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Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for sending this sampler in exchange for an honest review.I've been very curious about this book. Now after reading the first few chapters, I'm thrilled to read the rest. I was captured from the first page. The characters felt real and the plot intense. I can't wait to read more.
This chapter sampler provides us with character background of Mariana before she is ultimately thrust into the mystery of The Maidens that the book centers around. It certainly is intriguing and I cannot wait to read the full book!
I was given The Maidens: Chapter Sampler to read from NetGalley . It is challenging to review a book with just a few sample chapters. There is an intriguing start to the book and I would recommend that if you are interested in Greek mythology, this could be a great read for you.
Thank you Netgally and Celadon Books for the chance to read the chapter sampler of The Maidens.I have read Alex Michaelides previous mystery thriller, The Silent Patient, which was an amazing yet somewhat unbelievable read---The Maidens did not invoke the same feeling.The initial mystery as to what was happening with Mariana after the loss of her husband becomes a spiraling mess with each chapter. Young women are getting murdered on Cambridge campus and Mariana is certain that it's one of the ma...
“A nervous, edgy energy was in the air. A monster with a knife was among them, unseen, prowling the streets, apparently able to strike and then melt away invisibly into the darkness … His invisibility made him into something more than human, something supernatural: a creature born from a myth, a phantom.Except Mariana knew he wasn’t a phantom, or a monster. He was just a man, and he didn’t merit being mythologized; he didn’t deserve it.”If you loved Alex Michaelides’ breakout debut thriller, The...
TeaseGood tease to get you to buy the book but I'm not into these kinds of tricks! Will probably but the book anyway! LOL
Didn't pay enough attention when I purchased this. Disappointed it is a sampler. The Maidens: Chapter Sampler (Kindle Edition)
This is a review of the book, not a 5 chapter excerpt but I could figure out how to change the title. This was a fun enough read if you like twisty mysteries. The ending was a bit of a “huh?” I am still not sure who wrote the letters about the abusive childhood. The characters could have been developed more. I really did’t care much for them. And about two thirds of the way through, I had figured out what was going to happen even though it was illogical.
Im definitely on a different zone that most readers here. This is becoming Obvious.This book is simply outstanding tho it is not simple. Its very complex and its unfolding is a journey into itself.Its is set in London and Cambridge at university. Mariane is our heroine and she is part Greek and now in London alone as her beloved husband Sebastian who wooed her at Cambridge when they were 19 has died in Greece. She is psychotherapist who specializes in group therapy. The tale in the present begin...
SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL!What a delicious sampler— 50 pages of wonderful. I was so excited when I learned the author was publishing a second book, as I adored The Silent Patient. Now I can.not.wait to read the whole fab novel. 5 of 5 Stars#The Maidens #NetGalleyThanks to the author, Celadon Books and NetGalley for the review copy. Opinions are mine.
Ever since I devoured The Silent Patient, I have been anxiously anticipating what Alex Michaelides would come up with next. He captivates from the first page and keeps the reader craving more as his psychological mind benders evolve. The first few chapters of the Maidens did not disappoint. Combining a troubled group therapist, a seemingly untouchable murderer and Greek mythology, Michaelides is pushing the limits of the common thriller makeup. I cannot wait to read it in it's entirety.#netgalle...
I enjoyed the tension of an introvert as therapist leading groups, of a therapist whose childhood and adolescence evoked classic separation and abandonment issues vis a vis a client whose childhood involved horrific enmeshed, and an opening scene of client crossing boundaries and very nearly going "too far." Whether this interest will carry through to the novel as a whole remains to be seen, though there are indications that this quiet introverted therapist may embark on a Hero's Journey to "sla...
Mind twist, im speechless! Alex is now my favorite author! I love how he manages to intertwined the silent patient into this book! He is just have an incredible mind!
" I could feel a fire burning--a rising anger, a rage that would not go out. I knew it was wrong--I knew I should curb it before it overwhelmed me. But instead, I fanned the flames. And I burned."Chilling words from the killer in The Maidens by brilliant author Alex Michaelides. In one of the most anticipated books of the summer we are treated to a psychological thriller full of Greek tragedy, lost loves, and a very disturbed soul.Mariana is a group therapist dealing with her own depression when...
