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04-21-2022 02:08 PM
Brad Pitt's production company has picked up the film rights to the brilliant "The Silent Patient."
THANK YOU to all the Q Book Club Forum posters who first recommended this book to me - it still remains one of my all-time favorites from the past few years.
Has anyone read "The Maidens," the next book by Alex Michaelides? The lead detective is a psychotherapist. I haven't read it yet, but the reviews were excellent.
04-21-2022 02:19 PM
LOVED The Silent Patient so much that I told me husband he had to read it -- which he did. I read The Maidens too. Good book -- but I think it would be nearly impossible to match The Silent Patient. I often figure out the ending halfway through these kinds of books. In this case I had no idea.
04-21-2022 02:27 PM
Lol - YES! I understand! I always say I personally sold about 20 copies of The Silent Patient because I told everyone at work and most of my friends and family to buy the book!
Glad to hear The Maidens is also good - I am looking forward to reading that one!
04-21-2022 02:34 PM
@judy0330 I totally agree that The Silent Patient was the better of the two books. I would love to see the fim version on The Silent Patient
04-22-2022 08:22 PM
Thanks for the no spoilers. The Silent Patient is on my list, guess I need to move it up.
05-04-2022 06:07 PM
05-05-2022 09:37 AM
When it first came out I read about 6 chapters and took it back to the library. Too many on hold for it and I was not enjoying it in the least. Maybe some day I will try again someday.
11-25-2024 08:07 AM
@MarnieRez3 @beckyb1012 @Still Raining @pateacher @judy0330
I wrote this for a review on Reddit
This is how a psychopath perceives life and relationships.
Theo describes himself as a psychopath perfectly: “and reveal how foul I am, how cruel, how vengeful and perverse, how unworthy I am of Ruth and and everything she tried to do for me? How could I tell her that I have destroyed three lives? That I have no moral code, that I’m capable of the worst kind of acts without remorse, and my only concern is for my own skin?“
It is the lack of self-awareness in order to change, the lack of accountability, the lack of conscience that defines Theo as a psychopath. The ability to write this story from a psychopath’s perspective is what gives this book interest and credibility, imo.
I thought his relationship with Kathy was extremely telling. And I’m not sure if I completely got it. Somehow, all of the people in Theo’s life begin to mirror him. There is a lack of “color” (especially warmth) in Theo’s life and this bleeds over into everything he touches. Alicia’s silence is a reflection of Theo’s influence.
The homes described in the story echo the characters they house.
I truly enjoyed this book and devoted a couple of days to it! Definitely a page turner and I thought it was excellent.
12-07-2024 08:59 AM
@LTT1 wrote:@MarnieRez3 @beckyb1012 @Still Raining @pateacher @judy0330
I wrote this for a review on Reddit
SpoilerThis is how a psychopath perceives life and relationships.
Theo describes himself as a psychopath perfectly: “and reveal how foul I am, how cruel, how vengeful and perverse, how unworthy I am of Ruth and and everything she tried to do for me? How could I tell her that I have destroyed three lives? That I have no moral code, that I’m capable of the worst kind of acts without remorse, and my only concern is for my own skin?“
It is the lack of self-awareness in order to change, the lack of accountability, the lack of conscience that defines Theo as a psychopath. The ability to write this story from a psychopath’s perspective is what gives this book interest and credibility, imo.
I thought his relationship with Kathy was extremely telling. And I’m not sure if I completely got it. Somehow, all of the people in Theo’s life begin to mirror him. There is a lack of “color” (especially warmth) in Theo’s life and this bleeds over into everything he touches. Alicia’s silence is a reflection of Theo’s influence.
The homes described in the story echo the characters they house.
I truly enjoyed this book and devoted a couple of days to it! Definitely a page turner and I thought it was excellent.
@LTT1 I loved your review, especially the correlation between characters and homes, an angle I missed completely!
12-30-2024 09:17 AM
@LTT1 @pateacher , I read this book a couple of months ago on my daughter's recommendation. Best book that I have read in a long time!
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