A review by chidseyca
Larceny in My Blood: A Memoir of Heroin, Handcuffs, and Higher Education by Matthew Parker

4.0

This was interesting but the narrative was a little hard to follow at times. Some chapters seemed scattered because they consisted of different time periods with no pause or interjection in the text. I expected a little more than a three page revelation at the end; I was sympathetic to Parker's situation throughout the text until the last few chapters. I thought Parker did a really good job getting the reader to sympathize with him, regardless of the fact that most of his problems were self-inflicted and he didn't appear to be learning from his mistakes until the last few pages. By the last few chapters my sympathy started to sway, and I was a little annoyed that he was continuing to hurt people. Overall, his "wake up call" seemed short and tacked on at the end. It would have been nice to see a longer transition regarding his growth as a person, but it was still an enjoyable read.