A review by westernskynaida
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

4.75

I’m giving this just below a 5/5 because there were some unanswered questions - though I think those were left ambiguous on purpose. That might change as I sit on the ending, but need to think about it some before I decide if I put it at full 5

I really enjoyed this flipping between Alicia’s journal entries and Theo’s perspective. I feel it really helped to understand how Alicia worked before and after the events unfolded

One of my favorite psychological thrillers is Shutter Island (Dennis Lehane) and I really feel like this held up the suspense and the thriller aspect of things. I’d seen a lot of reviews/comments about this book having a twist and when people asked what kind they mostly just reply “you need to read it yourself” and I totally agree

Go into this as blind as you can, I think it helped the experience a lot