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    Shutter Island Review

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    The document reviews the crime fiction novel "Shutter Island" by Dennis Lehane. It summarizes that the story takes place on a mysterious island that is home to a mental institution. Two detectives begin to investigate the institution but find that nothing is as it seems. The characters and setting are described as cold and grim. Dialogue in the novel contains hidden clues if analyzed closely. It concludes that "Shutter Island" is considered one of the best detective novels ever written and set a high standard for the thriller genre.

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    The document reviews the crime fiction novel "Shutter Island" by Dennis Lehane. It summarizes that the story takes place on a mysterious island that is home to a mental institution. Two detectives begin to investigate the institution but find that nothing is as it seems. The characters and setting are described as cold and grim. Dialogue in the novel contains hidden clues if analyzed closely. It concludes that "Shutter Island" is considered one of the best detective novels ever written and set a high standard for the thriller genre.

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    The document reviews the crime fiction novel "Shutter Island" by Dennis Lehane. It summarizes that the story takes place on a mysterious island that is home to a mental institution. Two detectives begin to investigate the institution but find that nothing is as it seems. The characters and setting are described as cold and grim. Dialogue in the novel contains hidden clues if analyzed closely. It concludes that "Shutter Island" is considered one of the best detective novels ever written and set a high standard for the thriller genre.

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    The document reviews the crime fiction novel "Shutter Island" by Dennis Lehane. It summarizes that the story takes place on a mysterious island that is home to a mental institution. Two detectives begin to investigate the institution but find that nothing is as it seems. The characters and setting are described as cold and grim. Dialogue in the novel contains hidden clues if analyzed closely. It concludes that "Shutter Island" is considered one of the best detective novels ever written and set a high standard for the thriller genre.

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    The book that I am going to review is a perfect example of

    the complexity and level of detail that a crime fiction novel can
    achieve, and I am of course referring to no other than “ Shutter
    Island” by Dennis Lehane, which also happens to be his most
    well-known title.
    The overall theme and atmosphere of the book appears to
    be very grim: the characters themselves are cold-hearted, the
    emotions are almost unpresent throughouut the beginning of
    the novel and the setting, a secluded, mysterious island which is
    a host to one of the most advanced and well-known mental
    institutions, is entirely unique from anything I’ve ever read
    before. Although the characters which, as I’ve stated, possess a
    more cold, analytical type of behaviour, the action itself and the
    plot builds up as the main characters, two detectives from
    Bronx, begin to unravel the mysteries of the institution. Both
    the environmental as well as the physical description of the
    characters is very detailed, without divulging too many details
    in order to keep the overall tension of the novel high, until the
    big reveal at the end, which in a seriously disturbing twist of
    events, almost refutes everything the reader believed he knew
    about the plot.
    While the characters are what you would typically expect
    from such a type of book, that being the silent, but clever
    detective who has got some personal issues from the past that
    haunt him until present times, it is nowhere near as bland as
    any other crime novel, seeing as the motives and reasons for
    why the two protagonists are on the actual island are not
    immediately obvious, and are not revealed until the end. The
    dialogue between the characters in the novel is very simple, yet
    extremely important, as if you pay close attention, there are
    many hidden things to be found between the lines, and the
    words are carefully chosen in order to give hints to the reader,
    should he take the time to analise the phrases.
    A shocking but marvellous lecture, ‘Shutter Island” has
    proved itself in front of everyone and claimed the title as one of
    the best detective novels ever in existence, with it’s massive
    cult following representing clear proof of just that. Overall, I
    believe that it is a book that anyone who is into psychological
    thrillers should definitely consider reading, and it is without a
    single doubt a great addition to it’s genre. If nothing more, it is
    a standard that every writer should consider when deciding to
    hop into thriller-writing, as it becomes nearly impossible to look
    at any other piece of fiction without comparing it to the famous
    novel.

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