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The Maidens
by Alex Michaelides
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Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Absolutely full transparency here, I loathed The Silent Patient. With this disclaimer, I wanted to read The Maidens and give this author another chance. The Maidens is a bit of a slow burn, dark academia thriller. I found Mariana a frustrating character to read. Everyone around her is suspicious from the beginning, and Mariana is paranoid. The hyper-focus and blatant evidence planting are clear, this book is heavy with red herrings.
The writing was fine, but the characters were flat. unsure if this was a nod to the case in the Silent Patient, or if the author fails to wrap crimes up in any other. Spoiler here: I wanted to genuinely enjoy this, and went in with high hopes. I should have known better, knowing I don’t enjoy this author’s plots.
Full review will be July 30th, 2021
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Absolutely full transparency here, I loathed The Silent Patient. With this disclaimer, I wanted to read The Maidens and give this author another chance. The Maidens is a bit of a slow burn, dark academia thriller. I found Mariana a frustrating character to read. Everyone around her is suspicious from the beginning, and Mariana is paranoid. The hyper-focus and blatant evidence planting are clear, this book is heavy with red herrings.
The writing was fine, but the characters were flat. unsure if this was a nod to the case in the Silent Patient, or if the author fails to wrap crimes up in any other. Spoiler here:
Spoiler
sending every woman to a mental health facility because she’s decided to silence herself is boring. That’s it.Full review will be July 30th, 2021