- Why did he tell Diomedes and Stephanie that it was a murder and not a suicide? The case would have been closed, and nobody would have doubted him. Why did he lay a trap for himself?
- Why did Theo inject Alicia if he wasn’t responsible for Gabriel’s murder? He wouldn’t face arrest for a crime he didn’t commit.
- Why did he not just kill Alicia but chose to send her into a coma?
- If Theo had not injected Alicia, he would not have been arrested, right? As he did not kill anyone, is it true that he did all of that just to get arrested? Because he was feeling guilty for what he had done to her?
- Why did Alicia lie about who murdered Gabriel when she was narrating the story to Theo? I assume she already knew that the stalker man was Theo, that’s why she tried to hurt him during the initial therapy session.
- Also I don’t get why she remained silent for so many years. I know she related herself to the play characters but then why did she choose to speak after so many years? What was the reason behind her deciding to speak?
Halfway through I could not figure out that there were multiple timelines to the story—the cheating wife part and where Alicia was in therapy. But it’s okay, I’ll leave that for now as I cannot even figure out what doubt exactly I want to ask lol, tbh it’s too much.
Also a few things were left hanging, like when Jean-Felix said to Alicia ‘Do not trust people easily.’ and the house-property papers Theo talked about with Max. Why was Tanya afraid of Max? Why did she mention Paul?
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Believe this book doesn’t exist and you dreamed everything is the best thing you can do
God that book pissed me off.
Am I remembering this book wrong? I read it two years ago during a vacation in one day and loved it. I’ve got no idea what it’s about now but do remember that I enjoyed it.
Me too! It had flaws and plot holes but they were ones I could ignore. Like obv no one writes “someone’s at the door” in their diary, but I’m fine with that. The story was quite intriguing and kept me hooked
Lol, I feel like you are going through the exact motions I did when I finished this book, except in my case I went on another post of the Silent Patient to ask this question instead of making a new one. But yes I had the exact same questions, and I dont really know if I got any answers to them myself.
Honestly one of the worst books I’ve ever read and the inspiration for my don’t suffer through books you’re not enjoying era.
This book was loaded with amateurish plot holes. I’m not sure why it was so popular.
Same!! And it was so predictable, blows my MIND that people could enjoy it
I felt the same when reading - everyone I knew who had read it before had such positive things to say, but I was disappointed by the writing and plot!
Try a less complex book next time. Maybe something by Judy bloom
I’m not sure why my comment was one of the few chosen for a response (and an incredibly dismissive and patronizing one at that), just because I didn’t go through individual details in the book I felt were inconsistent or implausible. You can disagree with someone and not be unkind about it.
I didn’t think it was a bad book. I enjoyed it when I realized he was slanting the truth.
Theo was an unreliable narrator. He made out like he was noble & trustworthy when he was a creep and a stalker. He was imploding and couldn’t stop his creep/stalker behavior from giving him away 🤷♀️
There could have been such a good plot twist around that but instead it was just stupid.
Let me answer all of your questions with one single response:
because the author is a moron, and this is one of the most terrible books ever written.
I also just finished it:
- To frame Christian because Christian knew about Alicia seeing someone outside her home.
- Because kidnapping someone, tying them up, stalking them and then pretending none of that happened is a good way to lose your license and wind up in the hospital where you work.
- He thought she wouldn’t be found. Opiates depress respiration and you wind up not breathing if you don’t get an opiate blocker fast enough.
- Stalking and kidnapping are also illegal.
- To prove that she could frame him for the murder and see what he would do.
- Trauma
Thank you for being the one to actually answer the questions and for reading the book closely enough to actually follow it unlike the majority of the commenters here 🙄 you’d think a books subreddit would have people who actually pay attention to details and appreciate good writing. If you couldn’t follow or don’t know the answer just say that😂 or better yet say nothing
Honesty, had I not finished the book like 2 hours before writing that comment I don’t think I’d know either.
Thanks for clarifying my doubts! :)
The book was written like it was a movie, meaning it did things for the plot and hoped you didn’t think about it.
This is a whole style of writing that drives me nuts. The Martian was written the same way. Feels like I’m reading a movie pitch.
I trad it a few months ago and can remember almost nithing about it. It was a very forgettable book with a terribly unethical main character who gives psychiatrists a bad name.
The only thing I remember about this book is getting to the end and thinking it made no goddamn sense, and not in a good way.
Maybe read slower next time
Did you create an account just to talk shit to people about this horrible book? That’s a thing to do with your time I guess
I don’t remember anything about the book other than I read it and I thought the plot/writing were kinda silly and super unbelievable. TBH a lot of the books I’ve been reading lately have given me that vibe. I need some good recommendations. 😭
The English Patient, the prequel, actually clarifies all of those questions.