Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Locust Lane by Stephen Amidon

6 reviews

thanksiberia's review

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Similar to The Whispers- less of a thriller and more just character studies of the people involved. I felt more interested in these characters, as they were dealing with more than just motherhood. Heavy into how people deal with addiction. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Self harm, Grief, Alcoholism, War, Addiction, Bullying, and Child death

Moderate: Terminal illness and Animal cruelty

Minor: Confinement

kayla_hehe's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Death, Racism, Alcoholism, Classism, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Murder, Misogyny, Addiction, and Suicidal thoughts

emmas_bookshelf's review

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This was such a good mystery/thriller. It took me a few chapters to get hooked, but once I was I could not put it down - seriously. The adult characters are actually of much more interest than the three teenagers named in the synopsis. I was desperate to figure out who the killer was right up until the end. It reminded me a lot of Defending Jacob which I also liked. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Alcoholism, Classism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Death, Infidelity, Alcohol, Drug use, Eating disorder, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Rape, Self harm, and Violence

onmalsshelf's review

Sadly this one was a DNF for me, DNF @ 28%, page 90

After seeing early hype for Locust Lane in 2022, I was hoping this one would be a winner. However, I think it is a victim of mismarketing. This is not a thriller, it's a mystery with a character study in family dynamics much like Miracle Creek.

While  I loved a character study like Miracle Creek, Locust Lane fell short. I did not care to continue on in this one as the first 90 or so pages were all focused on the parents and some random man. All equally bad and annoying, their characters weren't worth carrying on studying. 

I say pass!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Emotional abuse

amobrien's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Thank you Netgalley for providing a digital ARC.

Locust Lane is a domestic mystery about privilege and power surrounding the murder of a young woman in an affluent suburb. Throughout, the story touched on social status, parenthood/family drama, racism and more. I enjoyed the use of multiple POVs to show how truth means different things to these different characters. That being said, you definitely need to focus in order to keep track of everything. It seems everyone may be guilty of something.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Death, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Murder, Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Islamophobia, Classism, Xenophobia, Death, Bullying, and Child death

ohthebooksshewillread's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Self harm, and Rape