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Thriller Mystery Crime 2018

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

Published in Spanish as La paciente silenciosa

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Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London’s most…

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What it is

A twist at the end that changes everything · it messes with your head

What happens in it

Twist ending Unreliable narrator Closed setting

How it feels

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How it's told

Structure
Two timelines
Pulls you in with
The plot
Style
Easy to get into
Pace
Fast

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Is it for you?

It's for you if…

  • you like an ending that makes you rethink everything
  • you enjoy not trusting who's telling it
  • you like a story shut inside one place

Maybe not if…

  • how it's written matters more to you than what happens
  • you're after something comforting

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