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The basis for the blockbuster motion picture directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Shutter Island by New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane is a gripping and atmospheric psychological thriller where nothing is quite what it seems. The New York Times calls Shutter Island, “Startlingly original.” The Washington Post raves, “Brilliantly conceived and executed.” A masterwork of suspense and surprise from the author of Mystic River and Gone, Baby, Gone, Shutter Island carries the reader into a nightmare world of madness, mind control, and CIA Cold War paranoia andis unlike anything you’ve ever read before.

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“A lollapalooza of a corkscrew thriller…sure to be the most talked–about thriller of the year.” -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review

“The ride this novel provides is as good as entertainment gets.” -- Miami Herald

“Combines the claustrophobia of . . . Agatha Christie . . . with the creepiness of a good Stephen King yarn. . . . Good luck putting this one down. -- San Francisco Chronicle Book Review

“Startlingly original…instantly cinematic… unfolds with increasing urgency until it delivers a visceral shock in its final moments.” -- New York Times

“Nightmarish…it’s not a book to start before bedtime. Even if you finish before dawn, Shutter Island will trouble your sleep.” -- Orlando Sentinel

“Fasten your seat belts for a bumpy, breakneck ride…utterly absorbing… is an express train with no local stops…engrossing.” -- Boston Globe

“There is no mystery…about how good this book is; like Mystic River, it’s a tour de force.” -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

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In the year 1954, U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels and his new partner, Chuck Aule, come to Shutter Island, home of Ashecliffe Hospital for the Criminally Insane, to investigate an unexplained disappearance. Multiple murderess Rachel Solando is loose somewhere on this barren island, despite having been kept under constant surveillance in a locked, guarded cell. As a killer hurricane bears relentlessly down on the island, hints of radical experimentation and covert government machinations add darker, more sinister shades to an already bizarre case. Because nothing at Ashecliffe Hospital is remotely what it seems.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ William Morrow Paperbacks; Reprint edition (August 25, 2009)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 400 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0061898813
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0061898815
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 0.023 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 1 x 5.2 x 7.9 inches
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Dennis Lehane (born Aug 4th, 1966) is an American author. He has written several novels, including the New York Times bestseller Mystic River, which was later made into an Academy Award winning film, also called Mystic River, directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, and Kevin Bacon (Lehane can be briefly seen waving from a car in the parade scene at the end of the film). The novel was a finalist for the PEN/Winship Award and won the Anthony Award and the Barry Award for Best Novel, the Massachusetts Book Award in Fiction, and France's Prix Mystere de la Critique.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Haunting
Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2024
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This is a haunting story that is beautifully written. It's a mystery wrapped in heartbreak. For those who watched the movie, read the book! For those who didn't see the movie, read the book!

A US Marshall goes to a hospital for the criminally insane to investigate the disappearance of a woman who murdered her three children. To say more would spoil this exquisite story, so just read the book!

