The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides · 2018
How long does it take to read The Silent Patient?
About 7 hours
352 pages at 50 pages an hour. 15 days at 30 minutes a day. Work out your own time.
Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. One evening her husband Gabriel returns home late from a fashion shoot, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face, and then never speaks another word. Alicia’s refusal to talk, or give any kind of explanation, turns a domestic tragedy into something far grander, a mystery that captures the public imagination and casts Alicia into notoriety. The price of her art skyrockets, and she, the silent patient, is hidden away from the tabloids and spotlight at the Grove, a secure forensic unit in North London. Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist who has waited a long time for the opportunity to work with Alicia. His determination to get her to talk and unravel the mystery of why she shot her husband takes him down a twisting path into his own motivations–a search for the truth that threatens to consume him.
How long does it take to read The Silent Patient?
The Silent Patient is 352 pages, so it takes about 7 hours to read at an average pace of 50 pages an hour. A relaxed reader at 35 pages an hour needs about 10 hours; a fast reader at 70 pages an hour, about 5 hours.
How many days to read The Silent Patient at 20 minutes a day?
About 22 days, reading 20 minutes a day at 50 pages an hour.
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