Thriller Horror Mystery 2020

The Patient by Jasper DeWitt

Published in Spanish as El paciente del doctor Parker

The Silent Patient by way of Stephen King: Parker, a young, overconfident psychiatrist new to his job at a mental asylum, miscalculates catastrophically when he undertakes curing a mysterious and…

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What it is

Told in letters, diaries or messages · properly scary

What happens in it

Letters and diaries Closed setting

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How it's told

Who tells it
First person
Its world
A touch of the supernatural
Pulls you in with
The plot
Style
Easy to get into

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Is it for you?

It's for you if…

  • you like a story shut inside one place
  • you like reading with your heart in your mouth
  • you like a book that leaves you uneasy

Maybe not if…

  • how it's written matters more to you than what happens
  • you're after something comforting

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