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Lädt ... A Little More Human: A Novelvon Fiona Maazel
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Meet Phil Snyder: new father, nursing assistant at a cutting-edge biotech facility on Staten Island, and all-around decent guy. Trouble is, his life is falling apart. His wife has betrayed him, his job involves experimental surgeries with strange side effects, and his father is hiding early-onset dementia. Phil also has a special talent he doesn't want to publicize? He's a mind reader and moonlights as Brainstorm, a costumed superhero. But when Phil wakes up from a blackout drunk and is confronted with photos that seem to show him assaulting an unknown woman, even superpowers won't help him. Try as he might, Phil can't remember that night, and so, haunted by the need to know, he mind-reads his way through the lab techs at work, adoring fans at Toy Polloi, and anyone else who gets in his way, in an attempt to determine whether he's capable of such violence. A Little More Human, rife with layers of paranoia and conspiracy, questions how well we really know ourselves, showcasing Fiona Maazel at her tragicomic, freewheeling best. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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But the story didn’t come together for me. I tried to recall the reasons why Phil was pulled into this elaborate scheme and just couldn’t connect the dots, nor could I do so with the roles, motivations, and cap/abilities of the mysterious blackmailers. And the same goes for (that other character)’s reason for getting involved, and pulling in so many people in the process. I could see that Maazel was hinting strongly at various connections, then blazed onto the next revelation before they could click.
Additionally, it ended so abruptly that it left me dissatisfied. I literally sat back and was like, “Wait...that’s it?”
It was a fun romp, truly. But a fun writing style can’t make up for a rough and slipshod plot progression. ( )