Paula Nguyen’s Reviews > The Silent Patient > Status Update

Blurbs say it’s “the perfect thriller” and I definitely would not call it that; it was moderately fast paced but it’s just not as fast and I would have liked it; the last 20% was really good (4 stars) but the first 80% was ok/good (3.75 stars) so I guess that averages out to a 4? not sure if I want to give it that though; writing was straightforward, plot was well crafted, pretty fast to read

⚠️spoiler⚠️ just so I remember later the plot twist is the psychotherapist’s wife was cheating on him with Alicia’s husband so he did this elaborate tying them up scheme and made the husband confess to cheating which drove her to shooting him; tbh didn’t see the twist coming, I usually don’t so not surprising; not sure how to feel about it, hovering between 3 and 4