The Silent Patient: Book review
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides. A page turner indeed. I didn't stop until I've proven to myself that my hunch was right. Theo, was the mystery man. I loved how the author discussed and addressed childhood trauma, triggers, betrayal and the need to be loved. I find it fascinating of what we're capable of doing in order to be loved back. We all feared being abandoned by the people we valued the most. It hurts like hell to be hated by our existence, and it's a slap on all our faces that sometimes we don't get to be loved the way we wanted to. Instead we get what we deserve because we tolerate it. Thinking it's all there is. Betrayal is one of the things that made me continue reading this book. Talking on personal experience, I learned my lesson the hard way. They say betrayal never comes from your enemies, it comes from those you trust the most. But I partly disagree, sometimes we feel betrayed because of our expectations. We expect too much and yet hum...