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    The Silent Patient
    The Silent Patient
    The Silent Patient
    Audiobook8 hours

    The Silent Patient

    Written by Alex Michaelides

    Narrated by Jack Hawkins and Louise Brealey

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    "The perfect binge listen." — Yahoo Lifestyle

    Instant #1 New York Times bestseller.

    The Silent Patient is a shocking psychological thriller of a woman’s act of violence against her husband—and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive.

    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 desirable areas. One evening her husband Gabriel returns home late from a fashion shoot, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face, and then never speaks another word.

    Alicia’s refusal to talk, or give any kind of explanation, turns a domestic tragedy into something far grander, a mystery that captures the public imagination and casts Alicia into notoriety. The price of her art skyrockets, and she, the silent patient, is hidden away from the tabloids and spotlight at the Grove, a secure forensic unit in North London.

    Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist who has waited a long time for the opportunity to work with Alicia. His determination to get her to talk and unravel the mystery of why she shot her husband takes him down a twisting path into his own motivations—a search for the truth that threatens to consume him....

    More praise for The Silent Patient:

    “Absolutely brilliant… I read it in a state of intense, breathless excitement.” — Stephen Fry

    “Smart, sophisticated storytelling freighted with real suspense - a very fine novel by any standard.” — Lee Child

    “The Silent Patient sneaks up on you like a slash of intimidating shadow on a badly lit street. Michaelides has crafted a totally original, spellbinding psychological mystery so quirky, so unique that it should have its own genre.” — David Baldacci

    Editor's Note

    Resounding silence…

    The latest craze in psychological thrillers is right here. In Alex Michaelides’ debut, a painter is convicted of murdering her husband, and refuses to talk after his death. One psychotherapist is particularly determined to hear her side of the story.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    Release dateFeb 5, 2019
    ISBN9781250317537
    The Silent Patient
    Author

    Alex Michaelides

    Alex Michaelides was born and raised in Cyprus. He has an M.A. in English Literature from Trinity College, Cambridge University, and an M.A. in Screenwriting from the American Film Institute in Los Angeles. The Silent Patient was his first novel, debuting at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list, and has sold more than 6.5 million copies worldwide. The rights have been sold in a record-breaking 51 countries, and the book has been optioned for film by Plan B. His second novel, The Maidens, was an instant New York Times bestseller and has been optioned for television by Miramax Television and Stone Village.

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    • 5/5
      Wow. WOW. WOOOOOW. Oh I love this. First of all I love the writing style - every single section was perfect and how Michaelides reveals information was just *muah* perfection. Honestly, I think I figured out the who-did-what-when by part 3/4 BUT the reveal still had me literally yelling exclamations. Also for those who like audio books Louise Brealey narrates Alicia's chapters and all I have to say if if this becomes a movie she better well play the role in person as well!

      2 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      By far my favorite book, honestly didn’t see that ending coming!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      I loved the twists and turns but I do feel it lagged a little. Not sure if it was because I was listening instead of reading the book. The end was a total surprise which gives a great deal of credit to the author’s imagination and ability to create a form of trust in his characters.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      This book is was great to me because I could not put it down. I wanted to know what was going to happen to whom, when, where and how! Michaelides kept me wanting more!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 3/5
      The twist was surprising, but I found the characters mostly despicable.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Beautifully narrated. Masterful story telling. I wound up “binge listening” to it.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Very gripping well written. I love the descriptions and the little signs. Really incredible. I recommend it but make sure your in a good place with yourself and your partner first

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      This book was suspenseful and interesting. The narration was excellent. There were several twists I didn't see coming. If you enjoy psychological thrillers this book is an excellent choice!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      It did not disappoint .. Excellent plot with an unexpected twist! Highly recommend!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      So.., I just finished listening to this. I set the speed by 1.2 because it was really good, sometimes 1.5. Perhaps other people have different reaction to the ending, but to me, it was really sad. Kind of like my feeling when I watched Joker.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Amazing plot twist and it left me speechless at the end

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      The end! I had to listen again!! Wow!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Did not see that ending coming! A bit of a slow start but boy did it pick up. I love it when two narrators are used for male and female parts. Just well done all the way around

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Wowwwwww, what a great book!!!! Don’t miss this one!!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      OMG!! What a wonderful” read” ! Never saw that coming! Bravo!! I didn’t want it to end

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      There is no way I would have guessed the ending of this story. At one point I had to stop and re-listen to one of the chapters. I listened to this book in one day. It was amazing! Also, the narrators were well-spoken and their performance was fantastic!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Loved it, finished it in 2 days! You have to pay close attention or you might not get it!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Really fantastic. I've read more than a bit of whodunit books, from Christi to more modern authors and I think besides for Christi herself this is probably the best I've read. The author set out to write a Christi like book but with more character deapth and feeling, and I think this was a success. Still although i find it hard to grasp I do believe it has less of a mathematical whodunit precision. Also the psychology gives it a bit of a dark mood. All in all a great work.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Rich character development; great story plot; unexpected twists and turns

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      This book was engrossing from start to finish. I listened to it on Scribd, and initially didn't think I would enjoy the male narrator's voice who appears most frequently in the audiobook, but it definitely grew on me. There are two narrators, one male, and one female.

      A quick synopsis, Alicia and Gabriel live a seemingly happy life as husband and wife, until one day, Alicia shoots Gabriel in the face five times after he returns home and refuses to utter a word going forward. Alicia is sentenced to a mental hospital where Dr. Theo attempts to use psychotherapy to get Alicia to speak and reveal what happened that fateful night.

      The story is told in both past and present tenses and we get excerpts from Alicia's diary both leading up to and following the killing of her husband.

      What takes place in the unfolding of this story is one that I did not see coming up until it happened. I actually had to pause the audiobook to rethink what I had just heard in order to comprehend what had just happened. The mystery behind Alicia's silence and the disturbing events of that night totally took me by surprise and offered the rare treat of allowing the reader to enjoy the telling of the story coupled with the coupled shocking ending.

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    • 5/5
      Never saw that coming!
      I read murder mysteries all the time and usually figure out the murderer immediately. I definitely recommend this book. You won't be disappointed.

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    • 5/5
      One of the best twists I've ever read. You're being set up for it for most of the book, but you never see it coming. Couldn't put it down

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    • 3/5
      Beautiful written, no doubt. But definitely not the page-turner I was expecting. I found it quite predictable and a bit of a disappointment.

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    • 5/5
      This book was a amazing!!! It is well pasted and has a twist worth waiting for.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      WOWOWOW what a thrilling read!! I didn’t even remotely guess the ending!!! You will not regret this!!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      One of the best books I’ve read in a while! So much depth of character and the plot twist! Oh the plot twist! I usually see them coming and end up slightly disappointed but the moment of realization in this one was like a light coming on in a dark room! Loved loved loved it!

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    • 5/5
      Kept me guessing until the very end! Well thought out story full of twists.

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    • 5/5
      Love the duo moderators. The story does have several twists and u couldn’t put the audiobook down. Great read!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      A few plot holes but the ending made up for all of it!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      absolutely amazing ? loved the audio voices and this was my first thriller and I need more now.

      1 person found this helpful