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Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane

20 reviews

emmakchapman's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcoholism, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Mental illness, Alcohol, Gun violence, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, and War

anton13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

 It’s good. Well written. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I do have to say that the movie is better. The book however is really good and I was invested all the way. Chuck is my fav character, he’s so sweet and nice and I love his lil jokes. The ending was really nice after all of that

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Alcoholism, Death, Mental illness, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child death, Medical content, Racial slurs, War, and Grief

Minor: Antisemitism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Excrement, Vomit, Confinement, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide attempt

elsea_readingelsea's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Forced institutionalization, Racial slurs, Mental illness, Child abuse, Ableism, Racism, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

cri_sis's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Medical trauma, Medical content, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racial slurs, and Mental illness

lilifane's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I'm pretty impressed by how good this book was, even though I've seen the movie and knew the ending. 
It kept me interested from beginning to end, the pacing was actually perfect and surprised me a few times when it jumped unexpectedly. I got attached to the characters really quickly, the atmosphere was amazing. I loved the mystery and the clues. Knowing the ending, I could pay attention to the clues we get, and I think it's done brilliantly, giving you all you need but not making it too obvious. 
This would actually have been a 5 star, but the use of some slurs, especially the n-word, put me off a lot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Child death, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

elenatamsen's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Racial slurs, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Death

Moderate: Medical content and Racism

allyjshand's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Read following several viewings of the film adaptation. Even though I already knew the plot and the final twist, I still couldn’t put the novel down.

The added details and depth really enhanced the protagonist’s background and the extent of his delusions.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Death, Child death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Forced institutionalization, Racial slurs, Genocide, Racism, Vomit, Addiction, and Cursing

valerie127's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

"maybe there are some things we were put on this earth not to know"

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcoholism, Death, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Racial slurs, Blood, and Emotional abuse

ashaye's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

Shutter Island is probably one of my favorite films I’ve ever seen. I love thrillers and movies that mess with your head. I was pleasantly surprised to discover that it is also a book, and I thought “how exciting I get to have more internal dialogue for Teddy.” This might be one of a handful of books where I argue, that the movie is better. Not just for the fact that DiCaprio’s character manifestation of Teddy is phenomenal, but also that the movie chose to leave out the consistent unnecessary racial slurs and descriptions. This is not an old book. This is not in an era where this was considered “the norm” (regardless if it was or not, it shouldn’t contain them). Overall I found the book near impossible to get through and had to actually rewatch the movie to help me get through it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis and Mental illness

laurendenton's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Racial slurs, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, and War

Minor: Pregnancy, Rape, and Vomit