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meggytheweggy's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
strangeeigenfunction's review against another edition
adventurous
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
2.5
I didn't really appreciate the treatment here of the "space case", both as a portrayal of someone who is traumatized, and in terms of internal logic about how Starfleet should deal with the situation.
(there are also so many bits that would be contenders for r/AreTheStraightsOK . This book is kinda weird about that, but then I vaguely recall that being something Peter David does generally.)
(there are also so many bits that would be contenders for r/AreTheStraightsOK . This book is kinda weird about that, but then I vaguely recall that being something Peter David does generally.)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cannibalism, Violence, and Gore
Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Car accident, Death of parent, and Gun violence
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Ableism, Alcohol, Medical content, and Suicidal thoughts
An adult/minor relationship doesn't actually happen but a teenage girl hits on Riker a lot. Suicidal thoughts come up in a perilous and potentially fatal situation. The cannibalism is on the part of genetically engineered creatures that accidentally turned out as monsters.hereticburger's review against another edition
3.0
The big, glaring error with this novel, is that it pays very little attention to the way in which one of the characters has been traumatised to the point of mental illness, by federation policies. There is so much milage in that idea, yet there is a couple of paragraphs about it.
An oppertunity wasted, but gets a star more than other similar books by including it at all.
An oppertunity wasted, but gets a star more than other similar books by including it at all.
loana10's review against another edition
5.0
Le livre est vraiment bien écrire. C’est mon deuxième livre de l’auteur. Lecture rapide car l’intrigue est intéressant. Les personnes sont bien écrie et leurs ressemblant à comment il sont dans l’émission. Une bonne aventure, de humours et un peu de Imzadi.
frakalot's review against another edition
5.0
I must admit that David seems to have put a good bit of effort into this one and it pays off very well in this story.
At times creepy, freaky, scary, brutal, sad, touching, clever and occasionally even funny. The concept for this story is pretty unique
At times creepy, freaky, scary, brutal, sad, touching, clever and occasionally even funny. The concept for this story is pretty unique
refusetoshine's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
djwudi's review against another edition
3.0
Riker’s sent off on a B-plot, so a troublesome first officer is temporarily assigned to the Enterprise in the hopes that Picard can corral this loose cannon. He’s an ass, but is he unstable?
octavia_cade's review against another edition
3.0
I remember reading this as a kid! I liked it then and I like it now - and most of that's down to the portrayal of Troi. She kind of got the short end of the stick in a lot of TNG episodes, reduced to stating the obvious much of the time, so I really appreciate that here, David shows her as a highly competent professional, a well-trained and well-regarded psychologist with a challenging case in the form of an officer temporarily seconded to the Enterprise.
That officer, Stone... well, I have mixed feelings about him. I think he's effectively abrasive, and he can certainly out-manoeuvre many of the people around him. While I can often find that appealing in a character, I do think he's a little over the top. He once comments, somewhat snarkily, on questions of style, and I think that's the issue. I want to see an ambiguous officer who is questionably sane, because that is interesting in the context of the well-ordered structure of the Enterprise, but what I am getting is an ambiguous officer who is questionably sane but who I think I'm supposed to see as cool. Even his back story is over the top, and I don't for one minute believe that the Federation would admit as members planets who see no problem torturing children and infants to death for political purposes. Not for one minute, but it's the style isn't it, that insertion of edge for coolness factor. This is something that turns up in another of David's characters, but where Stone is merely over the top, Calhoun - who I admittedly loathe - is full on caricature, albeit come from the same mould. I can't help but think that Stone is an early version, or at least an influence, on what Calhoun turned out to be. (If only any of the New Frontier women were portrayed as well as Troi is here.)
Anyway. Easy, quick, fun read. Troi is excellent, may there be many more stories like this for her in the rest of the tie-in novels.
That officer, Stone... well, I have mixed feelings about him. I think he's effectively abrasive, and he can certainly out-manoeuvre many of the people around him. While I can often find that appealing in a character, I do think he's a little over the top. He once comments, somewhat snarkily, on questions of style, and I think that's the issue. I want to see an ambiguous officer who is questionably sane, because that is interesting in the context of the well-ordered structure of the Enterprise, but what I am getting is an ambiguous officer who is questionably sane but who I think I'm supposed to see as cool. Even his back story is over the top, and I don't for one minute believe that the Federation would admit as members planets who see no problem torturing children and infants to death for political purposes. Not for one minute, but it's the style isn't it, that insertion of edge for coolness factor. This is something that turns up in another of David's characters, but where Stone is merely over the top, Calhoun - who I admittedly loathe - is full on caricature, albeit come from the same mould. I can't help but think that Stone is an early version, or at least an influence, on what Calhoun turned out to be. (If only any of the New Frontier women were portrayed as well as Troi is here.)
Anyway. Easy, quick, fun read. Troi is excellent, may there be many more stories like this for her in the rest of the tie-in novels.
birdmanseven's review against another edition
2.0
I like Peter David. I like Riker. I like Troi. I did not like this. Stone could have been an interesting character but the author just never sold it. Also, disciplinary steps for an officer behaving like Stone would not be a promotion to second in command of the flag ship. That's crazy. And so was this book.
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