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Mystic River

Dennis Lehane

4.07 AVERAGE

loveroffinewines's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

An extremely well written tragic book. I didn't know what to expect going in, and am glad I persevered through the slow parts. I definitely had some name-blindness as so many characters were introduced at once, and the point of view changes from paragraph to paragraph. Overall, I'd recommend it. TRIGGER WARNING SPOILER: As a note, I didn't find any of the molestation to be graphic, which I was worried about.

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mrhoyer's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

knightgemily's review against another edition

5.0

Amazing. It carried you through from start to finish and the hours go by without even realizing it. I want to read more of Dennis Lehane now. It was heartbreaking but not in a crying way. Intense and good.

rebsmo's review against another edition

2.0

dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I was B O R E D. The one thing that was actually enjoyable was how well the author describes people and their internal states, I will give it that. Other than that, this could not have been dragged out more. This book could have been half the size and I still would have been bored.