Shutter Island

De: Dennis Lehane

Narrado por: Tom Stechschulte

Summer, 1954.

U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels s 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.

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. The closer Teddy and Chuck get to the truth, the more elusive it becomes, and the more they begin to believe that they my never leave Shutter Island.

Because someone is trying to drive them insane . . .

WOW! A great find....finally!

Read the book before you see the movie!! Actually.... skip the movie! LOVED this book! I've read / listened to over 100+ books in the past 2 years and have never written a review. I just had to on this one. The narrator was ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC! Every character had a distinct voice and in a few places he had to switch back and forth at lightening speed....and he did! Excellent job on his part. Hats off! The story was as good as the story teller.Something interesting happened quite often and I found myself trying to figure things out too...right along with the main character.
If twists and turns are what you like, get this book. Something different from soooo many others. I've been getting very bored with the same old plots and storylines and this was refreshing.It really was enjoyable and I'm sure you wont be disappointed.

Really Good Mystery and Narration

I gave it 4 stars, taking one off for the overall darkness. However, it is a great psychological mystery that kept me wondering and guessing...and I'm still thinking about it!

Surprisingly good

I was pleasantly surprised by actually liking this book. The story holds together well and the psychology seems well researched. This is a good example that a story doesn't have to be long to have engrossing characters and tell a chilling tale. I also saw the film and it stayed close to the book. I advise both because the acting and directing are excellent.

Slow to start but gets better

Really enjoyed this story once I got through the first few chapters. Took a while for the story to take shape, but once it did, I was totally engrossed. Saw the movie afterward and have to say the audio book was better :) Great narration, as well.

Terrible Editing

The story was great, as too, was the narrator, but the editing was downright terrible at times. The chapters did not match with the book, at times ending for Audible at the middle of a spot in the book and leading to a crammed insertion of the chapter title between sentences that felt out of place and would ruin the flow. Equally annoying was how the volume and sound of the narrator would change between chapters, as though some were with the use of a quality microphone and the others a cheap one. Good narrator, good story, bad finished product.