The boundary between doctor and patient blurs as Theo, who admits he became a therapist "because I was fucked-up," seeks to cure his own emotional problems in the course of treating Alicia. Her current therapists reluctantly agree to let Theo treat the heavily drugged Alicia to get her to speak.
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The novel takes a few chapters to clear its throat and set the plot in motion, but once the tracks are laid it’s full steam ahead. THE SILENT PATIENT is the gripping must-read thriller of the year - perfect for fans of THE FAMILY UPSTAIRS by Lisa Jewell, BLOOD ORANGE by Harriet Tyce and PLAYING NICE by JP Delaney.
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A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one. Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. Before the murder, Alicia painted a provocative self-portrait entitled Alcestis, based on a Greek myth that seemed to echo her life. An Amazon Best Book of February 2019: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides feels like it could be the big psychological thriller debut of 2019. The Silent Patient is a shocking psychological thriller of a woman’s act of violence against her husbandand of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive. Since the day of her arrest, Alicia has never said a word. Alicia Berenson and Theo Faber is the main character of the silent patient. The plotline is not complex at all, and it is a page-turning novel for sure. You will be surprised by the ending, and not just that the writing is very easy. If you are a beginner, you will not only be shocked but contented.
Every edition has a different page count. The best book to start with is The Beginner’s Guide. This book is available in more than 116 different editions. Finn, Thirteen by Steve Cavanagh and The Girl Before by J.P. The evidence against Alicia was clear Gabriel was tied to a chair and shot several times in the face with a gun that had only her fingerprints. The silent patient was also nominated for good reads choice awards best debut novel. The Silent Patient was the gripping must-read debut thriller of 2019 - perfect for fans of The Woman in the Window by A.J. Psychotherapist Theo Faber, the emotionally fragile narrator of Michaelides's superb first novel, finagles his way to a job at the Grove, a "secure forensic unit" in North London, where artist Alicia Berenson has been housed for six years since she was convicted of murdering her prominent fashion photographer husband, Gabriel.