The original writing for Shutter Island is by Dennis Lehane, who wrote the novel in April 2003, and was then adapted into film by Laeta Kalogridis. Dennis Lehane's novel has been a #1 Bestseller and had been critically acclaimed for how well it has been written. As for the adapted screenplay, it was perfectly in context with the novel.
The writing is not very talky as it mainly illustrates dramatic camera scenes and actions of our characters. For the times when dialogue is present, we can understand it well as the speech is clear, concise and articulated well. There are times when dialogue is not as clear because of the nature of the speech, as in paranoia, mumbling, and sleep deprivation. Yet this helps us to uncover further details of the characters, while the nitty-gritty information comes solely from visual camera scenes, like the scene of Teddy Daniels' dead wife or him clutching to the rocks when attempting to scale a ravenous cliff. Thanks to Daniels, we view the story primarily through his eyes, if you pulled his eyes out and set them in a 360 degree motion around his head. So it is sort of a 3rd person/ alternate viewing style because we see and think what Daniels does, and yet we see, but not think, what others see and think of Daniels.
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