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Mystic River by Dennis Lehane
4.0
adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

One thing I really appreciated about this book was the fact that we actually got to know the character who dies. Most murder mystery's start out with a body but because this one you got to meet and know the character first it made you care WAY more about the murder because you almost felt the grief along with the others. However my biggest gripe from this book is the way they portrayed SO that whole area just rubbed me the wrong way. Overall this was definitely one of the better thrillers i've read in a long time and I do highly recommend it.