Title: Absolutely stunning!
Product review: It is often that I read one book - possibly two in one day - so usually characters are simply "there" - they rarely seem totally real - the characters Lehane put together for "Mystic River," however, seemed to jump into my life. Thankfully, I could not relate to the characters (as they all have horrible faults), but the way Lehane skillfully crafted together every single character in his book simply mesmerized me. I simply could not put this down -- it all seemed so real. It is nothing like any other novel I have read ... when I finished I was asking myself "Was that fiction?" More than ever before, this book honestly put me in the town it took place, see every character, and even smell the river itself. If you simply want a "thriller," go to Patterson, Connelly, or Deaver -- if you are looking for something more in a novel that takes you on an emotional roller coaster ride that seems to last for a month in less than 400 pages ... go to Lehane, in particular "Mystic River."
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