WOW!!!! I mean WOW! The Patient is an incredible book! This is a creepy thriller that will take your breath away. The story is written in a series of online journal entries. I have to say the epistolary writing style is one of my favorites. This book was creepy. The characters were well crafted and believable, until they weren't, LOL. The story was well written and kept me on the edge of my seat. I read this book in two sittings. So well done!

A supernatural horror story with an original premise that doesn't quite thrive. The blog format merges into an autobiographical narrative that comes off as contrived. A paradox; too short to flesh out many aspects and yet too long to flow comfortably. Fits in a specific horror niche, but not deserving of a Stephen King comparison.

I was given the opportunity to read an advanced copy of The Patient from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. The Patient begins with a blog post from Parker, a doctor who worked in a mental health facility in Connecticut. While keeping the names of the other doctors and patient confidential, Parker invites the reader into the hospital and begins to tell the story of Joe, a young patient who has been locked in the facility since the young age of 5. I thought a blog post was an interesting way to tell a story and definitely got me engaged. Some of the description of Joe and his prior experiences with doctors are incredibly dark - I mean dark! Parker realizes as a young physician that he wants the challenge of finding a treatment for Joe. While other doctors have failed, he believes his youth and ivy league degree on on his side. He convinces the medical director to allow him to begin therapy and from there the story takes off. For a period, you don't know who to believe or who is the sane person in this story. While I found it a bit too dark for my taste, fans of horror will love it. I didn't really enjoy the story and found some of the dream sequences to be a bit too descriptive, but I appreciate the author did his job in making me feel squeamish.

This was a very creepy and quick read. Time just blew by while I read this psychological, and possibly supernatural, read. It’s about a boy who makes others go crazy. A young psychiatrist thinks he can solve the problem. It’s told as a series of blog entries years after the event. As the entries progress, the readers see into the mind of the psychiatrist and wonder if he is going crazy too, or if what he believes is true.

Parker is a smart eager young psychiatrist. He's been hired in a New England psychiatric hospital. As he learns of the different patients he becomes curious about the patient, Joe.
Joe has been in psychiatric care since the age of six. He first went in with delusional tendencies and what looked like self harming.
The interesting thing is that this patient has not been diagnosed.
Another odd thing after reading Joe's file it seems as if everyone connected to him has suffered a tragic death.
The horror Parker will discover will set you on the edge of your chair. You will check your locks on your windows and doors. It's that good!!!

Thank you so much NetGalley and the publisher for my complimentary eARC of this book in exchange for my honest review. This book was exactly what I love in a book dark, twisty, omg moments and so much more! I absolutely loved the way this book was written and could not put it down. So if you are looking for a book like that this one is for you.

The Patient by Jasper DeWitt was everything I was anticipating when I first decided to read this book. I typically gravitate to the "thriller genre" and the psychological component of this book increase the suspense factor and kept me reading ravishingly. I finished this book within 24 hours because it's one you can't put down until you know what happened. Thrilling, engaging and captivating! 5 star read that I would recommend to anyone.

Thank you to NetGalley and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for providing me with a digital ARC in exchange for an honest review.

What the FUCK did I just read??? This was quite the wild ride for such a short book. It’s hard to describe this without spoiling too much, but it reminded me a lot of The Silent Patient or The Silence of The Lambs in that it follows a doctor who is trying to diagnose a patient who has been in the hospital for over 20 years to no avail. However, be warned that this one takes a twist into horror territory (and has some pretty grim and gory descriptions), along with what I’d call an ambiguous ending, so it won’t be for everyone.

What the heck did I just read?! I finished this book in less than 24 hours. It was definitely a fast paced book that left me feeling a little (ok a lot) creeped out. I might need to start sleeping with the light on! Parker is a psychiatrist that wants to solve the mystery of patient Joe who has been admitted for 30 years. No one has been able to diagnose Joe and many of the people that have worked with him have either committed/attempted suicide or gone mad. It’s not often I read a book that actually scares me.

Parker writes on an internet message board about a patient he treated and I feel in the age of social media that style of writing really draws the reader in. Such a clever way to write the story. Some of the sections were pretty long but it didn’t even bother me because I couldn’t put the book down. Plus the book is short so its a fast read.

This is a debut novel for Jasper and this isn’t my typical genre of choice but I look forward to more books by him. I feel he’s a new age Stephen King.

Wow, this book was not AT ALL what I thought it was going to be. It draws you in immediately with the first chapter & keeps it going all the way through. I highly enjoyed it being written like you were reading a string of posts online - it made it seem more personal. I don't want to say anything to give even an ounce of this book away but all I can say is READ THIS BOOK!

Based on the hype for this book, I was expecting a medical thriller. However, I would classify this as closer to supernatural or fantasy thriller. I enjoyed this book and read it in one sitting within a few hours. I was hooked on finding out the cause of Joe's psychiatric stay for almost thirty years. This book is a quick read for any supernatural lover! Minimal focus on the medical aspect.

Thanks to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and NetGalley!

Well, this was hella creepy.

I don't know what I expected, but it sure wasn't a nightmare inducing horror story. This scared the hell out of me. I had trouble sleeping and I've probably developed a whole new set of fears.

That being said, this book is awesome!

Thanks NetGalley and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for sending me this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Phew! This one was hell of a scare and I gotta admit it left me rattled.

An anonymous psychiatrist (who calls himself Parker) documents a case, that he at first takes upon as a challenge in his career. An unnamed patient who has been in an asylum almost for 30 years with an incurable mental disease that he thinks would be the breakthrough he needs. But as the narrator gets close to the patient, he begins questioning the ethics of his seniors, his own sanity and is thoroughly disheveled by what follows after as the secrets begin to unravel.

