The author’s writing style was unique and creative. That’s when the lightbulb goes off, and the rest of the book unravels faster than a spool of yarn. Michaelides sends you in a whirlwind of a psychological thriller that has you on the edge of your seat…until about two thirds into the book. But will his need to try to fix her consume his life? What I thought about it. This is what drives him to get a job at the Grove- to get close enough to Alicia so he can fix her. “We’re all crazy, I believe, Just in different ways” The Silent Patient, Alex Michaelidesīecause of this and his belief that him and Alicia are similiar, Theo is convinced he can be the one to make Alicia talk, to help her the way he needed help all those years prior. As a psychoanalyst, Theo has seen his own dark days, convinced that pyschotherapy has saved his life from becoming exactly what Alicia’s has-institutionalized. Theo Faber is a criminal psychoanalyst who recently took a position at the Grove, a forensic unit where Alicia Berenson is silently residing. The tabloids love this scandal-so much that if you live in London, you know of the silent patient. The murder itself is a tragedy, but the fact that Alicia won’t say a word makes it one of the biggest mysteries around.
One night, upon returning home late from a photo shoot, Alicia ties up and shoots Gabriel five times.
She was a wealthy artist who was seemingly happily married to photographer husband, Gabriel. The silent patient is based on a woman, Alicia Berenson. Book cover, The Silent Patient So what’s it all about?