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the patient routine by luna rey hall
5.0
challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Thank you to BookSirens for providing a review copy. 
If you are into avant garde, stream of consciousness, William Burroughs-esque horror, the patient routine will be right up your alley. Written in long-form verse, you are locked inside the mind of Ashton as they visit the hospital. There are some brilliant slices of body horror with some truly unsettling imagery. I'll be thinking about this book for a long time.