The plot was predictable, but I liked the book. It had a good ending and I liked the main characters. Not amazing, but an interesting enough read. I read this on my way to Japan, and it did help me avoid some of the boredom of a twelve hour flight.
Question: Why have I never read Dennis Lehane before? No idea, but it is a situation that I will endeavor to rectify as quickly as possible. This book is one that will most absolutely stick in my head for a long time to come. I loved it, from start to finish. I love the unexpectedness of it, and how...
I had fairly high expectations for this one, so I think that is the reason for the lower rating. I also read it while on vacation, so I might have been a little distracted. Either way...I was underwhelmed. I am still curious to see the movie, I hope the ending to it doesn't suck as bad as this one.I...
Fair warning - I saw the movie before I read the book, so my perspective is totally colored by knowing all the plot twists before I even hit page one. Brief spoiler for the movie below as well.Ripping good yarn and really excellent noir. I'm glad I saw the movie unspoiled, but I also wish I could ha...
As I've said before, I'm not great at figuring out mysteries, and that's not why I read them. This means that I'm usually disappointed if I can immediately see the major plot point. I immediately saw the major plot point here. I enjoyed reading it well enough, but I thought that the story would have...
Shutter Island was written as though begging to become a screenplay; it reads almost like a novelization. It is very visual in its setting, character movements (the constant hand gestures & facial twitches are dizzying) & dream sequences. "Film me!" it cries out, "FILM ME!"It is not, however, a terr...
This book takes place in 1954 at a hospital for the criminally insane that is in Boston Harbour. The story surrounds the experience of a US Marshall that goes to the island to help find a lost prisoner/patient. As the story unfolds, you learn that the Marshall has ulterior motives and that all is ...
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