I always enjoy novels that seem like memoirs - a specific setting, facts about the time period that you wouldn't necessarily know. I have not seen the movie, but I don't think I want too. Sometimes the imagination is just too powerful to cram the book into a 2-hour film that someone else made, even if those people are Scorsese and DiCaprio. Very similar to Dark Places which I just read a week ago and which I also found out they're making into a movie. I kept a sharp eye out for the red herrings and the clues, sprinkled in here and there. Then the Big Twist and mind blown. Shutter Island is suspenseful, psychological thriller that kept me guessing.

Quotes:

"But do we lose our past to assure our future? ... What do you lose when you sweep a floor, Teddy? Dust. Crumbs that would otherwise draw ants. But what of the earring she misplaced? Is that in the trash now too?" Chuck, page 19

"Because what you did was for the right reason. But what you did was also wrong. And you'll never wash it off." Teddy, page 129