I can't agree with you at all about Shutter Island. The
complete switch around at the end was very unique in my
experience. I don't think I've ever read anything that
completely reversed the entire view of the story in the last
third of the book. I really thought it was brilliant. To set
up a character as a protagonist, and then turn him into the
focus of the problem. I think it approaches 'great
literature.' Can't really think who it's derivitive of, can
you? I think Lehane may be the most under-rated writer of the
present day. Certainly, Dan Brown is the most
over-rated.
Patrick King
--- "E. Borgers" <
webeurop@yahoo.fr> wrote:
> I second your opinion on this book.
> Too long, too many unnnecessary details
on
> "secondary-secondary" characters, and a very
average
> story.
> Professional:yes. Outstanding: no.
>
> But Lehane did worse: "Shutter Island", this
one
> with even more acclaim. A false good story,
and
> episodes that you could find everywhere since a
long
> time.
> Entertainement thriller, maybe. Good lit:
?
>
> I think Lehane is an overvalued writer, having
a
> lot of readers with limited knowledge of genre
lit.
> Even of lit.
> Why is it so ? I wonder...
>
> E.Borgers
> HARD-BOILED MYSTERIES
> http://www.geocities.com/Athens/6384
>
>
>
> Jacques Debierue <
matrxtech@yahoo.com> a 飲it :
> --- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Tim
> Wohlforth <timwohlforth@...> wrote:
> > Character/description: Lehane's Mystic
River,
> arguably the finest
> > contemporary crime novel.
> >
>
> Mmmm, I had trouble finishing that one. I
didn't
> find anything original in it. The sense of
deja
> vu was overpowering. I don't understand the
praise
> for this book.
>
> Best,
>
> MrT
>
>
>
>
>
>
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