The Silent Patient: Book Review

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides.

I didn’t read this book, I inhaled it. Not because I had time, but because I needed answers. And I got them. Theo wasn’t just the mystery man—I knew it, I felt it, and when it was confirmed, it hit different.

I find it fascinating of what we're capable of doing in order to be loved back. We fear abandonment like it’s death. We settle for scraps and call it love, thinking it’s all we deserve. And sometimes, we’re not betrayed by people—we’re betrayed by our own expectations.

 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 human as we are, we will always turn a blind eye to ones we love. We pretend. We put the ideal traits on a pedestal, giving them chance to reveal themselves more and hurt us. 

The book made me realize a lot of things. I was in awe with the plot twist but I expected that. I picked up some hints while reading. (I was fond of reading murder mysteries in my teenage years). 

I recommend this book so much that I'm giving it five stars for July's reads. 

- E.