There is violence and some explicit language in the book. The world created in the book is vivid and there's a starkness to the characters that adds to the atmospheric quality. It's a moving mystery that I definitely recommend.
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Catherine Tackett
4.0 out of 5 stars Well crafted
Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2012
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This was a good old fashion psychological thriller that was enjoyable to read. I didn't see the movie before hand and I'm glad I didn't (although both are equally good). Dennis Lehane did a wonderful job at keeping you wondering "who done it".A pair of US Marshalls, Teddy Daniels and Chuck Aule, go to an island off the coast of Massachusetts that houses a hospital for the criminal insane to investigate a patient's disappearance. From the first moment they arrive they are suspicious of everyone. Things just do not add up. With the approach of a hurricane, all heck breaks loose allowing the Marshalls to do more snooping around. This leads to even more questions that they cannot answer. To top it all off, Marshall Teddy Daniels is dealing with the loss of his wife and just knows that her killer is on the island. He's running out of time as he tries to find a missing patient, the killer, and keep from losing his own mind or at least from letting the hospital make others think he's lost his mind to keep him silent. You know that there is going to be twists and turns but when they happen you really can't imagine that the happen the way they do. The entire first two-thirds of the book lays out an intricate world and sets up a great plot only to be completely spun out of control in the last third in a very good way. The book ends with you in just amazement. Trying to understand everything that happened and coming to terms with it. Well written and creatively crafted to keep you turning page after page. I would read it again just to see what I missed.
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Jenny H.
5.0 out of 5 stars and it would end like that. No
Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2015
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Oh my god. This book screwed with my head so hard.
A friend of mine sent an explosion of all-caps texts when she finished and implored me to read this book, so I dubiously bought it on Kindle. It sat there for a while until I was on a trip with not much to do, so I started reading Shutter Island. Unintelligently, I started at 10 pm and therefore was up till 1 in the morning, because I kept telling myself I would stop after the next chapter and that just...wasn't...going...to...happen. About 70% of the way through the book--disappearances and psycho weather and government conspiracies and everything great--I thought it was almost at a resolution. There'd probably be a last tense scene, and then Teddy, the main character, would go expose all the conspiracies and torture experiments or whatnot, and it would end like that.
No.
No, instead Teddy becomes the most unreliable narrator I've ever come across, and I got more and more tense and freaked out, which ended with me up at 1 am, having just finished the book and lying there, heart hammering, thinking WTF.
There are a lot of different ways to interpret the ending, and a lot of reason to want to yell at the author "how the hell can you just drop us here and leave it like this? what kind of literary monster are you??" I won't go into spoilers here. But I've got to say, especially from someone who doesn't read a whole lot of mysteries or psychological books (unless they're political nonfiction), this is one of the most gripping and memorable and thought-provoking and downright alarming books I've read possibly ever. The writing was also not skimped on--it wasn't dry or weak, but actually quite beautiful in places. (I have to say that since it was set in the 1950s, there seemed to be a little racism in some of the characters' mindsets or interactions or the way people were described...I think this may have been intentional, to give historical tone or whatnot, but it was a bit uncomfortable at times, if you're the type to be bothered by that sort of subtle non-PC-ness.)
But altogether, I would give this book as many stars as I can.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
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I am not sure I understood the ending, but the story grabbed my attention and held it. Even if I got the ending wrong, I still enjoyed the book immensely.
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Maureen O'Gorman
3.0 out of 5 stars Tedious and predictable as well as being totally unrealistic
Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2003
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A very fast read about a cop dealing with is own personal tragedies who finds himself on an island as Hurricane Carol storms into Boston in 1954. As if a hurricane and his own widowhood weren't enough the island in question contains nothing but a mental hospital for the criminally insane.
The hero, Teddy, quickly grows ill-at-ease with the condescending attitude displayed by the staff of the hospital. Some of the patients assert that they are innocent victims being held against their will. On top of that Teddy's own partner seems to know more of what is going on than he is willing to share.
Some have said that this was a shocking book with a surprise ending but I could see where it was heading fairly quickly. I thought that there were a lot of contrivances and of course the big surprise was a bit of a let down.
It was a good pot-boiler type of mystery and I read through it quickly enough that I can't say it was a waste of time. "Shutter Island" is a good beach read but will never make it into the annals of great literature.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great ride
Reviewed in Canada on July 8, 2023
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Started it Thursday night and finished it Saturday morning, fast read. The twists and turns grab you. I said ha a couple of times, never saw that coming. This ending is rather spectacular. Love a good Thriller.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
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Bought it for my daughter. She enjoyed.
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5.0 out of 5 stars un bel libro
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da leggere, non e come film!!!
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Luke Dennison
5.0 out of 5 stars Just superb
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 30, 2020
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I have seen the movie that is based on this book and I thought it was Scorcese's best film in some time by a country mile, and now reading this book I see why. This is a fantastic book. The premise is so well set up, even though I knew what happens in the end I still got so drawn in the characters and the story. The writing whilst not profound or poetic is just so effective, the characters so finely drawn and believable (oh the irony) and the story and it's twist and turns are superb. Despite knowing how this ends I read the last third of this in one sitting and I envy those who haven't read the book of seen the film yet. Superb.
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