I am a huge thriller/mystery book junkie and with all the hype around this book I thought I'd love it. Unfortunately, this was on the lower end of my thrillers rated this year.

We follow Sarah and Adam Morgan. Sarah represents Adam in the murder he's accused of causing. Adam's mistress, Kelly Summers, was found dead in Adam and Sarah's vacation home outside of the DC area. Sarah is a renowned defense attorney. 

The premise: super interesting to me. What I wasn't expecting: a lackluster ending, the terrible mother of Adam, and Adam himself.

Adam is a writer, a creative, and I didn't think he'd make such poor choices. However, his character growth was extremely annoying throughout the back half of the book.

Adam's mother, Eleanor, is a terror to Sarah and a devoted mother to Adam. This was fine of course, but the way Eleanor treats Sarah throughout the book crosses a boundary for me that I wasn't expecting to create. I know she's supposed to be overbearing and slightly unlikeable, but her behavior in a few scenes was just unacceptable.

Lastly, I feel like the ending of this book is starting to be a trope we see in many thriller books. Not everything was tied up, even though we get a giant monologue attempting to tie up the book, and I just feel the ending based on how the characters progressed was not believable and I feel key details were lacking.

I would recommend this if you have not read The Silent Patient before. But if you've read The Silent Patient, this may not be the book for you.