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Shutter Island

Dennis Lehane

Start date: August 1, 2016

Finish date: August 31, 2016

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Dec 22, 2016 Hirdesh rated it it was amazing

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Epic Psychological thriller.
Great writing, great theme, great pace of story.
Psycho-lovers should read it once, they would never be upset or disappointed with it.Book Comprised about the experiment was used by Nazis around II WW with the Human brain.
Love it. Enjoyed it alot.

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Mar 29, 2014 Girish rated it really liked it

Dennis Lehane's Shutter Island was written a movie script disguised as a book. And sometimes it is not so bad.

Having seen the movie, knowing the twists and turns - reading the book was more of piecing the various clues along the way. And Lehane has managed to have a chilling, original plot that plays with the human mind. The narrative is crisp and the dreams chilling. Several passages can give you goosebumps.

Characters other than Teddy are fuzzy by design and appropriate for this genre.

Wish I h ...more

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May 14, 2023 Andrea rated it really liked it

One of the very few instances where the movie did full justice to the book. I might even be so bold as to suggest that it outdid the book. Scorsese leaves us with the hint of a tragic hook at the end of the movie which made it way more intriguing and hauntingly beautiful in my opinion.

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