![]() ![]() Mariana keeps herself busy with her thriving therapy practice and finds her work an excellent distraction from dwelling on Sebastian. She’s grateful she has her niece Zoe, a student at Cambridge University, who’s been like a daughter ever since the death of Zoe’s parents when she was fifteen years old. Her mother died when she was just a young girl, and she lost her emotionally distant father shortly after her marriage to Sebastian. Although it’s been a year since he drowned during a vacation on the Greek island of Naxos (Mariana’s childhood home), she can’t stop blaming herself for his death (she pressed him to go on vacation despite his reluctance) or wondering if she’s somehow cursed to lose everyone she loves. Mariana Andros is a group therapist struggling with her feelings of loss and grief since the sudden death of her beloved husband Sebastian. It tries to be clever and completely misses the mark. Boring and borderline pretentious, overstuffed with red herrings and unlikeable characters (caricatures is a better word), The Maidens is a slog from start to finish. ![]() Unfortunately, The Maidens is nowhere near as good as The Silent Patient (it’s not even close), and I almost DNF’d it several times. Reader, I love unpredictable surprise twists (and diabolical villains)! A lot. ![]() It was nicely creepy, chock full of compelling characters, and ended with an excellent twist I didn’t predict. ![]() I read and enjoyed Alex Michaelides debut, The Silent Patient. ![]()
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