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The Silent Patient
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Alright. I know that certain books require you to suspend a fair amount of your disbelief, but this book is ridiculous. It is certainly not “Totally original” (David Baldacci) or “Brilliant” (Stephen Fry). I know it’s the kind of book I can recommend to people who like Sebastian Fitzek - it’s about as believable as his books - and the prose is pretty much on the same level. I don’t expect literary fiction when I pick up a thriller, but I also don’t expect to need painkillers because I keep having to roll my eyes all the time. I know there are better thrillers out there, and more convincing ones, but this has put me off the genre for a while.
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Reading Progress
February 15, 2019
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Started Reading
February 15, 2019
– Shelved
February 15, 2019
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11.9%
"I figure if I read this I don't have to read another thriller for at least two years."
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40
February 15, 2019
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41.67%
"Okay. I am going to read this if only so I can decide whether I'll be able to trust Stephen Fry ever again. So far it seems standard thriller fare - unreliable narrator blablabla"
page
140
February 16, 2019
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44.64%
"Er, this isn’t supposed to be a parody, right? What to do with sentences like this: “In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if he were still a virgin. There was something stunted about him, despite his size; something thwarted.”"
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150
February 16, 2019
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73.81%
"There are about one hundred pages left to convince me this isn’t a hoax. I’ve read some bad books in my time, but this is ridiculous."
page
248
February 16, 2019
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Finished Reading
March 14, 2019
– Shelved as:
thriller
