mystery of why she shot her husband takes him down a twisting path into his own motivations—a search for the truth that threatens to consume him....