A review by alston4659
Lost Man's Lane by Scott Carson

4.0

After a very strong start to this book, I became a bit weary as I made my way through this one, but by the end, the story recovered enough for it to become one hell of a horror thriller. From the outset, this was billed simply as a missing person case following the last person to witness the potential victim alive before she disappeared. What ended up making this book so good was the transformation into a coming of age story about growing up in the late 90s and seemingly having to grow up faster than the average teenager should have to. While the focus of this book strayed from this missing persons case earlier than I wanted it to, the transition into the supernatural was a surprise but not necessarily an unwelcomed one. After wrapping my head around that and getting to know more about snakes than I ever thought I would, the race to the finish line and reaching the final outcome of this story was interesting to say the least. There were a lot of layers to the overall story in this one, which places this book into a lot of different genres. The main character and his journey throughout this book was a really unique one and set the stage for a story that, in some ways, really catches you off guard. While I didn't necessarily get what I expected from this book, I was left satisfied with how thing eventually played out by the final page turn.