The Silent Patient was so addicting, I finished it in one sitting, which I don't often do. The twist managed to get me—I was trying and guessing the whole time and it really pulled one over on me in such a well-done way. I think this book taught me something about reading and what to pay attention to especially in a thriller; had I not been so wrapped up in the pacing of the book maybe I would have questioned why Theo was even bringing up his personal life in this narrative, but I'm glad that I didn't and glad my guesses were so far off it's almost not even funny (almost).

I keep wavering between 3 and 4 stars because I didn't care about any of the characters even slightly, except for MAYBE Theo a little bit and definitely Ruth even though she really has very little to do with the story, and yet I could not wait to see what happened and what it would take for Alicia to speak. Maybe that's the beauty of a thriller, a genre which I haven't read much of but am interested in reading more of so long as they are this good and absorbing. It could be very easy for this book to have a hackneyed prose or plot in this genre and it avoided that pitfall skillfully. I have an ALC of The Maidens waiting for me next month and I'm really looking forward to it!