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Summary: Knocks it out of the park again!
Review: After the complex, troubling "Mystic River" I was concerned that Lehane would return to the fairly-unimpressive Kenzie/Gennaro sreies which first put him on the map. Instead he delivers an equally complex, troubling book, but one that is about as different from "Mystic River" as could be. "Shutter Island," had me by the throat from the first chapter and never let go until the final haunting page. Part detective thriller, part horror story, the book moves at a breakneck pace, while serving up crackling dialogue and hairpin twists. "Mystic River" clearly wasn't a fluke, and if his hot streak continues, Lehane may yet emerge as one of the best crime writers of the new millennium.
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Summary: Everything is not what it seems
Review: This story starts out as a standard police thriller, but half way through the book makes a left turn, taking the story in a completely different direction. It is somewhat like a twilight zone episode in that sense. I won't reveal the end but, be warned, if you are looking for a standard mystery with a case to be solved, this book is not it, and the end will leave you dissatisfied and cheated. If you like a more psychological study, you may enjoy this.
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Summary: What did I miss?
Review: I was getting frustrated reading this book as I couldn't determine the time frame for the story. Reread the beginning several times. Finally came to Amazon to read other reviews to find the time setting was in 1954. What did I miss? Not my favorite Lehane book, but will pass around to my friends with a sticky note that says it takes place in 1954.
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Summary: It's really a 10!
Review: If you read only one book this summer, or this year, be sure it's Shutter Island!
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Summary: A Twisting Plot Through a Frightening Story
Review: Here we have a thriller that is decidedly different. In the summer of 1954, two US Marshalls, Teddy Daniels and Chuck Aule, ride the ferry to Shutter Island, off Boston Harbor. The island is the site of a hospital for the most dangerous of the criminally insane. The Marshalls are there to investigate the escape of Rachel Solando, a child murderer. Somehow, she got away through locked doors and past a whole staff of orderlies and guards. This raises Teddy's suspicions about a staff that seems more strange by the hour. Things become intense when an unexpected hurricane isolates the island from the mainland. So there you have it: murderous maniacs, creepy staff, and a howling hurricane. The plot could go in all sorts of directions, but Lehane chooses a startling tack that makes the story well worth reading. As it develops, it is like watching a photo come apart and dissolve in water. Then, Lehane hits you with an astonishing climax, followed by a final twist. It's a different and thoroughly ejoyable tale.
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Summary: Spectacular! Don't pass this one up!
Review: This was my first experience with this author. Wow! I was not a bit disappointed. From the first page I was hooked and didn't want to put this book down. The characters were so alive to me and I was able to envision the surroundings and the obstacles they were facing. The ending was a huge shocker to me! What a wonderful author, kept me wrapped up in this book to the very end. I had to re-read the ending and the prologue again just because I wasn't ready for the book to be over. Buy this book, pick it up at the library, borrow it from a friend! You won't be disappointed.
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Summary: Great Book/Garbage Language
Review: I do not consider myself a prude, but I have to say that half way through this book I was so tired of every character using the "f" word every third sentence, with "JC" thrown in between that I was quite weary at the end. LaHane is a very good writer and the book was clever, but c'mon buddy! I work in the world and nobody I know talks like this constantly. You are much too gifted to stoop to this. I was thinking I would let my son read it, but nope....Too bad.
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Summary: You Think You've Figured It Out and....then....
Review: Dennis Lehane is a master of writing and surprise. He is one of the best writers of today- his possession of language and description surpass none. His new novel "Shutter Island" is one of the best. Teddy Daniels and Chuck Aule, U.S.Marshalls, are asked to go to Ashecliffe Hospital for the Mentally Insane to find an escaped patient/killer, Rachel Solando. Ashecliff is on an isolated island off the coast of Boston. From day one none of the staff are very helpful- always below the surface is a subtle message- we don't care, we are going through the motions from those who inhabit this strange island. The worst hurricane of the season occurs, and Teddy and Chuck going nowhere with this investigation, fear for their lives. Will they get off the island, will they find the killer, what is going on in the tower, and why does Teddy have such a hard time forgetting his dead wife? Will any of these questions be answered? Unless you have a tortured, twisted mind- the ending will clear the air. prisrob
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Summary: A Wonderful Read
Review: I was very excited about reading this book. I thought Mystic River was excellent so I expected good things from this book. I can honestly say I was not disappointed in the least. Shutter Island offers many twists and turns and the deeper Teddy gets the more he uncovers. If you like Mystic River then I really recommend reading Shutter Island.
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Summary: Shutter Island
Review: "Shutter Island" is a departure for Dennis Lehane from the Kenzie and Gennaro mysteries set in Boston. In "Shutter Island" U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels, along with his partner Chuck Aule go to Shutter Island to find Rachel Solando who had escaped from the Ashecliffe Hospital for the Criminally Insane. Nothing is at all as it seems throughout the book. It is part suspense, part psychological thriller, and part horror. This novel is one that could have come from the pen of Stephen King. It will definetely make you shudder. I prefer the Kenzie/Gennaro novels, but 'Shutter Island" is a novel you won't soon forget.
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