Reviews

One Small Step by Susan Wright

alexbe2ab4's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted 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

3.75

mousie_books's review

Annoyingly, the endings of all the books in the series are in 'What Lay Beyond'.

kstep1805's review

3.0

How do I rate a book like this? It read like a TV episode, even the characters felt compatible with their TV counterparts. It was a quick, easy read but there was nothing literarily excellent about the read. It was formulaic but exciting. I enjoyed it, it gave me exactly what I wanted but didn't engage me at all. So it ends up at a three but maybe deserves a four if enjoyment is the only criteria.

ehsjaysaunders's review

4.0

I enjoyed this first entry in the Gateways series, though it was fighting against the feeling of an episode running overlong.

3.5/5 Fun and Trekky, if a bit sluggish for such a short book.

octavia_cade's review

2.0

An interesting enough beginning to this mini-series of books, though I wish there weren't so many pages of tedious technobabble (why bother with plot or characterisation when you can fill endless paragraphs with made-up bits of computer guts?). On the bright side, Wright's alien threat, the Petraw, are really fun. To be honest, I enjoyed them more than the Enterprise crew! There's so much conflict and back-biting and scheming going on within the Petraw ship that it livens up the story no end.

bdplume's review

3.0

I highly recommend this series to all Trek fans.

jaycatt7's review

3.0

Not bad! This novel is the sequel to one of their dopier episodes, the one in which Kirk is stalked by a beautiful woman who turns out to be a robot whose touch can kill. This story expands in an interesting way on that ridiculous premise. The strongest feature of this story was the introduction of the scavenger aliens. The weakest moment was a continuity error that has Kirk drinking synthehol despite our knowledge from TNG that it didn't exist or wasn't widely known during his lifetime.

I'm looking forward to reading book #2.