,This is another book that is being made into a movie. My friend gave it to me for my birthday so we could read it and preview it for a potential book read with my group of friends. If I am being fair, I do not have strong feelings either way on this book. It wasn't awful, but I didn't love it. It felt very much like a book I have read before, but I couldn't place what book. It is supposed to be thrilling and suspenseful, but I just wasn't really drawn into the story. I am not sure why exactly. It gets very favorable ratings, so apparently there are lots of people who love the book. It was well-written; but I just never really felt engaged with the characters. The storyline is solid. There are some suspense and psychological thriller pieces to the story, but I just wasn't wowed. There was not moment where I gasped while reading. I am not sure my thoughts on reading as a group and seeing the movie. It is quite dark in places, and I am not sure how that will translate to the screen. If you like suspense and thrillers, give it a read. Maybe it will draw you in, but it gets an eh for me overall.
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Did I love this book? No. Did I hate this book? No. Would I recommend this book to someone else? Meh. And to be fair, I have read The Silent Patient by Michaelides as well and was a bit meh about it too, so perhaps I should have stopped with it. But, I WANTED to love this book because I enjoy Greek mythology, and I love a good twist ending, but this storyline just didn't do it for me. The protagonist, Mariana, was a bit lackluster to me. I never felt very connected to her, and I did not find her believable as a psychoanalyst. Despite being the protagonist of the book, she was not well developed. We are told often how beautiful she is and we have men throwing themselves at her, but she is never described. Basically we know she is from Greece, as endured a lot of loss, and is a group therapist. It just wasn't much to go on. And the storyline had some sub plots that are never wrapped up which irks me. Henry who is a group therapy patient of Mariana's is kind of the focus of the story at the beginning and he is interwoven in the story a bit but then he just gets clipped up with no real closure, and then there is Fred who is a strange gentleman Mariana meets on the train and who professes his love for her. He saves her from being killed and then what? Did he get out of critical condition? Does he live? We will never know. The twist ending is also a bit predictable and the ending is just a stop. No ending. No closure. No wrap-up. No real idea of what actually happened. So, there it is. I finished the book. I liked pieces of it, but overall it was just meh. It was not my cup of tea, but perhaps you would enjoy it. |
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