The Patient is the perfect summer read! Think Stephen King! I thoroughly enjoyed Joseph DeWitt’s debut novel. At first, I had a little trouble getting used to Parker, a new psychiatrist, posting on an online forum; however, I got used to this format quickly. It added to the excitement of reading this book.
Parker takes his first job at the Connecticut State Asylum that is housed in a gothic looking building in decay. He is out to make a name for himself! Parker takes on a patient named Joe who came to the asylum when he was six with night terrors. It is now thirty years later and Joe is still there, The mother in me was very sympathetic to Joe at first. How could a six-year-old be in such horrible shape to be there years later? You need to know that something has happened to all of the medical people who tried to help him. This is a quick read and I will be thinking about it for awhile.
My thanks to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Parker takes his first job at the Connecticut State Asylum that is housed in a gothic looking building in decay. He is out to make a name for himself! Parker takes on a patient named Joe who came to the asylum when he was six with night terrors. It is now thirty years later and Joe is still there, The mother in me was very sympathetic to Joe at first. How could a six-year-old be in such horrible shape to be there years later? You need to know that something has happened to all of the medical people who tried to help him. This is a quick read and I will be thinking about it for awhile.
My thanks to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.