the silent patient the first three chapters alex michaelides

The bestselling narrative centers on a secret society of female students at Cambridge University and one woman’s obsessive search for the truth after a member of the group turns up dead.

With a mind-boggling twist at the end, this book keeps you hooked in an exhilarating journey through the mind of a damaged person and has deep psychological reverberation about mental trauma and its far reaching consequences. Alex Michaelides’ The Maidens is an electrifying psychological thriller packed with compelling characters and shocking plot twists. Her forensic psychologist, Theo Faber, is determined to uncover the murderer’s motive. The book features the story of a woman, Alicia Berenson, who murders her husband, before becoming mute. Add to this an ensemble cast with their own motivations and lies and the web of complexities just keeps growing. The Silent Patient is a book authored by Alex Michaelides. It is there in an unarticulated form in the mind of the protagonist. There is the psychotherapist who says - ' I want to help you to see clearly'.Then there is Alicia Berenstone's diary which indicates a deep psychological trauma and her failing mental conditions in the weeks leading up to the murder. She is brought back to life but turns silent. As her last work of art before being sent to the asylum, she draws herself as Alcestis, the tragic protagonist of the play by Euripides, who is asked to die in place of her husband so that he may live. She turns silent in the aftermath and ends up in a mental asylum after pleading madness in the court. But one night, she ends up killing Gabriel in the most gruesome manner. Alicia Berenstone is a successful painter and absolutely adores her husband Gabriel.

The silent patient the first three chapters alex michaelides