The Return of the Incredible Exploding Man (Paperback)

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Mon, 16 Dec 2019 | Review by: Breakaway R.

Something isn’t right here…nothing’s happening…that would do it Alex Dolan is a failing journalist, let go from his job at the globe he is out of work, out of money and as the bills add up, out of luck. Until the worlds 5th wealthiest man offers Alex a job reporting on the worlds largest supercollider. Little does Alex know that this small town will change his life? Dave Hutchinson does a brilliant job of building the picture of a sleepy town in Iowa where nothing happens, but something is wrong with the place. The book follows Alex as he accepts the job and tries to settle into this sleepy town where everyone knows everyone, the book covers a period of time similar to a year but I personally found it strangely disorientating were jumped in time into barely marked by any major events. The characters are nicely written if very 2d dimensional along with the town however this cleverly seems to add to the tension as the story unfolds. When a series of unfortunate events begin to plague Alex’s life he suspects the collider to have some influence, however, the book only begins to pick up pace and become exciting and engaging close to the end (my kindle read 80%) this leaves the book finishing with the distinct feeling that the story is only half told and what was presented is a rushed and messy period of time with the last few pages spanning years between paragraphs! This story really feels like its been let down in its presentation. Either a prequel before the collider story was needed as a serrate book, or the end few pages needed moving to their own sequel. This would have done the story Dave has written proper justice, as it is I can’t recommend a book where nothing happens for most of it and where the focus of the book happens so late it is not even fully explored. Alex Breakaway Reviewers received a copy of the book to review

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