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

4 reviews

theferret's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Drug use, Stalking, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Death

Minor: Child abuse, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Blood, and Sexual content

calamitywindpetal's review

funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Stalking, and Death

Moderate: Gore, Drug use, Sexual content, Car accident, Murder, Vomit, Medical content, Mental illness, Grief, Violence, Gun violence, and Blood

Minor: Animal death, Alcohol, and Adult/minor relationship

betanine's review against another edition

adventurous funny inspiring mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This is a case where I think the audio is well worth an investment and adds a quality the print version cannot have. 

It’s hard to tell how much of this is based on truth and how much is fictionalized. Spiner delves into self deprecating humor while sharing life lessons he learned at a point in life while acting in Star Trek: The Next Generation. I truly a good bit of this story is highly exaggerated. In the end, it is a well told story that amuses me, wrapped in a mystery, with some deeper lessons to contemplate. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Child abuse, Alcohol, Sexual content, and Drug use

laurareads87's review

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious reflective fast-paced

4.25

As an absolute diehard Trekkie/Trekker, when I saw Brent Spiner's new book Fan Fiction: A Mem-Noir Inspired by True Events I immediately signed up to receive a copy without even really reading the description. I'm so glad I did. The basic premise of the book is that Brent Spiner, an actor playing Data on Star Trek: Next Generation in 1991, begins receiving menacing, threatening, and downright bizarre letters from, it seems, an obsessive fan. What follows is a hilarious adventure. The book is packed with appearances by Trek favourites (the cast of Next Generation as well as Gene Roddenberry himself) and while I don't think one needs to be a Trek fan to like the book, certainly the references will be more apparent (and quite possibly more hilarious) to those who do know Next Generation. I don't even like audiobooks but knowing that Brent Spiner will, of course, be narrating this one, I plan to pick up a copy, and I've already recommended the book to several fellow Trek fans in my life. So much fun!
Thank you to St. Martin's Press & NetGalley for an ARC.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking

Moderate: Alcohol, Child abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, and Mental illness

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, and Violence