If you are a fan of Six Stories by Matt Wesolowski (which btw you MUST read if you are a thriller fan like me) you are going to absolutely enjoy this one.

Quite nasty, dark, terrifying and with gritty descriptions, The Patient managed to keep me hooked and I ended up finishing it one sitting!

I was really excited for this book. I loved the silent patient and I was interest in the aspect of it being reminiscent of that and a Stephen king mash up. Well I would say it was in a way. There was a doctor working in a crazy house wanting to “fix” the patient who was apparently incurable in a mental hospital & I see the Stephen king play. But I think I expected more.. I just kept waiting and waiting for those omg moments or something. I was like I know just around the corner something crazy is going to happen! And there was craziness but I wasn’t wow’d. It’s an interesting story but I guess I wanted it to be more scary. I also knew what the end game was going to be. It was just kind of obvious. 3.5 stars

Parker is a new doctor on the scene at Connecticut State Asylum & he immediately learns about the hospitals infamous patient, Joe. Joe has been a patient for over two decades and has the highest security surrounding him for food reason: anyone he comes into contact with—roommates, orderlies, even his own doctors— ends up in the asylum themselves or dead. 👀 Parker is sure he can be the one to cure the incurable patient.

Wow, honestly I loved this one. It was such a short and easy read. Not to mention unique. It’s written as a sequence of blog entries by Parker himself telling the story of his involvement as Joe’s doctor and all the lies, deception, and mystery that surround this one patient. I really liked this format because it was different than what we usually see in thrillers. I loved the ending & was happy that overall this novel wasn’t just another stereotypical psychiatric patient book.

Thanks to NetGalley & Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for the gifted copy!

I found this book extremely hard to review. There were many aspects I loved. It was highly original and engrossing; truly something I've never read before. But there were a few I didn't like that made it a little tedious and slow.

The story is broken up into parts. Dr Parker is writing a blog about his time at the Connecticut State Asylum, so most of the story is in past tense. Randomly, the story would switch back to the blog. Normally I hate this kind of set up but this worked here.

The story started quickly, with almost no set up or back story. I was literally thrown into a mental asylum following around Dr Parker with little to no context. Each of the characters are known only by their first name and first initial (Dr G, Dr P). Occasionally, other characters would speak to each other by name, which was confusing working out who was who. It reduced them to the point I felt no connection to any of them. For a long time I wasn't sure if Parker was his first name or last. It threw me off balance.

The patient himself was Joe, a now thirty year old man who had been institutionalized since childhood. We rarely heard from him, which added to the mystery and made me more intrigued. I thought I had his story pegged and I am always happy to be proven wrong. I would've liked more therapy sessions between Parker and Joe. The ending was great. It went the way I thought it would but I was still pleasantly surprised.

I would class this as horror but it wasn't scary. The overall feeling I got was unsettling, like that sensation on the back of your neck that might just be a spider. I can't wait to read what Jasper DeWitt comes up with next.

A creepy book with underlying similarities to a Stephen king Novel. I started off this story with a completely different expectation to what I got. I thought this was a psychological thriller similar to the Silent Patient and as I turned the pages it felt more like a horror story. Thats fine because I like horror - so I continued.
Its well wrote and creepy but the part for me that turned me off, it was too fantastical I struggled with this one and find it difficult to review. Some of the chapters blew me away and left my flying through the pages and then other times I was lost in my thoughts about what chores I needed to do.
Wrote as past tense for part of the book Dr Parker is almost writing his memoir of his time spent in a mental asylum. The patient, the main character is called Joe and is now an adult in his thirties and sadly has been in the asylum since a young child. Throughout his stay his illness is a complete mystery to all those who treat him and as time moves on so do the number of deaths of the medical staff that have been in contact with the patient Joe.
Thinking that Joe is a harmless victim that has been locked up for some misguided reason Parker decides that he needs to break Joe out. Er hello - are you crazy Dr Parker?
I wont give the rest of the story away but needless to say its creepy with flickers of horror with a sprinkle of supernatural.
For me great premise, but something was missing in the last quarter of the book. It was horror but didn't scare me. More weirdly unnerving. Having said that I will definitely be watching that Jasper De Witt does next.

This one surprised and shocked me....in a good way. The book first grabbed my attention due it being a thriller/mystery, however it was so much more! There were elements of horror and supernatural themes, as well as being a total mind-bending, trippy, edge of my seat ride that I absolutely love getting from a good psychological thriller. I will say though, that there are certain trigger warnings such as child rape/abuse, some horror and the strong supernatural presence in the story, that may not be for everyone who is after just a straight mystery/thriller. But if this doesn't put you off...go into this one with no expectations and I'm sure you'll be pleasantly surprised!

I received an advanced reader’s copy in exchange for an honest review

This is some weird trippy shit and I really enjoyed it. It is even crazier than you think it’s going to be. Suspend your judgment at the door and enjoy the ride

I was given this book from NetGalley for an honest review -
Joe a 40 year old man has been kept in the mental ward since he was 5 and was having trouble sleeping because of nightmares.
No one seems to have an answer for his problem. Are they keeping him for the money? Those who have treated him has gone mad or suicide.
Parker, a new psychiatrist is intrigued by the patient and wants to treat him - He feels as if two people are following his every move.
He decides to go to Joe's house, visit with his parents, see Joe's room where he had the nightmares.
Come along and see what Parker finds!