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The Maidens

Alex Michaelides

Start date: October 1, 2023

Finish date: October 31, 2023

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Aug 19, 2021 AziaMinor rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: why-did-i-read-this

Overall Rating : C-

"Don't glorify the events in you life and try to give them meaning. There is no meaning. Life means nothing. Death means nothing. "

And along with that quote, this book also meant nothing to me. I came for the murder mystery and secret cults. What I got were the ramblings of a narcissistic, egotistical and the delusional thoughts of a "therapist" if you want to actually call her that. The amount of times I just wanted her to die was astounding.

If anything the murders where more ...more

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Mar 28, 2023 BookishVegan rated it really liked it

I will be going back and reading his first two again!
3.5 stars

I’m trying to decide how I would have rated this had Michaelides hadn’t written this.

It was not as riveting, that’s for sure and the questions i have aren’t necessarily about the ending more about some of the characters

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Jul 06, 2022 Sharon rated it it was ok

Shelves: disappointing, framable-covers, audiobook, women-written-by-men, bechdel-yea, dead-moms-club, books-about-books, nah, pitch-black-academia

This book, while technically about women, is entirely about men. It's about what men want and what they think about women, what women think about men...
And that leads to flat leading characters. The main character? Grieving her dead husband. The killer? (view spoiler) The titular Maidens? Their only character trait is being obsessed with one man.

While technically not terribly written, the mystery is lackluster and none of the femal ...more

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Feb 18, 2022 Kavisha rated it really liked it

3.5⭐️
This is a psychological thriller with a mix of Greek tragedy elements.
The book started off slow and I felt myself dragging along for a lot of the first half. But then in the last quarter of the book, things started picking up and getting interesting. I am glad I stuck it out. The ending definitely was surprising- didn’t see the twist coming. The ending made the reading experience enjoyable.

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Jun 17, 2021 Pritesh Pandey rated it it was amazing

After his hit The Silent Patient, author Alex Michaelides is back with a Cambridge University-set psychological thriller centered on Greek mythology, a secret society, and a woman set out to prove a charismatic professor has blood on his hands. Prepare to devour this novel thanks to a twisted plot, intricate characters, and an ending that you'll want to rehash with any fellow mystery-lover ...more

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May 07, 2022 LaReinabuena rated it really liked it

Shelves: challenges-shelves-2022

Hoy termine de leerlo, volando en fiebre... o al menos febril estoy pero no atino decir si me siento así por el libro o por la gripe o quizás un poco de ambos.

Muy muy MUY revelador el libro, me encanto los pequeños secretillos, impactada con el desenlace, no me lo esperaba en absoluto, adore los guiños en el tramo final del libro sobre la paciente silenciosa que es justamente a donde fue a parar el asesino al final de todo. El único punto en contra es el cierre abierto. Quedarse con las ganas de ...more

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