Mystic River

Books I read in 2009 (13 items)
list by sunset96

I really, really wanted to love this book. I think the problem was my expectations; I'm not used to reading rough n gritty books like this. Of course it was a marvelous story and very well written, the quality was great. I just can't bring myself to enjoy it.

My #1 reason for this is the bleak and dismal atmosphere of the whole novel. I can only take so much of "the world sucks, peopl... read more