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fruitkate's review against another edition
adventurous
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
3.0
ladyvictoriadiana's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
cg1256's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Characters seem different to how they were in the show, however the book was written very early into the show when the characters weren’t as established.
eyan_birt's review against another edition
skimmed through. Didn't like the way Kira's thoughts were spelled out regarding Julian, felt jarring. Not compelling enough to keep my interest so I mostly skipped through for relevant details.
jenf's review against another edition
2.0
Unfortunately due to how early the book was written the characters act out of character.
frakalot's review against another edition
3.0
So much attitude! I felt like almost every character had an opportunity to flip out on every other character at some point during this story.
The basic premise is good and familiar with Sisko trying to deal diplomatically with the arrogant and audacious cardassian empire, while religious extremism, assassination attempts and wormhole instabilities plague our beloved space station and its inhabitants.
The basic premise is good and familiar with Sisko trying to deal diplomatically with the arrogant and audacious cardassian empire, while religious extremism, assassination attempts and wormhole instabilities plague our beloved space station and its inhabitants.
clockless's review against another edition
2.0
I don't want to fault the book too much for what it gets wrong. Ideas like ships needing impulse buffers before entering the wormhole were discarded early, but the book was written too early to know that would happen. Some of the characters act a little weird, Odo apparently drinks... these are just things that happen when you write a book before the show airs. It's not a big deal.
My problem with the book is more fundamental to the plot. For one, while the book is ostensibly about Kira, it's really Bashir that does most of the heavy-lifting, with a little deus ex machina thrown in for good measure. The idea that space needs to be, or can be, formally claimed is dubious, but that's not as bad as suggesting that one government would "have a legal case" (with whom?), but a "vote" would go against them, because the "rest of the world" (c'mon, this is basic space stuff) wouldn't be happy if they won (I'm sorry if that doesn't make too much sense, I tried to keep it vague for spoiler reasons). Then there are strange technological issues, like how they can apparently communicate with the Gamma Quadrant even when the wormhole doesn't exist, or just how they completely forget about transporters.
The book just doesn't have the kind of focus necessary to tell a good story. It could have followed Odo more and his solving of the mystery, or followed Kira and had her and the villain discuss their issues rather than ignore them and punch her way to victory in useless fight scenes, or even just followed the villain, or the Cardassians, or something. Just not O'Brien, I don't like this guy's O'Brien.
My problem with the book is more fundamental to the plot. For one, while the book is ostensibly about Kira, it's really Bashir that does most of the heavy-lifting, with a little deus ex machina thrown in for good measure. The idea that space needs to be, or can be, formally claimed is dubious, but that's not as bad as suggesting that one government would "have a legal case" (with whom?), but a "vote" would go against them, because the "rest of the world" (c'mon, this is basic space stuff) wouldn't be happy if they won (I'm sorry if that doesn't make too much sense, I tried to keep it vague for spoiler reasons). Then there are strange technological issues, like how they can apparently communicate with the Gamma Quadrant even when the wormhole doesn't exist, or just how they completely forget about transporters.
The book just doesn't have the kind of focus necessary to tell a good story. It could have followed Odo more and his solving of the mystery, or followed Kira and had her and the villain discuss their issues rather than ignore them and punch her way to victory in useless fight scenes, or even just followed the villain, or the Cardassians, or something. Just not O'Brien, I don't like this guy's O'Brien.
kaysal's review against another edition
2.0
way too much detail, and i absolutely did not understand bashir's interaction with the wormhole aliens.
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