Review: The Silent Patient

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The reading (and music tone) on this audio book was very well done! I was drawn into the story from the start and didn't want to put it down. I listened while shopping for groceries. :) The book is based on two main characters and goes back and forth between them. At times I felt more pages were spent on developing Theo's story than Alicia's.. almost so that maybe the book description was a bit misleading. However, these two storylines set the stage for answers to the following questions and do come together for an amazing "Oh, Wow!": What exactly happened that day between Alicia and her husband? Why exactly is she not talking? Why is Theo, the psych guy, obsessed with her? I don't think you'll be disappointed with this read. {Let me warn you the "F" word made an appearance more than once. There might be a few others that at this point I can't recall. I felt it was way overused.}


***Possible Spoiler Alert Below***
I have remaining questions. I'm not sure it was ever revealed as to why Alicia decided to become silent. I don't understand why Theo wants to break her silence only to make her silent? I guess to find out why? But...he had to know she'd remember???? Maybe I missed it and need to go back and listen to the last few chapters again...

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