具體描述
Promising to be the debut novel of the season The Silent Patient is a shocking psychological thriller of a woman’s act of violence against her husband—and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive…
Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London’s most desirable areas. One evening her husband Gabriel returns home late from a fashion shoot, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face, and then never speaks another word.
Alicia’s refusal to talk, or give any kind of explanation, turns a domestic tragedy into something far grander, a mystery that captures the public imagination and casts Alicia into notoriety. The price of her art skyrockets, and she, the silent patient, is hidden away from the tabloids and spotlight at the Grove, a secure forensic unit in North London.
Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist who has waited a long time for the opportunity to work with Alicia. His determination to get her to talk and unravel the mystery of why she shot her husband takes him down a twisting path into his own motivations—a search for the truth that threatens to consume him....
用戶評價
##BOTM拿到的先發版，一個周末就讀完瞭。psychological thriller讀得不多，這本給我瞭一種第一次讀and then there were none的感覺。有些地方還是會很強烈的感受到是作者寫的第一本小說，但是整體真的是很贊
##三天就斷斷續續讀完瞭，上一本如此瘋狂啃書的是丹布朗的《天使與魔鬼》。開頭和結尾太精彩瞭，中間部分在費解和厭惡男主行為中略顯呱噪的堅持著，最後結局讓一切釋然。非常完美的推理情節設計，讀完覺得很爽。
##起先聽瞭一個小時有聲書都準備放棄瞭，還好聽從建議改為閱讀。後半部分幾乎一口氣讀完。是不是我讀的懸疑太少瞭，這麼容易代入。一直在期待反轉然而還是震驚瞭。
##a story about double infidelity; 精神治療師與患者，童年創傷與成年行為，凶手與被害人，背叛者與被背叛者，日記視角與第一人稱非正常時間綫敘述
##起先聽瞭一個小時有聲書都準備放棄瞭，還好聽從建議改為閱讀。後半部分幾乎一口氣讀完。是不是我讀的懸疑太少瞭，這麼容易代入。一直在期待反轉然而還是震驚瞭。
##3星半吧。故事還可以，有psychological thriller共通的優勢（情節抓人，讀起來放不下）和缺點（後勁小/值得迴味的地方少，甚至越迴味越不對勁），人物就差一些。如果讀一本書隻是為瞭那一個twist，無論讀的時候猜不猜得到，我好像都不太喜歡。
##3星半吧。故事還可以，有psychological thriller共通的優勢（情節抓人，讀起來放不下）和缺點（後勁小/值得迴味的地方少，甚至越迴味越不對勁），人物就差一些。如果讀一本書隻是為瞭那一個twist，無論讀的時候猜不猜得到，我好像都不太喜歡。
##It's not bad, but not as good as people make it out to be.
##是那種一開始讀就停不下來的故事。期待電影。