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vesper1931's review
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
The Enterprise is hurled into another galaxy, millions of light years out of their home galaxy, while investigating an anomaly. Straight into a war. They then discover the Destroyers. Will they be able to find their way home.
An entertaining story, another re-read.
An entertaining story, another re-read.
littlemisselvis's review against another edition
4.0
Could easily picture this as an episode. Long build up for a seemingly quick resolution. Enjoyed some of the ambiguity of the “observer”. Very close to the characters established on screen.
even_steven's review
3.0
The strengths of the book include DeWeese’s description of how universal translators work, which was always something taken for granted in the TV show(s). Beyond this, he develops a fairly interesting premise, but really under-delivers by the end of the book. Without going into any detail, the narrative lacked satisfactory explanations in places and pacing was occasionally off. Lastly, DeWeese needed to work out a synonym for ‘jury-rigged’, because he uses the term repeatedly in the final third of the book. Maybe that’s just a pet peeve, though. Overall, it was an entertaining read, but the story sort of disintegrated in the final 40 pages.
clockless's review against another edition
5.0
Surprisingly excellent. If it weren't so reliant on the reader bringing knowledge of the characters and setting in with them, it would work perfectly well as a standalone novel. The plot itself is, from a standard fiction point of view, almost timid and slow, but from a Star Trek perspective it is absolutely perfect. This is what a Star Trek story is supposed to be. My biggest problem with it that they used the refit Enterprise on the cover, though I suppose it is prettier.
birdmanseven's review
3.0
I don't have strong feelings either way with this one. Of all the Trek books I've read, this was the most like an episode. The characterizations were right, but the pacing was slow. Not a particularly satisfying conclusion either.
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