Shutter Island.

Lehane, Dennis. Shutter Island. New York: William Morrow, 2003. Print. Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane takes place on Shutter Island, an island with an experimental mental institute called Ashecliffe Hospital. On September 21st 1954, a female patient named Rachel Solando went missing from Ashecliffe. U.S. Marshal Edward Daniels and his new partner, Chuck Aule, are assigned to investigate the disappearance of Rachel Solando. When they arrive to the island, they meet Dr. John Cawley, the lead psychiatrist in the institution. Dr. Cawley says that there is a war going on in psychiatry, with one faction who believes in surgical techniques like lobotomies to treat patients, where another side says that the new psychotropic drugs are the way to treat people. Edward, nicknamed Teddy, and Chuck instantly start searching for Rachel all over the island. Teddy reveals to Chuck that he requested this investigation specifically in order to find the man, Andrew Laeddis who was said to be a patient at Ashecliffe; the man who set the fire that killed his wife, Dolores Chanal. Chuck articulates to Teddy that he believes that because he was looking for a reason to come to Ashecliffe, they became concerned that he would discover something and arranged a fake disappearance so that they could come to the island and make the both of them disappear. The closer Teddy got to the truth, the more he and Chuck realized that leaving Shutter Island was elusive. Dennis Lehane did a great job of obscuring the line between fantasy and reality. While reading the book, I felt just as unsettled as Teddy did. The story had many twists and turns and just when I thought I solved it, I realized the opposite. I loved how the book was thrilling and suspenseful throughout. One think that I did not like about this book was that there were many extended dream series and past remembrances which delayed the story more than necessary. The few aspects I disliked about this book are minute