He is obsessed with her case and wants to help her desperately, Theo is determined to get Alicia talking and unravel the mystery surrounding the murder. Here Alicia comes across Theo Faber, a psychotherapist who has waited a long time to treat Alicia. Meanwhile, the silent Alicia is remanded to a secure mental institution called The Grove. The price of Alicia’s paintings sky rocket and people gather in her friend’s art gallery to view the painting she made just after the murder. It becomes a mystery which catches the public eye and casts her into notoriety.
She has been silent for over six years now.Īlicia’s silence gives this domestic tragedy a deeper, mysterious meaning. One day Gabriel comes home, late from a shoot, and Alicia shoots him at point-blank range and never speaks a single world again.
She is married to Gabriel, a famous fashion photographer. She is a gifted painter and her life seems to be perfect. The Silent Patient in this thriller is Alicia Berenson. I thought ‘why not’? I’ll tell you why not! The Silent Patient is a novel you won’t forget so easily, an absolute page-turner which will keep you at the edge of your seat. I saw it in the ‘new releases’ section in Amazon and I was intrigued by the blurb. I just cannot find the right words to describe this thriller. It took me a week to write this book review. I am stunned after reading The Silent Patient. Mental illness is precisely about a lack of this kind of integration – we end up losing contact with the unacceptable parts of ourselves.” The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides was published by Orion Publishers and was published in paperback on 12 th December 2019 and is available through Waterstones, Amazon and through your local independent bookshop.“We are made up of different parts, some good, some bad, and a healthy mind can tolerate this ambivalence and juggle both good and bad at the same time. Alex Miichaelides has delivered the perfect thriller. The Silent Patient is a really compelling read. Theo has his own issues away from work with his relationship with his wife on the verge of breaking down but he is obsessed with Alicia and her story.ĭoes Alicia finally find her voice and tell the story of what happened and why she killed the husband she loved or does she remain silent. The further you get into the plot the more you begin to think that there is more to what really is going on. Now the story begins to really get going and you will not want to put this gripping thriller down. Theo who is a psychotherapist believes he can get Alicia to finally open up and tell the story of Gabriel’s murder. It is now six years later and Theo Faber arrives at The Grove to start work and he want to try and get Alicia to start to talk.
Alicia was arrested and convicted of Gabriel’s murder and sent to a secure psychiatric unit called The Grove throughout her trial she remained silent, never speaking a solitary word. For a seemingly happy and settled wife to commit this gruesome murder something must have happened. But then one day Alicia shot her husband in the head five times. An absorbing thriller with some more than interesting characters and what an ending Alex Michaelides has written into the storyline.Īlicia Berenson is an artist and seems to have the most perfect life with her husband Gabriel who is a successful fashion photographer.
If like me, you have allowed The Silent Patient to pass you by I will attempt to tease you with my review. The Silent Patient (Orion Books) by Alex Michaelides can be placed into a number of genres and is a real page turner of a debut novel. I am rather late to the party with this terrific psychological thriller that has now sold over a million copies worldwide. Since then she hasn’t spoken a single word. When she shot her husband in the head five times. The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides Summary:Īlicia Berenson lived a seemingly perfect life until one day six years ago.