A review by eilonwy21
Gone, Baby, Gone by Dennis Lehane

5.0

As the second book I've read of Dennis Lehane's, I've caught on to a recurring theme that he seems to emphasize in his writing, and yet again, its that inevitability of life, and how crushingly harsh and callous the world can be. I have never in my life cried reading a book as much as I did with one certain scene in this book, and it continuously makes me cry out inside, "Why?! Why?! Why?! What is wrong with people? How are human beings capable of such horrendous things?" Additionally, it also questions the overruling of the law in certain cases in life, and numerous times questions the validity of those laws themselves. Though I wasn't too fond of the guns-police-detective aspect, the overall novel itself was extremely insightful and thought-provoking.