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The Silent Patient

3/22/2021

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The protagonist of Michaelides' mystery-thriller is a psychologist on a mission to save an artist who has been accused of murdering her husband. There's no good reason she should have done that--by all accounts they had a great marriage. The sneaky protagonist has tricks up his sleeve, and he's determined to coax his silent patient into talking.
​ On balance we enjoyed the unusual narrative structure and characters. We were mixed on what we thought about the narrator--some of us had more sympathy for him than others. The writing is clean and crisp, and the novel doesn't fit any usual patterns. 

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The Cats Came Back

3/22/2021

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We had fun with the light-hearted magical cats book, but we might have liked a bit more magic. Kelly has a nice voice and the book was amiable, but those cats could have done more work if they'd tried a bit harder.

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