As a fan of The Silent Patient and Stephen King, this book was right up my alley and kept my attention throughout. Even when I wasn't reading, I was thinking about reading the next chance I got.

I was excited to read this book due to the hype I’ve seen on social media. The story started off strong and held my attention, but slowly it took a turn for the unbelievable. There is a supernatural element to this story and honestly I felt it ruined the storyline. I do like books with supernatural elements, but I went into this book thinking it was going to be a medical thriller and that’s NOT what this book was and caused me to be disappointed. I did listen to this book on audio which is why I kept going as it’s only four hours.

The Patient
Jasper DeWitt

An amazing debut that scared the bejeezus out of me. I was trying to read this and needed to put it down because I was so scared, but picked it right back up to finish because I just couldn’t help myself it was amazing and so so good. It was really terrifying to read about a very dangerous patient Joe who had been in the mental asylum since 6 yo and no one can ever cure him, and anyone that tries either has a mental breakdown or commits suicide. Enter young and overly confident psychiatrist who needed to prove to himself after a failure at treating his own mother. The story is told through Parker’s entries in the internet message board as he recounts his time at the asylum and working with Joe.
Creatively told story that is horrifying, scary and utmost creepy chilling fast paced novel – could not sleep for two days, but so amazing and worth the read. Check this one out.

First I want to thank NetGalley, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and Jasper DeWitt for the opportunity to read this.

When I saw I was accepted I was very excited and started reading it immediately!!!

This is a deep, dark, twisted read with supernatural elements.

You have Parker, a young psychiatrist and Joe, a patient in the asylum that has been there since he was 6 and he's now 40. Parker is determined to figure out Joe out and why he's in there. Other doctors try to inform him that he just cannot be helped, but he won't listen. Parker knows that Joe is a mysterious patient but is still convinced that he can cure him. Parker has seen end results of people who are around Joe for too long, and doctors, all becoming insane themselves or worse. but he's still that determined.

Bits and pieces through the book are odd, but still kept me going.

Yes yes yes what an amazing book. Finished in two sittings. I originally reviewed this book as an advanced copy from netgalley, but its taken me a while to get round to reading. Well am I glad I read this book one hundred percent

Not much freaks me out but I know this book will leave me with nightmares! The last three chapters were so unexpected for me that I did smile as Parker the narrator tell us at the begining we won't guess what was wrong with his patient Joe and nope didn't see it coming.

Parker is an over confident psychiatrist who starts working at a mental asylum. He tells us his account of one patient Joe who has been an in patient for over 25 years and it seems people can't diagnose him. He sees it as a personal challenge he wants to break the mystery that is Joe.

The story in told in first person and in blog accounts. Its great as when reading its honestly like someone is sharing with you their darkest and most troubling secret. It also makes you feel this connection towards him and I felt like I wanted to protect him throughout.

Joes journey concludes in such a way even I was taken it back. Its honestly one of the creepiest things I've ever read. But I flipping loved it!!

Look i could write here all day about shy I enjoyed the book but the best thing is for you to read it. If you are easily creeper out don't read the last 3 chapters st night. I would say hundred per cent try guessing the diagnosis throughout the book, I can almost guarantee you won't at all guess it correctly. Parkers character was good he was at times a bit narrow minded on Joe's case but that was definitely needed for the context. Joes character is interesting is he all he makes up to be?

This book isn't for the faint hesrted you will feel a roller coaster of emotions. Its exquisitely written. An easy 5 stars. If you like crime, thrillers horrors and ofvourse psychology this book is for you. But if you don't still give it a good read it will be worth it.


Thank you netgalley the publisher and author for allow me an advanced copy of the patient in exchanged for my fair and honest review I'm just sorry it took me so long to get to reading it. Lived loved loved 5 plus stars 🌟 thank you

This book hooked me in the very beginning, but after about 15 pages, I found myself bored. I found it easy to put the book down and walk away and picked up several other books before ultimately making myself finish this book. The storyline was okay, but I feel it could have developed better to keep you intrigued.

What a great read. It was creepy. It gave me goosebumps just readying it. It was fantastic. Very well written. The plot was truly great. A hit

I wanted to read this book because it was compared to my all-time favorite book, The Silent Patient. I’ll start by saying it was not nearly as good as The Silent Patient. Steven King is a better description. It did remind me of Castle Rock, but not as good.

I did not like the online post method of telling the story.

Overall, I enjoyed the story. I would recommend it to a friend. However, I would warn them to keep an open mind because the ending is very unbelievable.

I received this galley from NetGalley.

This book is great! Would definitely recommend. Thanks so much to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.

