So, I am currently reading Mystic River (my first Dennis Lehane novel) and I am seriously terrified that this guy might have ruined other authors for me. I have never read an author that does the character work that I am experiencing in this book. I have lost count of the moments that feel like actually magic. Not hyperbolic magic, but straight up witchcraft in the way that it makes me feel. He takes the little things we all experience but never think to talk about, and he highlights it in a way that creates a tapestry of the human condition. If this sounds like nonsense, I’m sorry. I’m not Dennis Lehane. Anyone who loves to read who has yet to check this guy out, clear your TBR.
Like…right now.
by CSteely