The Silent Patient

The Silent Patient

2018 • 336 pages

Ratings1,222

Average rating3.8

15

3 stars only because I wasn't bored. Very Greek history of the author to have a Turkish woman be terrible.

Started out with some quite nice prose, but nice prose can't mask a typical silly thriller plot. I found myself agreeing completely with all the 1 and 2 star reviews. Bit I've decided to round up to 3 because, whilst this was nonsensical typical thriller nonsense with some added good grief WTF, I was neither bored nor quite certain where the twist would be.

That being said, I've read books where the nonlinear was handled much better.

So, in conclusion: not great but sufficiently entertaining, which is really all i can hope for with thrillers.

August 4, 2024