Jimmy Devine's Mystic River

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Mystic River is a novel set in the times of 1975 for a brief time and 2000, this book was written to take place in one of our country's greatest cities, Boston. Throughout the book, we meet a whole plethora of characters who are all linked to each other through marriage, family, or friends. The book begins with a scene of three best friends in the flats of Boston. Jimmy Marcus, Dave Boyle, and Sean Devine were inseparable when they were growing up, until one day, a poor decision, changed these boy’s lives forever.
Jimmy killed Dave for reasons he found were justified even though I do not agree with his actions. Jimmy believes that Dave killed his daughter based on little evidence and then when he discovers he was wrong, he justifies his actions

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