What I personally relished was how the author explores the realm of human psychology, something that we as humans are inherently drawn towards. There is no room for lulls or distractions–its like a Netflix short film–worth your time and leaving you wanting more. The craft and skill of the British-Cypriot author is apparent as he paces the book at full gallop. Be it the painter Alicia Berenson who lies suspended in silence in an unidentified zone between guilt and madness revealed only through the diary she wrote or the psychotherapist Theo Faber who seems obsessed with helping her break her silence–Gabriel the murdered husband or Max the nauseating brother in law–each character adds value to the story. How’s that for a page-turner? Reviews like ‘unputdownable’ actually sound apt for this book.įrom the word ‘go’ the book and its characters hook you.
With the work load piling up and the demon of procrastination dominating 2020, this book gave me the perfect excuse to tune out everything else and read it within a day. And let me tell you my friends, few things in life turn out as/ more than you anticipated.
So when my very talented colleague, Zenab Mohammed, was all praise for The Silent Patient by Alex Michealides I was filled with anticipation. So I usually wait for reviews now before I begin this journey with a book, movie or a series. There was a time I would read absolutely anything, but those strands of grey hair on my head have now taught me to be very selective about what I feed my mind.
In the quagmire of literature produced today and that has been gracing bookshelves since eons, a good book is like finding a gem in a coalmine. Its like the beginning of a promising relationship…you are willing to invest the time, forgo your routine tasks and throw yourself in completely. There’s a connection you make, an unmistakable click, when you begin reading a good book.
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