A review by turnaboutcafe
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

  • holy shit the author is a genius
  • the plot twist at the end shook me in ways i didn't know i could be shook
  • the use of first person was so effective, the way theo was such an unreliable narrator?? so good
  • some unanswered questions though
    • why did alicia just keep silent?? why did she decide to speak to him if she knows that he's responsible?? i was kind of lost on that part
    • the plot only really progresses at the very end which i'm kind of sad about
  • i can't believe i was tricked by the non-linear timeline masked as a linear timeline though, it was so good</spoiler