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jazzypizzaz's review against another edition
3.0
Star Trek books are best read according to author, and what I love about ab Hugh is how much personality he infuses into his writing: silly but evocative imagery, strange often visceral word choice, colorful analogies, bold action, melodrama. I don't read/watch Star Trek for its "battles" (it should be about: ethical dilemmas, the human condition, space opera politics, wacky space nonsense...), but I did really enjoy the ones throughout this book. Action without substance bores me, but the ones here were wrapped up in scientific problem-solving and creative solutions, as well as infused with ab Hugh's particular humor, so it remained interesting throughout. The dilemma involving Worf's allegiance is better explored in canon, but also still interesting enough to read about in this situation.
I spent the majority of this book either cackling to myself or riveted by whether/how the crew would survive, but from an overall perspective I have to mention for the sake of this review that it's a pretty dumb book. There are various plot holes; characters don't figure out obvious things right away for the sake of suspense; characterization is often caricatured (for humorous or dramatic effect); dialogue is written more for effect than makes sense for characters to actually say sometimes; the established relationships between characters don't quite fit into where this is supposed to be in canon... but the book overall *was* fast-paced and really fun, which is all I was truly looking for.
I spent the majority of this book either cackling to myself or riveted by whether/how the crew would survive, but from an overall perspective I have to mention for the sake of this review that it's a pretty dumb book. There are various plot holes; characters don't figure out obvious things right away for the sake of suspense; characterization is often caricatured (for humorous or dramatic effect); dialogue is written more for effect than makes sense for characters to actually say sometimes; the established relationships between characters don't quite fit into where this is supposed to be in canon... but the book overall *was* fast-paced and really fun, which is all I was truly looking for.
mikki_9's review
4.0
A bit wordy, but a great book! It’s the first I’ve read of anything to do with Star Trek and I will definitely read more now
sailsgoboom's review
3.0
Star Trek books are best read according to author, and what I love about ab Hugh is how much personality he infuses into his writing: silly but evocative imagery, strange often visceral word choice, colorful analogies, bold action, melodrama. I don't read/watch Star Trek for its "battles" (it should be about: ethical dilemmas, the human condition, space opera politics, wacky space nonsense...), but I did really enjoy the ones throughout this book. Action without substance bores me, but the ones here were wrapped up in scientific problem-solving and creative solutions, as well as infused with ab Hugh's particular humor, so it remained interesting throughout. The dilemma involving Worf's allegiance is better explored in canon, but also still interesting enough to read about in this situation.
I spent the majority of this book either cackling to myself or riveted by whether/how the crew would survive, but from an overall perspective I have to mention for the sake of this review that it's a pretty dumb book. There are various plot holes; characters don't figure out obvious things right away for the sake of suspense; characterization is often caricatured (for humorous or dramatic effect); dialogue is written more for effect than makes sense for characters to actually say sometimes; the established relationships between characters don't quite fit into where this is supposed to be in canon... but the book overall *was* fast-paced and really fun, which is all I was truly looking for.
I spent the majority of this book either cackling to myself or riveted by whether/how the crew would survive, but from an overall perspective I have to mention for the sake of this review that it's a pretty dumb book. There are various plot holes; characters don't figure out obvious things right away for the sake of suspense; characterization is often caricatured (for humorous or dramatic effect); dialogue is written more for effect than makes sense for characters to actually say sometimes; the established relationships between characters don't quite fit into where this is supposed to be in canon... but the book overall *was* fast-paced and really fun, which is all I was truly looking for.
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