Wednesday, September 26, 2012

BOOK: Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane

Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane, 369 pages

RIP 7; What's in a Name 6: topographical feature

Super creepy (and a little confusing at the end)! But what a great book! Perfect to read for Reader's Imbibing Peril.

A bounty hunter, Teddy Daniels,  is sent to a secret island off Massachusetts, home to a controversial mental hospital, where a criminally insane woman has escaped. Teddy and his partner land on the island just as a huge storm is about to hit. Ooh, atmosphere! As the men investigate, things are not what they seem. There are conspiracies, scary people, and they take us on quite a ride as they explore and investigate this hospital for the most dangerous of the criminally insane. How did a patient ever manage to escape? Then we gradually learn more about Teddy, and he has some secrets and connections as well that I can't reveal.

As the storm hits, the tension amps up, and then wow, I could not put the book down. Then the ending. Lots of twists, and I wasn't quite sure what had even happened. I talked to a friend at work who had seen the movie, and then I understood, and it was even more well done. Lehane writes superb thrillers (I have already read Mystic River) and I'm looking forward to reading one of his detective books next.
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SuziQoregon 41p · 652 weeks ago

This book keeps showing up in my radar. I guess that means I need to get around to reading it soon, huh? It sounds very atmospheric. I do have Lehane's new book (Prohibition era) pre-ordered so I'm looking forward to that.
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raidergirl3 91p · 651 weeks ago

I think you'd like it Suzi. Both the books I've read of Lehane have been very atmospheric, and well written thrillers.
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samantha1020 26p · 651 weeks ago

I just LOVED this book when I read it! I couldn't put the book down either and that ending just blew me away. I'm considering rereading it just to see if I can pick up some clues that I had to have missed. I'm so glad to hear that you enjoyed it as much as I did. I thought that they did a pretty good job with the movie as well!
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raidergirl3 91p · 651 weeks ago

Now that I understand the book, I can see why you'd want to reread to pick up the clues. I'm sure I missed all of them! I'd really like to see the movie.
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poegeek 30p · 648 weeks ago

Haven't read the book but boy do I like the film adaptation. It is one of those films that visually sets the kind of mood that I imagine every time I think of R.I.P. I haven't watched it yet this year, I should pull it out before Halloween is over.

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