Stephen Amidon
Auteur de Locust Lane
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Œuvres de Stephen Amidon
Something Like the Gods: A Cultural History of the Athlete from Achilles to LeBron (2012) 14 exemplaires
The new city : a novel 1 exemplaire
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Telling Stories: The Best of BBC Radio's Recent Short Fiction v. 4 (1995) — Contributeur — 5 exemplaires
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- Œuvres
- 15
- Aussi par
- 2
- Membres
- 521
- Popularité
- #47,687
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 31
- ISBN
- 64
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- 5
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- 1
Stephen Amidon’s Locust Lane has its share of murder, lies, indiscretions, cover-ups, and a whole lot of family drama. The narrative is shared from the perspectives of Patrick, an alcoholic who is grieving the loss of his own daughter due to a drug overdose and who might have seen the killer while driving on Locust Lane, Danielle (Eden's mother), Alice (Hannah's stepmother), Michel (Christopher's father), and Celia (Jack's mother). I liked the plot structure and found the writing in tense moments quite compelling. Realistic characters (most of whom are flawed and unlikable), strong dialogue (in parts) and a powerful ending (the final 25% was a gripping read) are the strengths of this narrative. Please note, however, this is more of a family drama with a murder mystery at its core than a “thriller” in the true sense of the term. On that note, I found the writing a tad too descriptive and more than mildly repetitive. I generally have no problem with multiple perspectives but I think the pacing suffered due to the same in this book while also contributing to the repetitiveness. I was surprised that we do not get much insight into what’s going on in the minds of the teenagers barring their individual versions (often more than one) of the events from the night of the murder that they share with the adults. I do feel that the mystery angle was well-executed but the “drama” was a bit too much and often took the focus away from the mystery. I do enjoy domestic thrillers only when there is a balance between “domestic” and “thriller” which sadly was not the case with this story.
In short, while I did not dislike Locust Lane, I did not love it.
Many thanks to Celadon Books and NetGalley for the eARC. All opinions expressed in this review are my own.… (plus d'informations)