Category: book Nook
Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
Book Number:RC 56046
2 sound cassettes
Summer, 1954. U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels has come to Shutter Island, home of Ashecliffe Hospital for the Criminally Insane. Along with his partner, Chuck Aule, he sets out to find an escaped patient, a murderess named Rachel Solando, as a hurricane bears down upon them. But nothing at Ashecliffe Hospital is what it seems. And neither is Teddy Daniels. Is he there to find a missing patient? Or has he been sent to look into rumors of Ashecliffe's radical approach to psychiatry? An approach that may include drug experimentation, hideous surgical trials, and lethal countermoves in the shadow war against Soviet brainwashing. . . . Or is there another, more personal reason why he has come there? As the investigation deepens, the questions only mount: How has a barefoot woman escaped the island from a locked room? Who is leaving clues in the form of cryptic codes? Why is there no record of a patient committed there just one year before? What really goes on in Ward C? Why is an empty lighthouse surrounded by an electrified fence and armed guards? The closer Teddy and Chuck get to the truth, the more elusive it becomes, and the more they begin to believe that they may never leave Shutter Island. Because someone is trying to drive them insane. . . .
I honestly have no words to tell you how I feel about this book. To say it left me speechless would be an understatement. I was and still am blown away by the ending. I have found yet another favorite author in Dennis Lehane. I would love to hear others opinions on this book. This book is fascinating, disturbing, complex and a true escape from the norm. I wouldn't recommend this book to just anyone. It's strong stuff and leaves a lasting effect. A big 5 out of 5, 10 out of 10, 2 thumbs up.
Carla/TexasRed
sounds a good book.