The Silent Patient

This one is a page-turner, for sure. I couldn't put it down after I got about a third of the way through. I finished it in a few hours as it reads quickly; it's mostly dialogue, written simply, and chapters are short. While I enjoyed it, and indeed can say I'm thoroughly creeped out as of this review (the darkness and ominous wind outside my window certainly don't help), I wouldn't call this a “nutritious” read. The author uses tired archetypes for the genre (thin, beautiful damsel; dark & mysterious protagonist; monstrous, fat, miserable aunt; etc etc) and as I said, the dialogue is pretty simple. This is total Hollywood bait. In fact, I'd be surprised if it isn't already optioned.