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message 1: by Nickythebean (new)

Nickythebean | 6 comments Just finished Shutter Island and LOVED it. Elements I liked:

-mystery of what was really happening to the psychiatric patients on the island (throughout most of the book) - mystery is my favorite story element;

-the surprise twist at the end (I refrain from reading reviews of books before I read them because even knowing that there is a surprise ending spoils it for me because I am constantly wondering throughout the book what the twist might be - but LOVE it when I don't know it's coming and am truly surprised);

-background setting/theme of insane asylums, mental illness

Any recommendations for books like this??


message 2: by Nancy, Co-Moderator (new)

Nancy Oakes (quinnsmom) | 10113 comments Mod
If you're all about twisty, you might want to try The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, by Agatha Christie. No mental illness, but definitely a hell of a twist .


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