Silenciosa: La Paciente

#SilentPatient #Bookstagram #PsychologicalThriller #AlexMichaelides "You have to realize that there is nothing harder in this world than getting someone to see their own flaws. We are masters of self-deception." "Choosing a lover is a lot like choosing a therapist. We need to ask ourselves: is this person a witness for the defense or the prosecution?"

🎨 "I want you to suffer as I have suffered."

[Cut to book cover] "The plot: Famous painter Alicia Berenson kills her husband. She's found standing over his body, gun in hand. But when the police arrive? She never speaks again. For six years. Nothing." La paciente silenciosa

"Look. You think you know where this is going. You think it's about childhood trauma or an abusive husband. It is not. "

#TheSilentPatient #AlexMichaelides #BookTok #ThrillerBooks #BookReview #PlotTwist Title: The Silent Patient: A Masterclass in Unreliable Narrators & Gut-Punch Endings She's found standing over his body, gun in hand

"Enter Theo Faber, a forensic psychotherapist who is obsessed with getting her to talk. He gets a job at her mental health unit, thinking he can crack the case everyone else failed at."

"The patient isn't the only one who's silent." 3. Book Club Discussion Guide (Deep Dive) Icebreaker: On a scale of 1 to "The Silent Patient ending," how shocked were you? For six years

The question is: Who is really telling the story?

Alicia Berenson was a famous painter married to a famous fashion photographer. One evening, she shoots him five times in the face. Then, she never speaks another word. Open and shut case, right? Wrong.

"The final twist is so well hidden that when you re-read the book, you realize the answer was on page one. Michaelides plays a sick, beautiful trick on you about who the 'patient' really is."