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A review by nelli_lakatos
The Therapist by S.A. Falk
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Shocking, mesmerizing and beautiful.
I absolutely loved Trent from the very first moment, so so much! He’s such a brilliant, clever, fun and fascinating character! I feel like he’s so misunderstood, his childhood was terrible. I found a new book boyfriend in Trent Davis, which might be troubling knowing what he’d done but honestly I’m in love, he’s so perfect!
Ahh this book had such strong hold on me, from the first page to the last. I’ve got goosebumps, tears from the power of this book and just got so much from it that I can’t even explain. There was so many quotes that spoke to me and enchanted me. My reaction to this book was unlike anything I’ve ever experienced before.
I’ve cried… it just made me feel things from my past that I want to forget... It wasn’t anything like happened to the psychiatrist, in her childhood but her words talking about her trauma. The way she said about her psychiatrist seeing her for the first time and understanding her “𝒮𝑒𝑒𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓂𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇𝒶𝒸𝓉𝓊𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝓌𝒽𝑜 ℐ 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝓌𝒶𝓈.” touched me too deeply… I don’t think anyone ever seen me since my Dad died when I was only eight. He was the only person that I felt comfortable talking about anything… even though my Mom is truly the nicest and most understanding person I just never felt that I can talk to her about my feelings... I know that I have traumas from losing my Dad at such a young age that are way too deep. I feel so lost without him but I cannot bring myself to actually talk to anyone about my feelings.
The following quote is deeply resonates with me: “ℐ’𝓂 𝒿𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝒷𝓇𝑜𝓀𝑒𝓃. ℐ 𝒹𝑜𝓃’𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝒷𝑒, 𝒷𝓊𝓉 ℐ𝒹𝑜𝓃’𝓉 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝒽𝑜𝓌 𝓉𝑜 𝓂𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝓂𝓎𝓈𝑒𝓁𝒻 𝓌𝒽𝑜𝓁𝑒 𝒶𝑔𝒶𝒾𝓃.”
My favorite setting in a thriller is definitely psychiatric hospitals for many reasons and this one was so perfect and powerful, it was so relatable. I can’t even explain why but after every chapter I felt a need to stop because I loved it way too much! I never felt this way towards any book. I felt so mesmerized by every single word. I listen to audiobooks while doing something but while I listened to this one I literally stopped doing everything without realizing it. I literally feel like this book was written for me.
The writing style was perfection, this was my first book by the author and I’m so excited to read more by him, I’ve just found a new favorite author in him! This book definitely became a new all time favorite from the start! I couldn’t recommend it enough, I cannot stop thinking about the novel, thinking about Trent!