The blog format was a good choice of narrative, but this is one book I would like better as a movie -
A new graduate gets his first job as a psychologist at a small mental hospital and publishes his notes by blogging about a particularly infamous long term patient at the facility.
The patient is definitely creepy- innocent looking, yet evil. I think it would be interesting to actually see flashes of evil creep through while he is talking to the young doctor.
After a while you wonder who is controlling whom and have doubts as to who is the reliable narrator.
The climax and ending are definitely scary enough to classify this book as horror.

I read this book in just a few hours, in a desperate frenzy to find out what the heck was going on. I was also immediately impressed by the writing, which is polished and elegant and gives off a vague sense of Victorian Gothic that I very much appreciated. From the get-go this is super duper creepy and unsettling and I was riveted by the central mystery of just what is going on with Joe. I thought the reveal at the end over-explained itself a tad, and therefore took away from some of the horror (there is no fear like fear of the unknown, after all), but I thought it was a really clever and fun reveal, with one particularly fantastic twist that brought to mind an old Fear Street novel that traumatized me when I was a child. And I just really enjoyed that we got an explanation and payoff rather than just being left in the dark. Great stuff; this was so fun!

Thank you for the opportunity to read The Patient by Jasper DeWitt. I don’t usually read thriller-type stories, especially ones rooted in mental illness cases because I have an extremely overactive imagination and bouts of insomnia which need no additional kindling to fuel their respective fires, however, this book intrigued me and I enjoyed the format styled as posts to a blog or chat board. It was easier for me to read it as a doctor’s note than it would have been had there been more of a character-driven narrative. Having said that, it still scared the bejeezies out of me!! A perfect beginning to spooky season!!

Although this book kept me riveted to the end, I found I was annoyed by some of the characters, and conclusions they drew. That said, it was an interesting plot and story line, with a bit of supernatural horror, tension, detective work and surprises. A good short read, that keeps your interest.

Using the superfluous device of blog posts, a young psychiatrist recounts his experience with a patient who has been the nemesis of a series of psychiatrists for over 20 years since he was first committed at the age of 6. The book is short, but really could have been shorter. The lead up to the conclusion was really dragged out. I never found it scary at all, and the conclusion didn’t satisfy me.

Whoever wrote the blurb for this book needs some remedial education. Other than the facts that each book has “patient” in its title and deals with psychiatric patients, this book is not similar to “The Silent Patient”. This book is straight horror. It’s not that I think that one book is superior to the other, they are both kind of meh, it’s just that I don’t think you should mislead potential readers.

I received a free copy of this book from the publisher.

Such a good book and left me wanting more. It was disturbing and unnerving and I think it it could make a movie. This was a good add to my shelf

This was a wonderful, edge of your seat book that had just enough of a supernatural twist to make it a delightful fall read. I will be purchasing a copy for my school's library.

This book was an easy and quick read. I feel like the storyline could’ve been better. I was waiting for the shocking ending and it never came. This book was almost a dnf for me but I was determined to finish it. I only give it a two star review.

That was definitely a creepy horror story and it was a quick read.

Parker is a doctor who gets a new job at an insane asylum and he documents his story through online posts. He tries to help Joe who has been written off since no one can figure out what is wrong with him. There has been several mysterious deaths that have happened to the people that have been in contact with him. Parker decides that he is ambitious enough to take on this patient who has been locked in there for a couple decades.

The one problem I have with this book is child rape and possible parent molestation of their child. This is something that really didn't need to be in the book. It almost made me want to quit. I will say, it is only briefly talked about.

Thanks Netgalley and publisher for the eARC in exchange for my honest review!

With an essence worthy of King or Koontz, The Patient follows a newly minted psychiatrist, armed with an Ivy League education and the arrogance of youth and intelligence, as he attempts to treat a seemingly incurable patient.

Told through using a blog post narrative, Jasper DeWitt takes us on a journey that begins as hopeful and optimistic, but ends with a sort of deterministic resignation.
Throughout the novel there’s a feeling of unease, the disquiet that usually accompanies a well-written Horror story, but it’s so damn compelling that despite feeling queasy about delving deeper, delve I did, and I was not disappointed.

Thank you to Jasper DeWitt, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and NetGalley for an arc of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Creepy, but good! Those are my thoughts in a nutshell. I loved that it read like a blog. I love that it felt like nonfiction, and not fiction until obviously the end (no spoilers). I loved that it was based in CT ( I am born and raised in CT, so I felt a great connection). Especially, the psych hospital he's referring to ( there is a psych hospital in that exact area where the criminally ill are hospitalized). The only thing that I didn't enjoy was the fantastical ending. I just wish that it stayed "nonfiction".

*Thank you to @netgalley and @hmhbooks for the copy in exchange for an honest review.*