mystery
Well, THAT was depressing. Mystic River has been made into a successful movie which I never saw. It was a short novel and the story caught me in its grips fairly quickly. The characters seemed well-drawn despite not having the details of their childhood drawn out more than necessary. I appreciated the efficiency of Dennis Lehane's writing! But, man-- what a downer. I suppose the moral of the story is to be more conscious of your children and more present in their lives. And don't leave guns lying around.
The narrator of the audio book was an actor with whom I am vaguely familiar, David Strathairn. His voice acting was not overly impressive. He often used a monotone voice, sometimes mumbled, and was sometimes hard to hear. This was all the worse because the general audio level of the recording was low. I had to have the volume all the way up and, even then, it sometimes wasn't loud enough to drown out the street noises during my walks. I give Strathairn a B.
Not much else to say about this one. Would have liked it more if ANYONE in the story ended up better off than they were at the beginning.
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