The Silent Patient

That's the truth. I didn't kill Gabriel. He killed me.
All I did was pull the trigger.

I had really high expectations from this book as I've been meaning to read it but sadly, it didn't give that way I wanted it to give. Was it me? Is it because I've read too much Agatha Christie and I'm expecting it to be that?

Alicia talked. I kinda wish she didn't. That'd be sooo smart to reveal Theo's involvement while still keeping the plot's uniqueness (her not talking). Kind of a let down cuz that was def one of the book's selling point and I was expecting a big brain tactic from the author to preserve this.

Theo quickly found his way onto my suspect list. I knew there was something about his character that suggested he was more involved in the murder. Around halfway through the book I kinda clocked that and was, at this point, just waiting for the big reveal. Unfortunately for me, the ‘big' reveal was not as ‘wow' as I expected it to be.


It's veeerrryyy sad that I can't stop comparing this to Christie. That is on me and I apologize.

Nevertheless, I wasn't able to put down this book the moment I started reading it and for that I give my kudos to the author. If you are new to thriller books, I'm sure you would enjoy this.