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The Star of Hesiock by John Rankine 0. Never the Same Door by John Rankine 0. Forgotten Rocket by John Rankine 0. The Bromius Phenomenon is not the worst book I have read during this little project, but it is certainly the most poorly edited.
Entire paragraphs are either missing or unwritten in this book, which made for a disjointed experience with terrible pacing. I wish the story inside were compelling enough to make up for these issues. Instead, it was fairly boring, and the big mystery had no punch to it at all. Dag Fletcher is an uneven character, alternating between stoic leadership and murderous behavior seemingly at random. Plenty of interchangeable humanoid aliens are burnt by the laser of the fearless leader, which only seems to have a 'stun' setting, so he can decide to use lethal force instead.
When it came to females character development, The Bromius Phenomenon began and ended with what the girls were wearing and how horny they were at the moment. I cannot even provide an adequate plot synopsis, as it rarely was cohesive, and interesting even less. Summary—what you have here is pulp sci-fi at its lowest. Bad puns, an impossible-to-follow plot, watered down action, terrible dialogue, and wooden characters make The Bromius Phenomenon an awful experience.
If I ever procreate, I will read this book aloud to my children as punishment when they spill paint in the garage. Perusing Rankine's wiki page, I discovered that this book was the fifth and final volume of the 'Dag Fletcher Series'. Maybe the first few books were better? Sep 26, Scott Nieradka rated it did not like it Recommended to Scott by: No, it fails miserably everywhere. You know how in detective novels, they will rely on a clever bit of description, odd details, etc, for entertainment, those parts that make your internal voice read it with a Brooklyn accent.
Or maybe that's just me.
This book tries to do that, and fails horribly. Every three paragraphs there is a random detail, that makes no sense, oh sigh. Every three paragraphs there is a random detail, that makes no sense, oh whatever, in short, the author thinks he is way cooler than he is, and it just ends up awkward. For instance, he feels the need to yammer on every 4 pages about the main female characters stuffed dog looking lewd or something. Talking about characters, they are equal to most wooden in pulp novels since Our hero, Dag, has no definable traits, motivations, etc, he is a blank slate.
Aliens wear mildly funny hats.
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The editing looks like a expos paper written drunk at 4 am, that had a hasty spellcheck run before handing in at 8am. Except spellcheck didnt exist when this book was written Plot, eh who cares, a ship goes missing, dag goes investigating, the horny aliens are hiding some wanktonium metal supplies, and are dealing with alien generic bad guy aliens for some plot, our hero is constantly under assassination attempts, which he avoids in lame-o action scenes not because of any skill or craftiness, but just cause the plot is easy as pie.
It doesnt matter, the plot is uninspiring.
Look, the experience of reading this book, is like this: He is trying for some reason prove to you that he is cool. Which is confusing cause you arent, you are talking to him after all.
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He is drinking, makers and cokes, you crappy 1 dollar piss beers. Your friend texts he is going to be late. His stories are impossible to follow, and probably not true anyway. Every now and then he drops a 25 cent word which is so jarring with his abrasively boring character, its like hitting your teeth with your can.
The whole situation is annoying, but slightly amusingly so. Months later you see the guy on the street, you recognize him from somewhere, and get a twinge of residual annoyance, but you cant remember a thing about what he said. Apr 28, John rated it really liked it Shelves: David Minor rated it liked it Dec 20,