Book A Week: Week8, "The Silent patient"

This last week I finished the book "The Silent Patient" by Alex Michaelides. 

Alicia Berenson killed her husband by shooting him 5 times on the head. Then she didn't talk. 

Alicia, a famous painter and her husband were having a good life. No one understands why she killed him and refused to talk.

The psychotherapist, determined to help her, made her start talking. What happened when she started talking?

This is a psychological thriller  and page turner. It gets the readers interest till the end. 

Very captivating story and end is the real twist!

I am not giving away the plot. You must read to get the full fun of this book!

There was another book, I started to read: "The Goldfinch" by Donna Tart. It was highly recommended by the librarians. I saw myself skipping the pages to finish it. The book is interesting, don't get me wrong. It was making me go faster to see what happens in the end. 

 

Bindu

A Book A week: Week 4

"Elevator Pitch" is the book I selected for last week. It is written by Linwood Barclay.

It begins on a Monday with the death of 4 people because of an elevator accident in New York. 

Then, there is the body of an elevator tech with finger tips off. 

The following days, other buildings had same type of elevator accidents. Mayor locked down elevators to figure out what is happening. Reporter Barbara Matheson is very keen about reporting all the mishaps of the mayor. No one knows about her personal life. Not even her daughter knows who her father is. 

The story has police detectives searching for clues about the murdered elevator tech. A right wing extremist is also happened to be in the city at the same time, arranging more terror. 

Te story develops by going back and forth between all these characters.  Barbara finally found some sort of connection with all the elevator incidents. But, before she could convince the mayor about it, they had a new high rise building inauguration. 

Each chapter takes us to different parts. The novel holds the suspense till the end. while reading, I thought may be this is the killer. No, not that one, the next chapter says. The author holds the suspense till the end. When it was finally revealed and the reason for the killings, I was really surprised!

This one really hold my curiosity till the end. 

It is worth the reading. I will definitely read more from Barclay in the future. 

Bindu

Book a week: week 1

I was actually writing about my book reading in the other blog. 

It feels like it needs a home of its own.

The background story is I started reading one book in a week as a fun thing in October 2020. I was an avid reader before too. But, not really documenting my reading.

I found that if I am choosing novels, I tend to finish the book faster. 

So, I chose my first book "The Reckoning" by John Grisham.

The story unravels a murder mystery. A local veteran killed the local priest, and refused to answer why. His wife is in a mental asylum. His two kids are away from home studying at universities. 

I was so hooked by the story. John Grisham was recommended by my husband. 

One lie and the consequences for many people: that is the story. In the end, two families are disturbed and 3 people were dead.

I never thought of war zone and war crimes before. Grisham takes us through the sufferings of prisoners under the Japanese army during World war 2. that is what a talented writer do with words!