Book Review:The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

The Silent Patient 

..And so it went on, endless  speculation- no answer , only more  questions-about Alicia's motives and her subsequent silence . Why did she refuse to speak? What did it mean? Was she hiding something ? Protecting someone? if so who? And Why?

Alicia, 33 years old, married for 7 years was held captive for murdering her husband Gabriel , who was a fashion photographer in demand.

Alicia herself was a well known painter and together they had a perfect married life with success and comfort.  But one fine day Alicia shoots her husband on his face and remained silent for years  refusing her guilt or confessing it.  Her silence turned into story. The only statement she made was " The painting" The title was " Alcestis". The entire London was curious to know what has happened and why she is silent for years. She was finally made to stay in a forsenic Unit Grove under extreme supervision. Theo Faber a forensic psycho therapist  was fascinated by the mystery of Alicia and her enduring silence.He wanted to help her ,heal her and get her well and therefore took the case.

My thoughts:

 The hype for this book is 100% real, and people buying it  wont regret !

This psychological suspense thriller was recommended bytheguywiththebook and finally when I am done reading this novel my brain is whip lashed with its twists. 

Beautifully build up plot and well narrated in first person.

 Extreme research on criminal mind will hypnotise your brain into the reading.

 From the very first page you will be drowned into it,as it is written in very simple English.

The story takes you into details of the characters life. Also the diary pages written by Alicia ,was quiet interesting to know if she had any conflict with her husband or even childhood trauma

The ending startled me. Well entertaining and well satisfying .

I think everyone should read this book and not miss it.

Rating 5/5

Are you planning to read this anytime soon? Or adding in your TBR?

Book Review |The Dark Side of the MoonVolume 1:Shubham Arora

The Dark Side of the MoonVolume 1:

Author: Shubham Arora

Length: 50

Kindle Format

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The book contains 3 short stories, which are outstanding. The stories made me realise few incidents which actually took place in our country. Though it is not exact same like the story but dont we all hear  about mysterious death in the news dont we?

The stories includes:

The Last Skype : Story of a couple living a distant life due to job purpose. There only way of communication was  Skype chat. All was going pretty well until the  wife started  sensing bizarre symptoms while talking to her husband. What is happening to  her husband is what she finds out in Skype Chat.

In my Head : A story of a mother who killed her baby while the little one was feeding n her. She chopped her head, because she was told to do so. The narrator  was given in-charge to solve the mystery. Will he find something bizarre and back off from the case?

The Rituals. A man and his family obsessed with Lord Shiva, wants to see the lord in Physical form. The superstition and the rituals leads to something which will shock you.  Will the man get a glimpse of the Lord? Or is it only delusion.

The story the rituals made me remember the  death case of Burari family, where 11 members were found dead ( all hanged themselves).I still don't know what the reason was behind the death. Were they been murdered?

The shorts will hook you up from the beginning to the end. For many it might be paranormal activity but for me it is Mental disorder like (Psychosis/Schizophrenia).The stories will make you think whether the character actually needed medical assistance or does death cleans up the evilness.

Beginner who is looking for chilling -straight to the point stories, no drags, go for  The Dark Side of the Moon.

Thank You shubham Arora for the ebook. Looking forward for more such shorts.

Book Review |Lullaby- By Leila Slimani

Parents who think career and their personal life of enjoyment comes first please read this book.

How many of us actually think of joining back to work after having a  baby. Many of us do want to but at time "for many" children comes first than  career.

There are many parents  who get scared to entrust their children to others. I am very much one of those kind.  Like every other parents Myriam and Paul living in Paris didnt trust anyone to handle their fragile little baby Mila. Myriam took care of her solely and was absolutely against  babysitter, sacrificing her hard earned Law degree. She got pregnant again when Mila her  little girl was 18 months old. This time she was blessed  with a boy named Adam. But she was getting tired and frustrated with the daily  baby chores all alone and wanted her life back desperately.

The story begins with Myriam returns back from work  and sees the ghastly murder of  her 2 kids.The broken body of Adam was in a bag zipped surrounded with toys. The description of the murder will give you a chill and you may want to stop reading immediately. The little girl fought for her life in the ambulance, her lungs punctured and she was getting convulsion and head smashed with the furniture in the room. The children were murdered by their most trusted and beloved nanny.

It is not that their parent didnt look for the best nanny before joining back to work. They did. Actually they has series of interview from different nanny before hiring someone and Louise was one of those perfect nanny which every other house wants to have. Infact Myriams friends were jealous of her for getting such beyond perfection  nanny who "SEEMED" to  love the children and took care of every single thing in the house. Whether it is cleaning, cooking, taking the children out etc. 

Myriam though felt guilty at times but  enjoyed office and party leaving more task to the grateful nanny. They claimed her to be part of the family.

Here are some bits and pieces of the horror:

The nanny makes the children eat chicken carcass which the parents didn't know. She tells creepy story to the children,watch crime channels and knocks the children down claiming it as an accident. 

She has bite marks on her shoulder.But again busy with career parents didn't understand whats lurking in the upcoming days. There were times when Louissa got angry which clearly showed her mood unstability.

The book talks about Louisa past life and also about her daughter , her lonely suffered life, her friend the other nanny and hence forth.

Why did she kill the children when she actually loved them? Do we have the answer ?

I am really curious are we gonna read another part of this book? Because there are times where I had to skip pages to know  why it happened.

I think we should not take anyone for granted.

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