The Silent Patient starts with an excerpt from Alicia Berenson’s diary. Despite the book presenting a lot of information, it is written in a very clear, straightforward way that allows the reader to digest all of the information given. The excellent writing style and fully developed characters of the novel help it to stand out amongst other thrillers, and even Alicia, who does not speak for the majority of the book, feels detailed, misunderstood, and intriguing. Despite my high expectations for this book, due to all the hype surrounding it, the book surpassed these expectations by a landslide. The book is insanely suspenseful and creates an eerie, ominous atmosphere that puts the readers on edge.
The Silent Patient is not just a run-of-the-mill thriller, but a psychological mystery that takes on a unique Greek mythological aspect. The book is a captivating, compulsive page-turner, grabbing the reader’s attention right from the very first page. Throughout the novel, the reasons for Theo’s strange curiosity about and obsession with Alicia are slowly uncovered. The book follows Theo Faber, a psychiatrist at The Grove, her psychiatric hospital, as he attempts to get Alicia to speak and figure out what exactly caused her silence. After this, Alicia never spoke another word.
Alicia Berenson was 33 years old when she came home one night and shot her beloved husband, Gabriel Berenson, in the face six times.
The Silent Patient, a best-selling novel written by Alex Michaelides, is a psychological retelling of this play. She is eventually rescued and returns to life, but the pain and fury from her husband’s betrayal are so great that she chooses never to speak again. “But why does she not speak?” In Euripides’ timeless Greek tragedy, Alcestis, written in 438 BCE, a woman named Alcestis sacrifices herself in order to save her husband Admetus. Madison Donenfeld, Literature Review Editor
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