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4.07 AVERAGE
4.07 AVERAGE
I read this a few years ago and just thinking about it still gives me a chill. Brutal and haunting.
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A little slow in the beginning but once it got going I really enjoyed it .
I watched the film adaptation of this a while ago, and the ending confused me. I didn't understand what the outcome was or why. The book is much better at explaining everything. The writing is masterful in how it manages to keep a major plot point secret until the very end, even though there's frequent POV chapters of the character revealing the plot point.
It's a very intriguing book. Well written and paced. The characters are all interesting and well formed. You find yourself wanting to keep reading just to find out what happens.
It's a very intriguing book. Well written and paced. The characters are all interesting and well formed. You find yourself wanting to keep reading just to find out what happens.
dark
medium-paced
Hmmm..
Zbyt wysokie oczekiwania mnie zjadły. Historia przyjemna, ale bardziej kryminał, niż mistry, którego oczekiwałam.
Rozwiązanie zagadki 2/10.
2.25
Zbyt wysokie oczekiwania mnie zjadły. Historia przyjemna, ale bardziej kryminał, niż mistry, którego oczekiwałam.
Rozwiązanie zagadki 2/10.
2.25
4.5 stars. This is a very well-written psychological thriller about loyalty, trauma, childhood and familial bonds and the underbelly of a blue collar Boston neighborhood. I was hooked from beginning to end, although I did solve the mystery with 75-100 pages left in the book. Still, very well done and I'm happy to have finally read Dennis Lehane. Although, I could not read this at night (hi, anxiety), so it might be my first and last by him.
After finishing this Sunday night, I realized Mystic River is a novel that stays with you for hours, days and months later.
While walking around the park that evening, I was thinking about the overall journey that each character goes through in this book. I was gripped with my thoughts and trying to understand the life decisions that Sean, Dave and Jimmy go through.
✔️ Was his life always going to be tragic?
✔️ Did he always know how to sort and understand others’ intentions?
✔️ Was he always going to be this type of man regardless of life challenges and tragedy?
✔️ Did this one moment in time physically, mentally and emotionally change each character in a completely different trajectory than what they could have been?
Mystic River was more than a murder mystery. It’s a look into human suffering, motivations and evil that can reside buried in someone for years.
And if those circumstances are just right, that evil gets mixed together, left to simmer and just explodes one day.
Dennis Lehane wrote a masterpiece. At least to me he did.
When you pick up a book, this is what reading is supposed to be like. It's a complete immersion of pacing, plot, and atmosphere that clings to the mind days after you've closed it.
While walking around the park that evening, I was thinking about the overall journey that each character goes through in this book. I was gripped with my thoughts and trying to understand the life decisions that Sean, Dave and Jimmy go through.
✔️ Was his life always going to be tragic?
✔️ Did he always know how to sort and understand others’ intentions?
✔️ Was he always going to be this type of man regardless of life challenges and tragedy?
✔️ Did this one moment in time physically, mentally and emotionally change each character in a completely different trajectory than what they could have been?
Mystic River was more than a murder mystery. It’s a look into human suffering, motivations and evil that can reside buried in someone for years.
And if those circumstances are just right, that evil gets mixed together, left to simmer and just explodes one day.
Dennis Lehane wrote a masterpiece. At least to me he did.
When you pick up a book, this is what reading is supposed to be like. It's a complete immersion of pacing, plot, and atmosphere that clings to the mind days after you've closed it.
So glad I finally read this!! Great characters, fast pace, sneaky twist.
A murder in a small town is uncommon, what is more uncommon is the bringing together of three estranged boyhood friends. When the daughter of one of the three is burtally murdered, the police's search for the killer brings together three old friends in unexpected ways. The ending is obvious by halfway, but the book is still riveting as you watch the characters each deal in their own way with the tragedy before them.