If you don’t read a ~ton~ of psychological thrillers, I can see how this would be a 5-star read for you so don’t take my 3-star rating as a sign that this book isn’t so great. It’s not ~not~ great, it’s just... annoying?

If you’ve heard or read anything about this book you know there’s a twist coming. So naturally as a reader you’re working to figure it out the whole time. No spoilers, but once the big twist was revealed I felt a little... conned? Like it was almost a waste to read the whole book in a way.

I don’t know - it’s tricky to explain. I have a lot of feelings about this book and I don’t want to give anything away, but my general feelings are:

- it’s a clever story
- I was invested in Alicia’s story (she’s the silent patient)
- the experience of reading the main character’s story was frustrating because you learn almost nothing about him and he’s the narrator of our story
- there’s some loose ends at the end of the story, some red herrings that aren’t really settled