Silent Patient 4
What story elements (character, plot, mood, conflict, theme, etc.) are present in this book to make it "young adult"? What intrigued you the most about this book? What will you remember most about this book?
What story elements (character, plot, mood, conflict, theme, etc.) are present in this book to make it "young adult"? What intrigued you the most about this book? What will you remember most about this book?
This book was very intriguing and kept me wanting to read it the whole time. I think it was so entertaining because, first of all, the characters were very multi dimensional. You don't just see the surface level part of the story, but you experience everything that the characters are experiencing, mentally, emotionally, and socially. Getting to feel that emotion really hooks you into the story, and you find yourself never wanting to stop reading. The author also did a good job of keeping me guessing until the very end. There were so many different elements, to the point where you couldn't pinpoint what was going to happen next, which made this book even more interesting. I think what I will remember about this book the most is how it made me feel. I was confused, anxious, and overwhelmed all at one time. I wanted so badly to figure out what was going to happen next, but I just couldn't, and that's what made the book so good.
ReplyDeleteThis book was a great reminder of how people deal with mental health. It kept me wanting to know more even after the story was finished. The characters in this novel were amazing, i would not change them at all. I like how it kept me guessing who did it or why did they. The end of the story changed my whole point of view on every single character. It kept me second guessing myself to make sure i read it right. I loved how there were many little events that took a part in the main conflict. It made me think that I knew who did it but then something else came along. What i will remember most about this book is the way is made me nervous, confused, mad, and happy all at the same time. Such as one page it could be a happy scene and then go on to be Alicia trying to kill someone, that's what made this novel a really good book.
ReplyDeleteThe book had a lot of things that made me love this book. One of the reasons was that the plot made me rethink the whole book and what I knew about the characters. I thought the plot was so thought out and all of the little things made sense in the book because of the plot. I also thought all of the characters were good to and I think you could relate to Alicia about mental health and some people could relate to Theo about being abused as a child. I thought the most intriguing thing about this book was seeing what Alicia's thoughts were because some of them were so dark and I couldn't believe she thought some of those things. I will definitely remember why Alicia killed her husband and her motives to doing that because it made this book really good.
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ReplyDeleteThis book had a lot of twists and kept you on the edge of your seat the whole time. the characters had depth and none of them felt 2D unless they were an actual background character. They all had their own story, problems, and personalities. I mean I personally really like books about mentally unstable or crazy people so I really enjoyed the book and wanted to know what was next. Some of the twists were crazy but it did still have the occasional thing that you knew was coming to make it feel a bit more realistic. Everyone seemed to be mentally unstable in their own ways. If someone did something wrong there seemed to always be some form of underlying issue even if it wasn't said. however since this book is in Theo's perspective minus Alicia's diary I don't understand how the before Gabriel's death and after are connected. like when he would go to work and then go home I just dislike how there was no way to show the following his wife was in the past. and I understand that it's not supposed to be defined but it still feels weird.
ReplyDeleteI feel like what helped make this book young adult is with the main topic being mental health. Most teenagers struggle with mental health and the main subject with the book is mental health. What intrigued me most about this book was Alicia being silent. This made me wonder why and wonder if there was more to what had happened that night then everyone thinks. I will definitely remember that Theo was the one who caused all of this. I would have never expected that just from him only working at the Grove to help Alicia when really he was the only reason why she was there.
ReplyDeleteI agree I was in shock when her journal stated everything about Theo. I had mixed emotions the entire book about who I thought did every little thing and that is why I think I liked this book so much.
DeleteThis book I thought was amazing, it was so intriguing the entire time. I think this represents young adult in some ways, by how Alicia is going through a lot of mental health. Also, both her and Theo were abused as young children. Alicia stayed silent and that intrigued me the most. Why wouldn't she just tell us what happened? Why did she never let anyone else read the book? Did Theo know the whole time? I love this book overall and I will remember the ending about this book and how she started communicating again after so long.
ReplyDeletei thought this was a great book but don't know how "young adult" it was. The only part i would say that could be young adult would be the mood of the book, because a lot of younger people deal with bad mental health. I was intrigued most by the mystery of the book because even you as the reader wondered why she wouldn't speak and why she made little to no progress for so long. I will remember the relations between the characters and how many people that were supposed to be helping Alicia actually were trying to keep her from being helped.
