For me, this book seems even more promising than "The Silent Patient." Horror mixed into a thriller with an asylum as the setting? I was already sold on it, but then I started reading. The format is basically a series of diary entries, but posted online to a medical forum, and I LOVE that. I love epistolary novels. It gives the book another way of interpreting it--you can either read it as a linear narrative as presented, or you can see it for what it is, something someone had to type out and post for others to read. Is the writer exaggerating? Is it all made up?
And then there's the story itself, which I thought did a fantastic job of introducing the setting, leading up to the mystery of Joe and how Parker decides that he'll be the one to help him. The others working at the asylum are too scared to talk about Joe, and the records and notes on him don't seem to match that fear, so of course Parker's interest would only be piqued further.
He has a sense of humor too; the part about 3 separate patients believing that they're Jesus made me laugh.
Looking forward to reading this!
And then there's the story itself, which I thought did a fantastic job of introducing the setting, leading up to the mystery of Joe and how Parker decides that he'll be the one to help him. The others working at the asylum are too scared to talk about Joe, and the records and notes on him don't seem to match that fear, so of course Parker's interest would only be piqued further.
He has a sense of humor too; the part about 3 separate patients believing that they're Jesus made me laugh.
Looking forward to reading this!