Mystic River (2001) (edit title/settings)

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Liked It 1 of 1 members found this review helpful Rated 5 stars “Like Gone Baby Gone and Shutter Island, Mystic River is a brilliant book turned into an equally brilliant movie. Heartbreaking all the way through.” see full review » see other reviews »

Didn’t Like It 1 of 1 members found this review helpful Rated 1 stars “three boys are asked to get in a car - only one gets in - and it changes the course of their lives forever... sounds interesting, right? well, it could have been if lehane didn't beat around the bush and had just gotten to the meat of the book. but he didn't - and the book suffered...” see full review » see other reviews »

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  • Rated 4 stars

  “Good, but sad story.”

  Lisa Jackson (not the author) wrote this review 19 hours ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
  
  • Rated 4 stars

  “Loved the movie, so thought I'd read the book. I like the author's style of writing, and of course the story is very good.”

  Gana wrote this review 2 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
  
  • Rated 3 stars

  “A recommendation by a friend, I loved the manner in which the narrative is structured. Quite engaging and well etched out characters.”

  Sanchita Dasgupta wrote this review Thursday, April 18, 2013. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
  
  • Rated 4 stars

  “Really good book. Kept me guessing up until the very end. I didn't much care for the epilogue though. Didn't any anything of value for me to the story.”

  WriterDan wrote this review Sunday, April 7, 2013. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
  
  • Rated 4 stars

  “Good but this is one of the rare occurences where the movie beat the book”

  Lowell Youngblood wrote this review Tuesday, April 2, 2013. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
  
  • Rated 5 stars

  “Love Dennis's writing and this one was hard to put down.”

  fishwife4life wrote this review Monday, March 25, 2013. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
  
  • Rated 5 stars

  “Mystic River is the perfect story. I've read it again and again.”

  Lily Gardner wrote this review Monday, March 4, 2013. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
  
  • Rated 4 stars

  “I enjoyed this and am still thinking about a day later. I have to admit, I figured out who killed Katie about halfway through. ”

  TechonomicMan wrote this review Wednesday, February 13, 2013. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
  
  • Rated 5 stars

  “It's a series of an unfortunate if-only's. ”

  Raissa wrote this review Friday, February 1, 2013. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
  
  • Rated 3 stars

  “i kinda like lehane books ... was actually better than the film, more complete ...”

  Tim Verstraete wrote this review Tuesday, January 22, 2013. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No