This was creepy and engaging, and had me wondering what was going on the whole time. I liked the journal/blog format and appreciated that it wasn't too long, so nothing felt like it was being dragged out.

1.8 "curiosity killed the...." stars !!

Thank you to Netgalley, the author and Houghton, Miffin Harcourt for an ecopy. This was released July 2020. I am providing an honest review.

Well ummm well....ummm well

At around 20 percent I wanted to throw this in the trash. I decided to make a pivot, however, dropped reading this as a psychological thriller and began reading this as a horror....kind of sort of worked....still fairly mediocre but needed to see how this pans out....

The prose is sort of fair average (2.5 star worthy). Very easy to read and flowed fairly well.
The psychological theorizing and diagnosing is absolutely amateur and often just awful and don't get me started on the ridiculousness of some of the psychodynamic interpretations (jeesh almighty).
As a horror it was sort of fair, I wanted to finish, I sort of predicted what I was in for, not terribly frightening but kind of creative and had potential.

So in a nutshell, this was a mildly awful book that I wanted to finish...not quite two stars but will sit on that shelf.

This book was deeply unsettling, with several moments that made me genuinely uncomfortable. The constant twists and turns kept me on edge and guessing until the very end. I’ve always been fascinated by the atmosphere of mental asylums, and this story captured that curiosity perfectly. I would love to see it brought to the big screen.

This book had great promise. It took the easy expected route, though. It was good, but could have done so much more.

This book was an excellent read. You Knew there was something off from the beginning and it shook you all the way to the end. It was a definite creepy sinister little novel, although I could have used a bit more to really knock it out. Although it was an awesome read and I will recommend it!

Loved it. I wish I hadn’t waited so long to read it. Have already recommended to a coworker and some customers. I enjoyed the way it was written and appreciate that you knew something was wrong…but not exactly WHAT was wrong. Excellent read!

I loved every part of this book. I kept wanting more throughout the entire story. This was my first Jasper novel and I am definitely looking into reading more by this author

I really loved the concept of The Patient and I'm always a fan of bringing in 'multimedia' into the telling of a story. In this case, Parker, a young psychiatrist tells the story of a dangerous patient through a series of online blog or message board posts. Despite being set in an asylum, this is not just a story about mental illness, it also takes a chilling turn and heads in a much more sinister direction. For me personally, I could have taken more horror and more creepiness as I found the story really interesting but not as chilling as I would have liked.

I have read this book twice in the past year and listened to it on audio once and it is still just as great as the first time. A creepy setting, a mysterious psychiatric patient and a young, ambitious psychiatrist make for an engrossing, captivating plot and the blog post format really works and keeps the writing fresh and the pacing fast and engrossing.

Thank you to NetGalley and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (William Morrow) for providing a digital copy in return for an honest, unbiased review.

I did not finish this one, it was not for me, I couldn't relate to the characters, and just did not care for the story.

I love a good book and this is what I consider a good book! I loved how the author drew me in and didn't let go until the end. The writing was exquisite and I was lost in the book. A definite 5 star review!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced copy of the book for my honest opinion.

2.5//how is a licensed professional this gullible? I think this is one of the few cases in which this book would’ve benefited from being a bit more meaty. The twist was a bit corny and I couldn’t take it seriously.

Parker, a young psychiatrist, goes to work at a mental asylum, where he encounters a mysterious patient whom he believes he can help despite the stories and strange occurrences surrounding the patient. Little does he know he may just get more than he bargained for.
This is a short horror story told by Dr. Parker in the format of online posts. At first, everything seems normal, and you begin to question all the stories, but then things quickly take an unusual turn. I found myself trying to figure out the mystery as the story quickly unraveled. The ending was nothing like I expected. I only wish that the story was longer.
If you're looking for a fast-paced short horror story, then I definitely recommend this one.

I thought the premise of The Patient was interesting but I wasn’t the right reader for this. Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for the advance reading copy.

The Patient is one spine-tingling story. There's a tension about it that rises little by little, and the whole thing is unsettling in the way that some of the classic thrillers are. I really like the way this story is told, and even as I was speeding through the pages (yes, it's that intense), I was fascinated with the change in Parker as it comes through his online posts. That's an intriguing way to tell the story, and I think it's totally effective for this book. The ending is kind of ambiguous, which is something that would normally bother me, but like the way the story is told, it works well. I think I would've been disappointed with a set-in-stone ending after the journey we take with Parker. All of this is done in a little over 200 pages, so it's a quick read - quick, yes, but it doesn't fall short on anything, in my opinion. Rather than give away the book's secrets, I'll stop there and sum it up by saying The Patient is one of the most chilling thrillers I've read in quite some time.

I gave this a four out of five stars I enjoyed this book. It was a fast read, It was different than what I was expecting, I liked that though. I liked how the story was told with back to the past and present day.

Thank you for this arc copy of this book. It wasn't; my type of book but others may like it. I did enjoy the cover picture though.

Parker is a arrogant young psychiatrist who thinks he can cure everyone -- and Joe M is his latest "project". Doctors and staff at Connecticut State Asylum have been warned to stay away from Joe after a rash of people begin to lose their minds after being in his presence for just an hour or two. Only orderlies dispensing meds and changing his sheets are allowed to get close, and even they struggle to make it through their short time in his room unscathed. But Parker insists he can get to the bottom of Joe's illness. What he finds, though, is nothing like what he imagined and this experience will change the course of his entire life.

Thoughts: No review I can give would do this story justice. What starts as one story turns into another, and then yet another twist takes it in a different direction. This story is both fascinating and upsetting at the same time and I was happy to go along for the ride. Readers will either be just as lost as Parker or will be screaming at him like when a character investigates the strange noise in the basement instead of running out the front door. Told in a blog post format, author Jasper DeWitt keeps readers hooked with a fast-paced tale of mental illness versus evil and what terrors reach deep into our souls. Loved it from beginning to end and I'd recommend this to any psychological thriller fan.

**Thank you, Netgalley and publishers, for a DRC in exchange for an honest review.**

What in the world was that?!

I’m at a loss for words. Creepy and haunting, yet good? I have no idea how to even review this. It was so intense!

Parker H, a young psychiatrist has a blog narrating his whole experience about his time working at a mental asylum in New England – he is hoping to communicate with the outside world with a hope that he will get some help in solving the issues.
The name of the patient is Joe and there’s something weird going on with whoever ends up meeting him.
This was a good book, a really fast paced one – loved the whole writing style.
Thanks to Netgalley, Jasper DeWitt & Mariner Books for approving the ARC