Review: Fan Fiction: A Mem-Noir: Inspired by True Events, by Brent Spiner, 2021

Fan Fiction: A Mem-Noir: Inspired by True Events by Brent Spiner
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Fan Fiction: A Mem-Noir: Inspired by True Events, by Brent Spiner, 2021

Weird, fun, loopy, and self-referential, I think you have to be a Star Trek: TNG fan to be able to appreciate this book. It's not groundbreaking nor probably turn into a future classic, but it had its moments. It's part memoir, part fiction-noir pastiche, but generally entertaining and makes me wonder how much is true.

The story starts off with a pig's penis, death threats from Lal, Data's android daughter, twin ladies of interest, and some killings or murders. Along the way, we get tidbits of what set life is like for an actor working on a Star Trek set in Hollywood.

Overall, Brent Spiner did manage to get more than a few hearty chortles out of me, out loud. I say listen to the audiobook, read by Spiner himself, and it'll be worth your while, mostly.

I rate this book 3.75 stars out of 5 stars.

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Review: The Tenant, by Katrine Engberg, 2016

The Tenant by Katrine Engberg
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

The Tenant, by Katrine Engberg, 2016

The Tenant is a Nordic-noir fiction-crime novel that blends suspenseful drama with Danish police procedural. Copenhagen police detectives Jeppe Korner and Anette Werner are assigned to solve the brutal murder of a young woman whose face is carved with intricate patterns.

The novel started strong and interesting until about halfway when several new characters were introduced, and I couldn't follow what was going on. Part of it, I think, was the names were foreign, and I had a hard time tracking them along with their associated plotlines. Before I knew it, I was at the end of the book, and I had no clue how the bad guy was caught. I realize there were a couple of twists that were supposed to be dark and biting, but I can hardly agree they are as such and think of them more used for shock value or as red herrings.

I rate the book 2.5 out 5 stars.

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