Reviews

Star Trek: Year Five - The Wine-Dark Deep by Stephen Thompson, Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing

ogreart's review against another edition

4.0

I enjoyed reading this. There was action and there were deeper questions. I like that the author was not afraid to take a look at some moral and philosophical issues, without having it drag the story down.

trekkifulshay's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.5

nodogsonthemoon's review

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

judythereader's review

adventurous fast-paced

4.0

fammy's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring slow-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? No

4.0

david_agranoff's review against another edition

4.0

I have not figured out a rhythm for writing graphic novel reviews, but let me give you a few thoughts on this comic series. I have mixed feelings about Star Trek Year four and five comics. They are fun, and I enjoy them. There are two ways to write these stories. To make them feel like lost episodes or make use of the lack of budget to tell wild Sci-fi stories that the TV show wanted, but couldn't do.

In this case, they are also telling stories that TOS would not have gotten away with...we will get there in a moment.

I enjoyed 2/3 of the stories, and the first one featuring the Thoalian child, was really interesting, and really built on Thoalian lore as we know. The best storyline however was The Sulu meets A Shape of Water was great, and when they returned to her planet...I loved all that. Loved it.

jbleyle63's review against another edition

3.0

For a fan of the Star Trek--The Original Series like me this series is a real pleasure. The Tholian story thread carried over from the first volume stagnates a bit in this middle volume but I'm willing to see it through, especially to see the WTF return of Gary 7 who is now trying to wipe the Enterprise and crew from existence.

trike's review against another edition

3.0

As with the first installment, they’ve really captured the voices of the characters, so much so that I could hear them as I read. I didn’t find the stories as engaging, but they are solid Trek Space Opera, with this book doing more work to bridge between TOS and TAS. (That’s “The Original Series” and “The Animated Series” for those unfamiliar.)

I didn’t completely buy into Sulu suddenly falling deeply in love with a fish alien, nor Chekov’s plot-driven hotheadedness, which cut down my enjoyment of the middle section, but I quite liked the reappearance of Gary Seven and Isis the shape-shifting cat.

The art is truly stellar (ahem), both telling the story and managing to look like the show. It’s really an impressive feat artists Stephen Thompson and Silvia Califano have pulled off.

lukeisthename34's review against another edition

5.0

Wow! Who would have thought that the most elegant discussion of gender fluidity and non-binary persons, would come from a Star Trek comic?

aspeed's review

adventurous emotional fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0