I saw the movie long before I read this so I knew as much as one could about from the movie but this has been on my reading list for so long and I am fascinated by the topic.
You may or may not know I blog about my battle with depression. I have talked about my great grandfather being in Mattapan State Hospital in the 1950s. It just hit home a little.
When I saw the movie was was fascinated. I wanted to talk about this movie. Finally, I read the book and now I can talk about the book as well.
If you saw the movie, the movie was very much in line with the book.
Teddy Daniels is a federal US Marshall who is sent to Shutter Island with his partner, Chuck Aule, to investigate the disappearance of a mental patient, Rachel Solando. Daniels is a World War II vet with a wife that was killed. Daniels thinks there might be strange tests going on on the island.
As they investigate, they discover that things don’t quite add up. The weather is a big character in the book.
I wish I had not seen the movie before reading the book. Normally, the book and the movie are somewhat different. This was not the case with this book and movie. I would have liked to have read the book with a clear mind.
I think about if something like the book discusses actually happened. This is a thought provoking thriller. I recommend it especially if you have not see the movie.
What did you think of either the movie or the book?
I've seen this movie twice (first time on the big screen) and thought it was fantastic! My maternal grandmother was also in a hospital off and on over her life for depression and possibly bi-polar issues, I know they did shock treatments on her. These wards were very scary places and the doctors didn't have a clue on how to treat the poor souls who ended up there.
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean - I have often wished I'd read the book first before seeing a movie - one good example was The DaVinci Code - I tried to read it, but couldn't get Tom Hanks voice out of my head!