I finished The Silent Patient which was on my TBR for so long and honestly I feel it’s not bad but too hyped by masses.

Theo felt like a great character with his troubled childhood until he was not anymore, at some parts I felt narration was too wanna be deep from Theo’s POV. Narration didn’t mention the timeline for Kathy and Theo’s angle and I’m glad(slightly) for that since I could see from miles away what’s happening there, so it was more about how it unfolds because you already could sense what’s behind the unfolding. It was a back n forth ride for me getting in and falling back for whole book.

The last scene again felt wanna be deep, for me personally. I didn’t hate it but it was just okay. It gave me similar feels after reading “The Girl on Train”. Not bad. But not that “must” of a read.

  • DrinkYoDamnJuice@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Same. A couple people raves about this book, insisted I read it. I couldn’t even get through it, it was so bad.

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      1 year ago

      I bought this book while travelling just because I was seeing this name everywhere. But it turned out so bad.

      I had similar experience with another book called “Normal people” by Sally Rooney(different genre) which received gazillion of awards and shit. That book suck. I no longer trust public opinion after this.