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Brian S Jason I Ben M Anthony M

Our group decided to read Shutter Island. We chose to read this book because we enjoy mystery and suspense. The book is very interesting you want keep turning the pages.

In the book the detective continuously sees a women, whom we are not sure who she is. The way she appears and disappears along with her odd physical description is scary in itself. We hear that the doctors dissect the brains of some of the insane people that attend the hospital, which indicates that the hospital is corrupt. As we read on, the detective partner dies, but his body is not be found anywhere.

One of the things that interest us most about the book is the setting and place. The setting is in a mental institution for the criminally insane on an island. There are always crazy things going on with the people that attend there that makes the book all that more enjoyable. It is 1954 the way that the policemen are described to dress is unusual to us modern day people. It is fun to read how history has changed and evolved.

Our counter argument is that there is both a movie and a book. Since we did not yet see the movie, the book can be different.

Revised: Shutter island is a story filled with mystery and suspense. These are two genres that out group has agreed on being our preferred type of reading. Mystery and suspense keep the reader wanting more which urges us to read the entire story. A book of this sort will also make for potential discussion. Being that the plot is so full of events it will allow us to have much to talk about every week. Shutter Island contains the characteristics that make a good IR book club book.

The plot of Shutter Island is very interesting. It takes place on Shutter Island which contains the Achecliffe Hospital, an insane asylum. This alone makes for an interesting book. The uneasiness of the feeling of an insane asylum will cause us to constantly have an essence of confusion. This makes us want to know more. And the only way to find out more is too keep reading! The plot of the story fits in perfectly with what our group enjoys. Its mysterious and keeps us thinking. n the book the detective continuously sees a women, whom we are not sure who she is. The way she appears and disappears along with her odd physical description is scary in itself. We hear that the doctors dissect the brains of some of the insane people that attend the hospital, which indicates that the hospital is corrupt. As we read on, the detective partner dies, but his body is not be found anywhere.

Although Shutter Island is a movie as well as a book this should not be a reason for us to not be allowed to read it. This should be one of the reasons we should! With many cases a book can add to the appreciation of a movie because it goes more in depth and it also contains parts that may have been cut out in the "hollywood" version. Shutter Island can serve to be a great story for us because of its genre, plot and overall quality of a book. This book has not gone unnoticed. "Lehane's new novel, his first since the highly praised and bestselling Mystic River, carries an ending so shocking yet so faithful to what has come before, that it will go down as one of the most aesthetically right resolutions ever written." says Publishers Weekly. This is a type of book that we WANT to read.

Meeting 1 Shutter Island

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Meeting 3 Shutter Island