![]() ![]() His beloved wife has cheated on him and he is reeling from the shock. Meanwhile, alternating chapters reveal that Theo has his own problems. ![]() He finds a long, often contested history of abandonment, suicidal depression, and betrayal. ![]() But even once Theo convinces the director to allow him to become Alicia’s therapist, reduce her dose, and give her access to art supplies and a temporary studio, Alicia still refuses to speak.Īt the same time that we see Theo using everything in his psychoanalytic arsenal to try and get Alicia to talk, we get more excerpts from Alicia’s journal, as well as conversations Theo has with her friends and relatives to try and discover what is keeping Alicia from speaking. Alicia is on a strong dose of anti-psychotics and has restricted privileges due to her history of violence and suicide attempts. The first time he sees her at the Grove, Theo can see the tell-tale signs of overmedication. Alicia has been incarcerated there for seven years by the time Theo shows up. ![]() Theo has been delighted to learn that he has secured a job at the Grove, a facility for criminals with mental illness. I haven’t been snookered so completely, in the best way, by a book in a very long time.Īfter short prologue introduces us to Alicia’s voice, via a journal she kept before she was tried and convicted of her husband’s murder, we meet Theo Faber. It’s only at the end of the book that we learn the full, shocking truth in a twist that absolutely floored me. Something about his declarations that Theo wants to get Alicia to speak feel a little desperate. But I think that unsettled me most was the way that Theo Faber wrangled so hard to become Alicia’s psychotherapist at the facility where Alicia has been confined. Then there are all the conflicting accounts of Alicia’s character there are a lot of liars in this novel. First, there is a patient-Alicia Berenson-who will not speak after she was convicted of shooting her husband. There is a lot that is unsettling about The Silent Patient, by Alex Michaelides. ![]()
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