Alicia Berenson, a thirty–two years old painter renowned for her work Alcestis, a love story of saddest kind. Alcestis willingly sacrifices her life for her husband, Admetus, dying in his place when no one else will.
There is a pure heart to heart connection of Alicia with Alcestis’ story. And hence she named it Alcestis.
“Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive, and will come forth later, in uglier ways '
Sigmund Freud
The story begins with Alicia’s diary, even though her love for painting is an outlet for her stirring thoughts. Writing, she tries her hand on continuous pestering from her husband. Alicia kept a lot to herself, though the sole man she confided in is her husband. But he always downplays his feelings and makes fun of anything he finds soppy. he feels he is more of cynical and unsentimental, but Alicia considered him to be the most romantic man.
Keeping journal was like marrying to and confiding in someone more trustworthy than her husband. An evasion from the brutal realities of the world, she finds it soothing, like domination of the canopy of forest in the oppressive and imposing sun.
Life of Alicia with her husband, Gabriel, was what one can expect of a happy couple. A big house with tall windows facing the park, the most desired place in London. Their art makes them occupied, passionate .
Gabriel, a famous photographer
The husband Alicia adore, he was a Greek God. She promised to love him no matter what, no matter how messy, thoughtless and selfish he would be, she would never leave his side.
Then why she killed him, so brutally, tied him and shot him 5 times on his face. And chose to remain silent thereafter .
Theo Faber, a 42-year-old psychotherapist, who adopts this occupation because his own life was a pool of mess. He is a psychotherapist because he chooses to help people, but actual intention is purely selfish. He was on a quest to help himself and Alicia, whose journey is analogous to Alicia's or it connects him to Alicia through her work Alcestis.
you will discover it yourself when you read it.
key take aways:
#psychology
As the psycho-analyst Donald Winnicott put it:
#love
'Choosing a lover is a lot like choosing a therapist'
'We often mistake love for fireworks- for drama and dysfunction. But real love is very quiet, very still. It's boring , if seen from the perspective of high drama. Love is deep and calm -its constant.'
I congratulate Alex Michaelides for his debut novel. It’s my second experiment with psychological thriller after Agatha Christie’s mystery. This book, the silent patient placed him on the winning throne of "Goodreads choice awards 2019 for mystery & thriller” category.
Every character’s part was considerably prominent. I found nothing redundant and unnecessary to make the story appear charade. This novel revolves more around infidelity, emotion, and therapy.
My rating for the book is 4/5 .
Happy Reading…
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