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Mystic River

Book Review by: Chencho    

Original Author: Dennis Lehane
Who killed Katie,daughter of Jimmy Marcus? Katie was a pretty 19 year-old
girl, who went out one night to have
fun and to meet some friends. But she met
her murderer instead. Jimmy himself has had some problems with the
law, still, he is a loving father and he mourns his daughter deeply-
.He swears that he will take revenge. And then the suspect of the horrible
crime turns out to be Jimmy''s boyhood friend, Dave,while the police
investigator who tries to solve the mystery is their third  boyhood
mate, Sean.
In this weird, very tense situation the emotions of the characters are
sometimes oppressed, sometimes they burst out with extraordinary force. This
is a psychological thriller about the demons of the subconscious of those
people whose childhood was not happy.The memories of the suffering, of the
humiliations of the early years can never be totally overcome.
Jimmy, Dave and Sean were together when they were boys, and  their
experiences- in Jimmy''s and Dave''s case mainly bad,painful experiences- have
an effect on everything that happens to them when they are adults.
  Sean investigates whether Dave was really  the monstruous killer of
Jimmy''s daughter. All the evidences point at Dave, and Jimmy wants to follow
the rule: "an eye for an eye"...
Published: April 23, 2007
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