ReplyDeleteThe only part of this book that could be part of young adult is the mental health aspect. A lot of teens and young adults struggle with a lot of different mental health issues. I was intrigued most by the question of why Alicia did not talk. The whole book i was wondering what caused that and if it would be fixed. One thing i will definitely remember was the ending. I loved the ending and the twist of who Theo really was and what he had done to Alicia.
ReplyDeleteI feel like not a whole lot in this book made it young adult side for the fast that it was a pretty easy read, like it wasn't challenging to read. I guess them talking about their childhood and how that effected them in the long run could be a factor to make it young adult. What intrigued me most about this book was that I wanted to know why Alicia was silent and why she killed her husband, and if it was even her that did it. I will remember the plot twist the most, I never expected that at all.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree. I don't think a lot of the book is young adult since the characters are older. I was also intrigued by the mystery of why she isn't talking and if she was the one to even kill him and if it wasn't her then who was it?
DeleteSomething that I will remember most about this book will be the ending, and the twist of it. How the whole book added up to the ending and made it worth it in the end. I do not think that this book is young adult because it is really just a mystery on who did the murder and why Alicia is silent, there is no great message that comes out of it. There is mental health and people stuggeling with there own problems in it and the whole love stories with the charecters that make it young adult.
ReplyDeleteThe book strays from trends of the young adult genre. The main character is a roughly middle-aged, married, psychologist, the book openly and offhandedly discusses sex, and the crime of Gabriel's murder is thoroughly discussed. I had not read many murder-mystery novels before The Silent Patient, so that is what intrigued me most about it, and the twist near to the end definitely evaded my expectations. I'll likely remember the somewhat lackluster endings and the discussions of how Trauma can affect you decades afterwards.
ReplyDeleteThe mental health topic makes it young adult. The way Alicia is described and how her and Theo's childhoods were and how it shaped them to be is something young kids probably shouldn't read. it covers heavy topics of murder with descriptive details as well, going into detail of self-inflicted wounds. The mystery of it all was intriguing as well, how not intel the end did you actually learn what had happened and pieced it all together. I'll remember the murder mostly, how the masked man broke in to prove what Gabriel was up to and how damaging that situation was for Alicia. And Alicias final letter that brought Theo to justice.
ReplyDeleteI would not consider much about this book to be young adult. The characters were all grown up and I feel that the conflicts were more complicated than some you would usually encounter in a typical young adult novel. What intrigued me most was how Alicia stayed silent for so long. She seemed angry at Theo, but she only revealed what he had done until she was on her death bed. I suppose she was also guilty and the psychiatric center is probably a better option than jail, but it is just impressive I guess. How could a person stay silent for that long and then suddenly begin to speak again? It doesn't make sense.
ReplyDeleteI don't this book would be much of a young adult book because the charactor's are not young adult. The only part I would consider young adult would be the mental health aspect of it. What intrigued me most about this book would be the mystery of it all and the suspence. The main thing I will remember about this book is the way Alicia stayed silent during a long period of time.
ReplyDeleteI don't think many parts of this book would be considered young-adult except the topic of mental health and the poor relationship both Theo and Alicia had with their parents. I think those are a few things young adults might relate too. The characters where in their thirties and were also married and had full time jobs. I also think most of the conflicts they came across with their marriages are not relatable to young adult. I was very intrigued my this book. The thing that intrigued me the most was Alicia's diary. And I will always remember how the book all came together at the end.
ReplyDeleteI would not describe this book as young adult, mostly because the mood, topic, and characters are generally pretty mature. I was most intrigued by Alicia's silence, as was Theo. It was a main element of this book and did a good job immediately capturing your attention and posing some seemingly impossible questions: "What really happened? Why is she silent?" The thing I will probably remember the most about this novel is the twist ending and how little I saw it coming. I liked how I was able to draw connections to the man in the window and Theo without even considering the possibility that they were one. In this way, the author did an amazing job making the twist a true surprise and simultaneously leading their readers away from the truth while they got closer to it.
ReplyDeletethis novel I wouldn't consider it young adult. I felt most the characters were to mature to still wonder about most of the thing but felt they knew most the things they needed to so they could have still have confusion but they had less then a young adult would. It was an amazing book the twists and turn were good and so was the story. The view on mental health i felt was a good young adult aspect.
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