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Rachel's Rage
Social networking has invented a new hashtag #OffToPhineas, because the newly discovered planet Phineas has a breathable atmosphere. The internet is awash with cats in space suits and Rachel’s headstrong 17-year-old son Benjamin wants to be a Phineas Pioneer. As she races between English cities from London to Liverpool, she tries to find the truth about the Phineas Exploration Company, with the help of her best friend Douglas and the Deuteronomy Collective. Can she prevent Benjamin from leaving Earth for the unknown, or does a much bigger adventure lie ahead of her?
169 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 23, 2019
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April 5, 2019
It's hard for me as a reader to explain how sometimes the author of a book becomes visible. Something about the flow of conversations, the naming of characters, or the construction of the narrative somehow becomes visible and intrusive. I suspect that understanding, and fixing, this is what a professional editor contributes to a book.
There were a couple of really jarring moments (Spoilers):
- telepathy! Mentioned twice, not really relevant to the story, almost unnoticed and unremarked by the characters,
- aliens! Suddenly they existed, it seems everybody except the reader knew, yet there was no effect on society,
- Rachel! For no given reason, an unseen alien emperor, with a predilection for young earth women as brides, has somehow fixated on a middle-aged single mother. He then engages in a plot to obtain her with a millionaire businessman who also unrequitedly loves her and ruins the whole scheme by trying to protect her.
- Ben in the pod! All those pods, filled with thousands of people, and the one the boat bumps into unnecessarily has Ben in it.
The whole switch from space shuttles to "water sky elevators" was peculiar. At first the shuttles were suspiciously unseen, but later everybody knew about the waterwheels and pods.
I didn't particularly like the exposition style recounting at the end of the book. I certainly didn't like the lack of resolution but sadly did not enjoy reading it enough to want to find out should more of this appear.
There were a couple of really jarring moments (Spoilers):
- telepathy! Mentioned twice, not really relevant to the story, almost unnoticed and unremarked by the characters,
- aliens! Suddenly they existed, it seems everybody except the reader knew, yet there was no effect on society,
- Rachel! For no given reason, an unseen alien emperor, with a predilection for young earth women as brides, has somehow fixated on a middle-aged single mother. He then engages in a plot to obtain her with a millionaire businessman who also unrequitedly loves her and ruins the whole scheme by trying to protect her.
- Ben in the pod! All those pods, filled with thousands of people, and the one the boat bumps into unnecessarily has Ben in it.
The whole switch from space shuttles to "water sky elevators" was peculiar. At first the shuttles were suspiciously unseen, but later everybody knew about the waterwheels and pods.
I didn't particularly like the exposition style recounting at the end of the book. I certainly didn't like the lack of resolution but sadly did not enjoy reading it enough to want to find out should more of this appear.
May 13, 2019
I liked the underlying story of this book which has potential but I found it lacked a sense of depth. There were certain themes that were left unexplained and in my opinion had they been explored further would have given the story more substance.
I have left 3 stars because despite my criticism it was perfectly readable and in no way a chore.
I have left 3 stars because despite my criticism it was perfectly readable and in no way a chore.
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