The Silent Patient / The Maidens

by Alex Michaelides

The Best-Selling Series
Alex Michaelides
The Maidens, 9781250304469
The Silent Patient, 9781250301703

720 pages, Paperback

First published June 24, 2023

About the author

Alex Michaelides was born and raised in Cyprus. He has an M.A. in English literature from Trinity College, Cambridge University, and an M.A. in screenwriting from the American Film Institute in Los Angeles. The Silent Patient was his first novel and was the biggest-selling debut in the world in 2019. It spent more than a year on the New York Times bestseller list and sold in a record-breaking forty-nine countries. Alex lives in London.

Reviews

[Noran · Rating 5 out of 5]

Soooo good, I just finished The Silent Patient and the ending blew my mind, literarily couldn’t thought about the ending this way😵‍💫.
ThanksAlexMichaelides for this piece of art.

[Daisy Lang · Rating 2 out of 5]

full of plot twists and suspense. however, i did find the narrator highly irritating so much so i finished the book within a day to get it over with. the narrator is a psychotherapist therefore the entire book is built on the foundations of Freud, particularly the idea that if you are abused by your parents then you are ineveitably broken or eternally damaged. there was no attemept to challenge this perspective, infact the book wouldn't have worked if this idea wasn't asserted as truth. the actions of the villain are essentially justified by this theory which i found cliche and boring.

[Sujatha Renganathan · Rating 5 out of 5]

interesting story. with suspense
couldn't guess the murderer till the end.

[Nelly · Rating 3 out of 5]

The twists and turns kept me turning the pages but towards the end I could see some dots joining and could predict. Gives nice perspectives of thoughts and characters.

[Djeston Van]

Very good book. The story takes you into it and there are good plots in it. Defintly recommended!!

[Bronte Hazael]

silent patient best book I've ever read

[Reader · Rating 5 out of 5]

Still remains one of the best books iv ever read!!

[Sophia · Rating 3 out of 5]

psychological thriller based on true murder.
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It was a very interesting and gripping book to read. The story was different and kept me thinking. The ending was unexpected, though I suspected Zoe was involved somehow.
However, I was disappointed in the end, when I re-read parts of the book and found no clue that might have enabled me to work out the explanation of events. Thus I thought the story was a bit misleading.