Spice Trader

Henry Neilsen (Goodreads Author)

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Peter, along with his friends Jemima and Patrick, are long time partygoers and recreational drug users. During one of their regular nights out, Patrick introduces the trio to "Spice", a new drug with some special properties. To their knowledge, it has no negative effects, isn't addictive, and can't be traced in the bloodstream. The trio wake up with nothing more than a han ...more

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Published October 31st 2020 by Henry Neilsen

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Nov 30, 2020 Christian Leonard Quale rated it really liked it

Disclaimer: I got this book through Reedsy Discovery in exchange for a fair review, and I promise that my review is fair and honest one.

Spice Trader is a quick, entertaining, suspense-story about some friends who stumble into the drug trade almost by accident, and find themselves having to continue stumbling through an increasing amount of unexpected challenges.

It’s hard to write much about what actually happens in this book without giving anything away, but the reader follows Peter, who, along Disclaimer: I got this book through Reedsy Discovery in exchange for a fair review, and I promise that my review is fair and honest one.

Spice Trader is a quick, entertaining, suspense-story about some friends who stumble into the drug trade almost by accident, and find themselves having to continue stumbling through an increasing amount of unexpected challenges.

It’s hard to write much about what actually happens in this book without giving anything away, but the reader follows Peter, who, along with his friends, enjoys drugs… perhaps a little more than he’d like. An event causes Peter to rethink his relationship to drugs, and he goes from being a user to being a producer. Unfortunately, along with money and a personal supply, Peter also conjures up some unwanted attention.

I’m a fan of short, snappy, suspense-novels, so my main gripe with Spice Trader is one that I rarely have: it could have been longer. A large chunk of the book is spent setting up for the main act. That’s not to say the setup was boring, because it wasn’t, but the setup was solid, and elaborate enough that this book could easily have held me captive for another hundred pages. The characters are filled in well in the ways that matter, and we get to know just enough about them to care – but little enough that a suspenseful veil of uncertainty hangs over what they might be thinking, what they might do next, and who they really are.

The way we get inside the head of the main character, Peter, is effective and well executed. His increasing confusion and desperation shines through, and the way he thinks, and acts, resonates well with the impression I got of his state of mind.

The Big Brother-esque tech-angle in this story fizzles out quicker than I wanted it to, and ends up feeling like a conceit (albeit an effective one) rather than a full-fledged element of the story. This doesn’t make the story worse, but I felt that ever-increasing government surveillance could have been spun into something rather exciting and interesting, especially in the context of low-key drug production and trading.

I really enjoyed Spice Trader. It is a quick read that will keep you entertained until it ends, even though it ended sooner than I’d like. If you want a quick escapist journey into the shady world of drugs, this book is well worth your time. ...more

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Nov 02, 2020 Samantha Wells rated it really liked it

Firstly I must clarify that I received this book as a free copy from Voracious Readers Only in exchange for an honest review. This is definitely not my usual type of genre. I always opt for police procedural/ whodunnits but when I read the blurb for this book I was intrigued. Three friends that are pretty much failing in any real achievements in life begin down a dangerous and unusual path in the world of drug supplying. Couple this with drastic changes around the laws of keeping tabs on everyon ...more

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Oct 22, 2020 Myra Mcculloch rated it really liked it

A free book from Voracious Readers thank you.

The story around the characters and their drug habits uses the changes to laws that track our whereabouts using today's technology. How the criminals used that same technology to track down Pete and viciously warm him away from infringing on their drug trade. ...more

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