#the silent patient book

[grishaxverse]

me finding out that theo faber is a guy at page 107 of the silent patient when I’ve been imagining a woman all along:

[aap-kaisi-ladhki-hain-kammo-ji]

one of the hardest things to admit is that we weren’t loved when we needed it most. It’s a terrible feeling, the pain of not being loved.”

[sadexecutivelove]

Alex Michaelides, The silent patient.

[starrynightsxo]

ANNOUNCEMENT: I WILL BE BACK

hey guys so I'm gonna be going offline for a couple of months due to some personal stuff. so sorry I feel so bad but I feel like it would be best given the situation (i'd rather not talk about it but dw it's nothing nefarious or anything just personal!)

BUT I shall be lurking about sometimes, just not very often. I will hopefully be back sometime soon so not TOO long!

I'll miss you guys SO SO much and keep talking and tagging me in things everyone I WILL return and reply and all that <3

LOVE ALL MY FOLLOWERS AND MUTUALS SO SO MUCH and I just know you all understand and I appreciate you guys so much! So don't go anywhere cos I'll be back to spew some nonsense again in a couple of months.

MISS YOU ALL ALREADY <3

- alims ❤️

my side blog: @bookgirlfanatic <3

cr: Caraval by Stephanie Garber

cr: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Books I've read this year 2024 (so far, in order):

Powerless by Lauren Roberts

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas

Letters to the Lost by Brigid Kemmerer

Anatomy of a Misfit by Andrea Portes (reread)

Truth or Dare by Sophie McKenzie

Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J Maas

Coraline by Neil Gaiman

A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J Maas

A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J Maas

How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories by Holly Black (reread)

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

Destroy Me by Tahereh Mafi

Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi

Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi

Fracture Me by Tahereh Mafi

Restore Me by Tahereh Mafi

Shadow Me by Tahereh Mafi

Defy Me by Tahereh Mafi

Reveal Me by Tahereh Mafi

Imagine Me by Tahereh Mafi

Believe Me by Tahereh Mafi

The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Icebreaker by Hannah Grace

Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross

Dead Poets Society by Nancy H Kleinbaum

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

The Brothers Hawthorne by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

The Hunger Games Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

Reckless by Lauren Roberts

A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

I have reviews to most of these if you check my tags somehow lol.

36/30 books this year. YAY! Happy Reading everyone!

A picrew of me <3

[fairycosmos]

before the coffee gets cold had such an interesting premise - cafe that can send ppl back in time!!! - but the execution was just not ittttt :^(

[aponii1]

The silent patient by Alex Michaelides just finished this book honestly i'm speechless. This book is incredibly well written with the gripping plot and characters was well developed. The plot twist at the end caught me completely off guard it honestly left me staring at the wall for a good 20 minutes, honestly glad I have read it my reading slump is cured. If you like psychological thriller this novel is for you. (5/5)

Favourite quotes:

"Remember, love that doesn't include honesty doesn't deserve to be called love."

"Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive, and will come forth later, in uglier ways. SIGMUND FREUD."

"The aim of therapy is not to correct the past, but to enable the patient to confront his own history; and to grieve over it. ALICE MILLER."

[sillytriumphdragon]

*the silent patient*

Author: Alex Michaelides

Genre: Thriller

Rating: 4.5 ⭐

From the very beginning of this book, I was hooked. I found myself so wrapped up in the story, invested in unraveling the mystery behind why Alicia murdered her husband.

Michaelides does an excellent job in creating a story filled with things and characters that are meant to keep you guessing.

Written in five parts with very short chapters, this made for one fast read that was hard to put down. It's so easy to burn through a lot of pages when you think,

"Well this chapter has 3 pages, I can keep going." And the twist? That twist? I found myself continuously changing my theories as more and more details surfaced, and I truly didn't see that twist coming until it was right under my nose.

Favorite dialogue:

*“Choosing a lover is a lot like choosing a therapist. We need to ask ourselves, is this someone who will be honest with me, listen to criticism, admit making mistakes, and not promise the impossible?”*

[isbahstudio]

🍁 Books To Read This Fall

If you love books with a dark academia vibe, here are my recommendations for this fall!

🟣 The Secret History - Richard grew up in a lower class family. His life changes when he attends a prestigious university and befriends an exclusive academic group of rich students led by an elusive and mysterious professor. The group of college friends end up killing one of their own friends. The story details how they got to that point, how they covered up the murder, and how they all personally suffered after the event.

🟣 Ninth House - a girl who is a dropout and delinquent has the ability to see the supernatural. She gets recruited by Yale University to join their secret Ninth House alongside two other students. The trio is then responsible for keeping check of Yale's 8 secret societies who frequently dabble in dark magic. When a girl ends up dead on campus, the trio set out to figure out which secret society was behind the incident.

🟣 The Atlas Six - a group of 6 magicians, considered to be the best in the world, are recruited by Atlas Blakely. Atlas is the caretaker of the mysterious Library of Alexandria, the magical library said to hold all the knowledge in the world. The 6 will compete for a year by researching complex topics such as wormholes, dreams, dimensions, the subconscious, time manipulation, and so forth. Only 5 will be allowed to join this secret society. 1 will be eliminated. All 6 contestants are witty, hungry, and manipulative. Alliances change, betrayals take place, and no one is to be trusted.

🟣 The Silent Patient - a psychotherapist takes on a case of a famous painter who killed her husband and never uttered a word after. He goes down a spiral of uncovering clues and solving the mystery of what drove the woman to kill her husband.

🟣 The Ecliptic - a famous painter who has lost her creative touch agrees to stay at a seceret island in Turkey, that is a rehab for broken down artists. She spends years in this isolated facility, disconnected from the outside world, amongst other artists, trying to create a new masterpiece, and rekindle her flame.

🌸 All of these books are my faves!

[imthebadguyyy]

tagged by the lovely @lewishcmilton to list my top 9 books, thank you darling!! 🫶🏼

(i also did 10 because I couldn't choose and also i have so many more i couldn't fit them all 😭)

tagging @lewisrises (can't wait to see what you pick!!) @enchantelewis @enchantestuff @lostinlewis @lucent-knight and @grandestrategia to do this if you want <3

[thoughtfulfangirling]

"Somehow, grasping at vanishing snowflakes is like grasping at happiness — an act of possession which instantly gives way to nothing."

— The Silent Patient, Alex Michaelides

[aap-kaisi-ladhki-hain-kammo-ji]

i loved the silent patient not just coz it has amazing plot twist... but coz it made me very sad.. it broke my heart when alicia said - ‘Dad just—killed me.’

the two person whome she loved the most who were supposed to protect her... They both killed her.

and then there was theo who was mocking her.

And the reference of Alcestis. how she loved her husband and how her coward husband sacrficed her without a second thought and how her silence was shown as murderous rage and grief at loss of his love for his husband....

[reginaphalange2403]

This. Fucking. Book. Oh. My. God.

my brain has actually exploded. I’ve never read a better plot twist, everyone go read it rn.

[imlovelace]

at the end of the silent patient, my mind literally burned. there are still things i don't understand. i'm in shock

[notsohots-blog]

"And then, slowly, in the darkness, I realised something. I didn't want to die. Not yet, not when I hadn't lived."

From the Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

[banilikesfictionalpeople]

oh. my. god.

OHMYGOD

the silent patient. the plot twist. no twists.

HOW? WHY? AND WHAT AFTER?

like- hello????