Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane

Shutter Island: A Novel by Dennis Lehane.

I'm sure most of you saw the previews for the move Shutter Island, right? Looked super creepy?   I don't see a lot of movies (hi, understatement of the year) but was vaguely interested in this one. I knew it was from a book, but reading the book didn't really get my attention until I saw this review at Sam's Book Blog. I put a hold on it at the library and when it came in I read it within the week.

Here's what the summary says:

"U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels has come to Shutter Island, home of Ashecliffe Hospital for the Criminally Insane. Along with his partner, Chuck Aule, he sets out to find an escaped patient, a murderess named Rachel Solando, as a hurricane bears down upon them.


But nothing at Ashecliffe Hospital is what it seems.

And neither is Teddy Daniels."

Sounds interesting, right? Well, it was. I read it over the course of three days, in two sittings. The book keeps you wondering what's going on right up until the very end. It's creepy and compelling and sucks you in all the way. Perhaps it's because I don't read a lot of this type of book (I doubt it), but I didn't find any loopholes or problems with the mystery aspect of the plot. (Not a mystery mystery, but in a suspense-y way.)  After you finish you can see the foreshadowing for what it is, and it's there, but while you're reading it... oh just go read it! I don't want to say too much, because I want the ending to be as powerful for you as it was for me. I am definitely going to pick up some of Lehane's other titles on my next trip to the library.


Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
William Morrow
2003
336 pages




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Library Overload!

Does it ever seem like every book you requested has come in at once? Usually the same week that you found a dozen other interesting books on the shelves?  Here's what I have at home right now (this is super long, but I decided to add the images because I love being able to scan other people's lists by picture instead of text). The first three have ONE WEEK holds! Yikes!

Have you read any of these?  Once I get past the ones with a ONE WEEK hold!, which should I pick up?

 by Rebecca SklootThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin

Shutter Island (1st) by Dennis Lehane

Life Happens: And Other Unavoidable Truths by Connie Schultz

Crafty Superstar: Make Crafts on the Side, Earn Extra Cash, and Basically Have It All by Grace Dobush (done with this one, just need to review it!)

Family Feasts for $75 a Week: A Penny-wise Mom Shares Her Recipe for Cutting Hundreds from Your Monthly Food Bill by Mary Ostyn

The Anti 9-to-5 Guide: Practical Career Advice for Women Who Think Outside the Cube by Michelle Goodman

NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children by Po Bronson

SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance by Steven Levitt

Believer, Beware: First-Person Dispatches from the Margins of Faith edited by Jeff Sharlet

The Case for God by Karen Armstrong

Carter Finally Gets It by Brent Crawford

The Magicians: A Novel by Lev Grossman

Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas Kristof

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope by William Kamkwamba

The Girl's Guide to Starting Your Own Business: Candid Advice, Frank Talk, and True Stories for the Successful Entrepreneur by Caitlin Friedman

Grave Secret (Harper Connelly Mysteries, Book 4) by Charlaine Harris

A Marvelous Hundred Square Miles: Black Hills Tourism, 1880-1941 by Suzanne Barta Julin

Whew. That's a lot of books!  (And I didn't include the handful of romance novels that I also have out!)


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