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Mystic River by Dennis Lehane

Mystic River

by Dennis Lehane
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  • First Published:
  • Jan 1, 2001, 320 pages
  • Paperback:
  • Apr 2002, 320 pages
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Nicolle

Great book! would recommend it to any one
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This book is awesome. I couldn't put it down, I just had to keep on reading. What an ending! The movie was great too!
KC

This was an excellent book. I really enjoyed it and I found that it was better than the movie!
Raleigh

All of Dennis Lehane's book are awesome. I am even using him for my junior theme.
Mindi

This book kept me up all night...I just couldn't wait to see what happened! I recommend it to anyone who likes fiction.
Diksha Devi

PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER
Nice book
Pimento

Good book, but dragged in spots
I enjoyed this book overall. It was a very good story and much of it was very hard to put down. I read it fairly quickly.

However, sometimes I found myself skimming over long descriptions of characters or places because I found myself impatient to get through them to the meat of the story.

Other than that, the writing and the story are very good. I have read other books of Mr. Lehane's and I feel the same way in terms of skimming certain descriptive parts that I find a little boring.

I have checked out Shutter Island from the library and it's next on my list of reading. (Saw the movie and it was AMAZING, the best movie I've seen in a few years).


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