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The Maidens by Alex Michaelides
4.25

In shock, what was that ending omg
Super duper out of nowhere, i had such a long list of suspects but *they* were nowhere close to being on it. Wild.
Defs a slow burn/quick wrap up, but i didnt mind too much. Many a red herring in this one! 
Lots of discource on love and grief, really enjoyable quotes too. Also lived the hints to The Silent Patient, going to have to read that one now!

"She was still in love and didn’t know what to do with all this love of hers. There was so much of it, and it was so messy: leaking, spilling, tumbling out of her, like stuffing falling out of an old rag doll that was coming apart at the seams."

"Reading about life was no preparation for living it"

"As far as I can see, love only brings sorrow."

"If you’re not aware of the transcendent, if you’re not awake to the glorious mystery of life and death that you’re lucky enough to be part of—if that doesn’t fill you with joy and strike you with awe … you might as well not be alive."