SPOILER!!!
The story seemed to me hastily written and it seems to me that the author decided to write this novel only for money. The main character, Mariana, is one of the most annoying characters possible. In fact, I disliked it so much throughout the entire book. I didn’t understand the stupid connection the author made between his two books and why the hell he brought Theo Faber into the discussion. It seems to me that the author just tried to serve us a quick story, without a strong base, and with an unexpected ending. Unfortunately, the ending was not at all unexpected for me, because I was convinced that Zoe was guilty and I knew that she had a relationship with Sebastian, but I suspected that Sebastian is not actually dead and that everything was some kind of staging, and he found a corpse that looked like him, because anyway the sea damaged his face. Yes, I know, I went too far with my thoughts, I have a rich imagination😂. What did you guys think about the book?
P.S: I apologize for my poor English, I’m not a native speaker.
by Scary_Oil5414
4 Comments
One of the worst books I read last year
It’s been quite a while since I read it. While I didn’t hate the book, I was not happy with the twist. The way the niece (or daughter? I don’t remember anymore but the girl was in college) was villainized all the while she was groomed and more of a victim. Silent Patient was definitely a better read and hoping his next book is better.
I hadn’t read The Silent Patient, but reading The Maidens made me kinda not want to.
First two thirds were pretty good but the final act was some real “are you fucking kidding me?” shit. I didn’t find Mariana to be especially annoying, though.