Reviews

The Escape by Dean Wesley Smith, Kristine Kathryn Rusch

glitterkitter's review against another edition

This is from so early on in the show's run and you can tell the authors weren't that familiar with the characters yet. They read like caricatures of basic descriptions of the characters rather than what they actually read as.
Cool plot concept, though too many time travel concepts make my head hurt.

tanya_the_spack's review against another edition

3.0

Characterization of the crew way off (probably written before the show actually aired, so understandable but still very annoying) but enjoyable plot and very interesting concept.

alexbe2ab4's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious relaxing tense medium-paced

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

4.75

annelives's review against another edition

4.0

Absolutely hysterical! Peter David does a great job capturing the personalities of the Voyager crew.

cheryl6of8's review against another edition

3.0

3.5 stars. Temporal mechanics is not my best sci-fi subject, so I was a bit overwhelmed by the idea of back-timing and things that happened/unhappened. But, when I stopped trying to understand it and went with the flow I was fine. Probably the best moment for me was, while on my way to my statistics class, reading a conversation about the Mean Time Control,, with Neelix wanting B'Elanna to show the Alcawellians that she could also be "mean," and Harry saying "that's not what I mean, I mean . . ." Since we had just finished covering mean, median, and mode in statistics, that cracked me up.

The other thing I found intriguing was the antigravity pads that Drickel was using to levitate things, since they have just started talking about tractor beams that can levitate objects powered by sound waves. The longer I live, the more realistic Star Trek's vision of the future becomes -- in part because people are inspired by Star Trek. Or is that another time loop paradox thing?

All in all, an interesting story, with nice sci-fi stuff and good development of the relationships among the crew.

amyz001's review against another edition

3.0

An interesting sci-fi premise which had a lot of potential. I felt there were a few missed opportunities to play up the "ghost" story elements and a lot of the time travel drama was conveniently missed out. The time travel elements were well explained to fill in plot holes and prevent paradoxes but the story didn't hold my interest enough and made it hard to get through the explanations. The high drama point lacked excitement too as the way to resolve it seemed fairly predictable (Although the plan afterwards does make you realise it isn't as easy as you think).

All in all enjoyable enough - may have benefitted from being a little longer to get into some of the excitement of trying to outwit a species who are experts in time travel.

madisonreadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

4.25

I really liked this book. Even though some of the characters were a little off, due to this being written early in the series, the story was captivating and the time travel emelements were very imteresting. 

frakalot's review against another edition

4.0

Fantastic! I really liked this one. The story is very interesting and moves along at a good pace. Apart from The Doctor's name and tagline, l thought all of the characters were portrayed very accurately.

scottishrain's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

bethlovescake's review

4.0

First of all this review will be biased because I am a Star Trek Voyager fan. After finishing the full voyager series on Netflix in December I was looking for more stories about Captain Janeway and the crew. I received The Escape for Christmas, since I already knew the story-line covering the caretaker and the Delta Quadrant I decided to dive into book #2. I really liked this book because it was a light easy read allowing me to imagine in my minds eye the events as I read them. The book really does play out like a long episode. I look forward to reading the next novel in this series.