with the creepiness of a good Stephen King yarn. unfolds with increasing urgency until it delivers a visceral shock in its final moments., Fasten your seat belts for a bumpy, breakneck rideâ€¦utterly absorbingâ€¦is an express train with no local stopsâ€¦engrossing., Combines the claustrophobia of. Even if you finish before dawn, Shutter Island will trouble your sleep., Startlingly original.instantly cinematic. Even if you finish before dawn, Shutter Island will trouble your sleep., Startlingly originalâ€¦instantly cinematicâ€¦unfolds with increasing urgency until it delivers a visceral shock in its final moments., 's not a book to start before bedtime.

From the sample on Audible, the narrator of the abridged version sounds quite different.Nightmarishâ€¦it's not a book to start before bedtime. The one I listened to was the unabridged version released in 2008 and narrated by Tom Stechschulte. I just noticed that there's an abridged version and an unabridged version of this book.

Shutter Island is an amazingly well-done story in all it's incarnations.

This is my first encounter with Dennis Lehane, but I'm sure it won't be my last. The narrator really captured the essence of the story. When I got to the last couple of hours, I couldn't stop listening because both the story and the narration had become so dramatic. The narrator's pace fits the story perfectly. The audio book edition of Shutter Island is exceptional. Think about how 'Sixth Sense' becomes a different movie on second viewing, but it's somehow richer when you know how it ends. And, although both movie and book have a surprising ending, it actually adds to the experience rather than detracting from it when you already know the surprise. I'll say that the movie is very true to the book and really captures the atmosphere of the book quite well. Now, it's often the case that the book disappoints when you've seen the movie first (or vice-versa), but not here. The previews really don't do it justice and I left the theater wanting to read the book. I'm going to preface this by telling you that I saw the movie version of Shutter Island when it was in the theaters.

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