The Silent Patient

Crazy ending but timeline confusing a bit

What an ending. First thriller that I read, and I was very pleased with the experience. The ending had me re reading several parts, amazed that I didn’t realize what had happened. This book left me absolutely stunned.

Kept me guessing right until the end. It really surprised me, and drew me in in a way I wasn't expecting.

Straight to the point psychological thriller. I loved the way this story was written the twist was beautifully done. The characters were interesting. Loved the ending.

ohhhh twist unraveled so good my jaw dropped 3 floors down. cant say i didnt miss the feeling

Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

 "How can one sinking rat save another?" 

My first audiobook since high school and if we're rating it on that alone, I'd rank this a solid 4/5 stars. The narrators really did a great job in making voices but not be too obtuse about the fellow characters they were conversing with. It made the story much more tense and colorful, and really pulled up my rating.

On the side of the story, I do understand its popularity as well as the hype around it. As a hoodunit, it has that gripping thrill of dangling the answer right in front of you and then taking it away. Whoever, some parts of the execution makes me feel off about it, namely that of the fluidity between the conversations — honestly just how the characters spoke as a whole.

The therapy speak and the elaborate conversations (especially in Alicia's diary entries) were entertaining until they became a bit much. I guess you can justify it as the reader delving further into Theo's mind and his skewed version of things instead of the actual, objective truth that he so touts. That being said, I was suspicious about him from the beginning so when the POVs started falling together, the twist made sense. I do commend the narrators for their delivery, because it made the revelation much more dramatic.

This edition of the audiobook had an interview of the author at the end and his answers actually made sense with some of the choices made in the book. That is to say, he put a lot of himself into the book than he thought and it muddled my experience of it. 

Absolutely loved this! Also, THAT ending! If you’re a thriller junkie like me, this is definitely a book to get your hands on.

This was the book that got me back into reading in July 2024. I really don’t want to say much, because you MUST go into this book with as little information as possible. A monumental work of fiction. This book deserves all the hype it gets online.

Insane ending! Kept me guessing who was the main star until the very end. Really really enjoyed It!

UHM HELLO I LOVED THIS IMMA READ MORE THRILLERS

The ending was the best part of the book, felt like it was dragging at the beginning & hard for me to want to continue to read but I trusted everyone telling me that the beginning was slow.

Oh my good Lordy what the flip guys 😭

So this book was page turning from the first page. Finished it in 2 days I couldn’t help but pick it up every spare moment I had. I don’t really know what else to say except I am still in shock at that ending. Holy wow. Like I can’t even explain how my heart stopped and I had to resurrect myself after staring at a wall for an hour or two because that was a real plot twist, like people say a good plot twist is when a character we wouldn’t suspect is the murderer but you don’t know what a real plot twist is until you’ve read this because that’s a WHOLE NEW LEVEL OF INCREDIBILITY

Thanks for reading this now please hurry and go pick up that book 🙏🙏

what the flying fuck THE DELIVERY THE PACE THE DESCRIPTION??? THE DETAILS??? FUCK I LOVE IT ALL. IT WAS WAY TOO REALISTIC NA I KENNAT... OMFG I EVEN POINTED FINGERS SA WRONG PPL. the writing style, the timing, the TWIST??? YAWA THIS IS WHAT I EXPECT IN A FUCKING BOOK.

zon't get me wrong, i still love theo ket ganun sya MEHEHEHEHEHEH FAAAAAK wrong timing cuz d story got me thinking abt me nd j*nd* BAHAHAHAJHAHAHHSHAHA SHIT GIRL WTFFFFF DATS WAY TOO TWISTED ND I LOVE EEEEEETT

Amazing, just amazing

incredible show stopping I’m actually never forgetting this book

Unpredictable ending and had me hooked for what was next the entire time. The only part I didn’t like were here journal entries. The prose was unrealistic, written in a fictional way, not in a way someone would actually write in their journal. That is a big enough offense to me not to get this book to 4 stars. But still a fun read

i just finished it and i'm not lying when i say that i literally stared at the wall for half an hour to recover from what i read. my jaw actually dropped and i couldn't believe my eyes.

The writing felt cheesy at first, but then I forgot about it and got into the story. Was a fun/easy page turner that I read with my roommates which was funny — surprising twist towards the end that I definitely didn’t see coming lolll. But really.

OMG l finished it and all I can say is, that was baaaaad. There wasn't a time I felt that the story was engaging. It felt like a chore to finish. No surprising revelations for me. Convenience Store Woman was so much better because that got me really angry atleast, although I almost DNFed that one. This one was just so bland.

Loved this! Dark without being TOO dark in my opinion. And I loved the twist at the end :)

I LOVED IT!!! Everything was so well written, the plot twists and suspense. I had to take a moment to take it all in but definitely worth it!! The endingggggggg god.