The Therapist – ARC Book Review

Everyone thinks they can trust their therapist. We are good listeners. But what if we’re good liars, too?

The I love my job. People tell me their worries, their fears. Then Sandy becomes my patient. Something about her tears as she cries about her husband doesn’t feel right. But I tell her she can trust me. I promise to keep her secrets… for now.

The patient: I never should have married Mike. My head is a mess. All I want is for someone to listen. At least I can trust my therapist – she believes everything I say. And I’m going to show the world exactly what my dear husband is really like.

The We used to be so happy. I just want my smiling, beautiful wife back. I was glad when Sandy signed up for therapy. But one day, Sandy doesn’t come home. I’m frantic. Then her therapist knocks on the door and says we need to talk… what has Sandy told her about our marriage?

Someone is missing. Someone is in danger. Someone is a liar. Who will you believe?

A completely unputdownable psychological thriller that will leave you not knowing who to trust, from million-copy bestseller Nicole Trope. Anyone who loves Shari Lapena or Lisa Jewell will be totally addicted!

Lana is a therapist. She is a successful therapist. When one of her co-workers, a therapist named Ben asks her if she can take in a patient, Lana reluctantly agrees. The patient is Sandy who doesn’t seem to be happy with her marriage. Sandy tells her therapist that she is abused by her husband Mike and that she was scared of him. Lana offers to help her but Sandy agrees to meet her. But the next day, Sandy fails to show up in her appointment and Lana knew that something terrible happened to Sandy.

The story is told in the POVs of Lana, Mike and Sandy. I liked reading Nicole Trope’s stories but this book in my opinion wasn’t really her best. Though the pacing was great and there are some twists and turns, I feel I am not really into the whole story line. It was very predictable in my opinion and even the ending was kind of predictable as well. Trope’s novels usually gives WTH moments in most of her thriller books but here I feel like it was all predictable and sightly boring in my opinion. This book could have been better in my opinion. However, the writing was great and intriguing.

Overall, I give this book 3.5 stars.

Many thanks to Netgalley and Bookouture for the ARC. The review is based on my honest opinion only.