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caffeine_books's review
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.75
Seriously, who wouldn't love Spock as a pirate? No wonder he had women swooning for him. His actions don't measure up with the man we all know and love but the writer manages to pull it off at the end of the novel. A light, fluffy, fun read.
taaya's review against another edition
3.0
Einige Schwächen, aber kein schlechtes Buch. Interessant und schnell zu lesen.
elysareadsitall's review against another edition
4.0
This book is one of my favorite Star Trek novels. It was exciting. The characters encounter new and old aliens, and one of the characters goes on an increasingly surprising adventure.
piburnjones's review against another edition
1.0
The main thing I remember about this book is a bit near the end where Kirk exclaims, and I just howled with laughter. Because... omgwtfwaffles.
It took me a moment to be sure that Kirk didn't mean, because at this point, I would not have put anything past this book. He didn't, but the mental image just made me laugh harder.
It was already not a good book, but that made up for a lot of it.
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"Spock, you're a plant!"It took me a moment to be sure that Kirk didn't mean
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an actual leaf-growing photosynthsizing kind of plantIt was already not a good book, but that made up for a lot of it.
octavia_cade's review against another edition
1.0
This has an excellent beginning but that's about all that can be said for it. I've never read anything from this author before, but it's clear she is very fond of Spock - this entire book is basically a panegyric to his supreme wonderfulness. It gets so over the top in places that it borders on the ridiculous - Spock as a pirate with a jewel in his ear and a fancy cloak, saving maidens and having famous (terrible) poetry written about him, and all of this is a too-lengthy blind for a very obvious twist. Basically, this book relies on the idiot plot - people not figuring out what's going on because they've suddenly and inexplicably lost half their IQ. There's Spock, who suffers heroically from an untreated injury, for which I felt no sympathy because he had the chance to get treated and chose not to - it's not as if the treatment time would have lost him much. After the wound is exacerbated almost unto death, it takes 3 days after McCoy has healed him for Spock to be up and about, which tells me if he'd only followed medical orders when they were given his recovery time would have been significantly less... and would not have affected his mission, but there's that suffering heroically like a numpty to show off with. (Idiot.) There's the court-martial panel, which is blatantly and obviously having their own agenda, which no-one picks up on. (Idiots.) There's the fact that Spock and Scott go missing and none of the Enterprise crew really bothers to tell Kirk, or even give that much of a shit, frankly. (Idiots.) I could go on, but this is mostly cringe-worthy romanticising of Spock interrupted with idiot plot, and you are better off going to read The Wrath of Khan.
joelshults's review
2.0
Wow, this one's a stinker. They should've called it something like Spock the Secret Space Pirate.
reeshadovahsil's review
4.0
This book is basically a crazy season of TOS if TOS ever did long-form storytelling throughout an entire season. It's so ridiculous, it's good—in the way that ridiculous TOS episodes were good.
It's silly, it's fun, it's packed with fanfiction tropes, it's adventurous, it's inconsistent and slapdash in the classic Star Trek manner, and it's written in a very quick, easy-to-read, uncomplicated fashion, so it was a breeze to get through.
I truly and unironically enjoyed it.
It's silly, it's fun, it's packed with fanfiction tropes, it's adventurous, it's inconsistent and slapdash in the classic Star Trek manner, and it's written in a very quick, easy-to-read, uncomplicated fashion, so it was a breeze to get through.
I truly and unironically enjoyed it.
markk's review
2.0
During a shift in which the crew is training a group of cadets an explosion suddenly tears through the bridge of the U.S.S. Enterprise. Though weakened and suffering from a shard of shrapnel lodged next to his spine, Spock refuses medical treatment as he launches an investigation into the cause of the blast. Enlisting Commander Scott's help, Spock traces a missing yeoman to a barren planet, where the two men encounter small parties of Romulans and Klingons before the three groups are captured by an previously unknown aggressive species. In the months that follow Spock undergoes arrest, imprisonment, and a succession of exploits that will end on the bridge of a Romulan warship as it prepares to destroy the Enterprise and his former crewmates.
Sonni Cooper's book starts off with a bang and never lets up, as she races her readers through a series of twists and turns, burning through plot enough for three novels in the hands of other authors. The pacing is so rapid that it is easy to overlook the problems with Cooper's story and the lack of development of the secondary characters, many of whom are distinguished more by their names and physical descriptions than by anything distinctive that they bring to the narrative. In the end this is very much Spock's novel, and fans of his character likely will enjoy the many adventures on which the author sends him.
Sonni Cooper's book starts off with a bang and never lets up, as she races her readers through a series of twists and turns, burning through plot enough for three novels in the hands of other authors. The pacing is so rapid that it is easy to overlook the problems with Cooper's story and the lack of development of the secondary characters, many of whom are distinguished more by their names and physical descriptions than by anything distinctive that they bring to the narrative. In the end this is very much Spock's novel, and fans of his character likely will enjoy the many adventures on which the author sends him.
littleragondin's review
2.0
I can't say it was a very good or well written book, but damn! it was a fun ride. In a "wtf is happening? Is *Spock* actually doing that?" kind of way.
The prose is nothing to gush about, the pacing felt pretty terrible to me, and that ending was both rushed *and* a pretty weak way to resolve all the story (I actually groaned when I read it).
I don't think every idea in there is to throw away tho: I liked the idea of the Tomarii, I thought the interractions of Spock and the Romulans could have been very interesting and carry a lot of emotional weight, and all the martial court story could have made a pretty great thriller-in-space plot.
Sadly, none of those ideas were used to their full potential, I think mostly because there were so many of them at the same time. We jump between the various plots *and* two different places (where Spock is and where the Enterprise is) during the whole novel, which gave a very disjointed feeling to the story.
So I finished the book, had my share of fun with what was there, but I won't reread it and I wouldn't recommand it.
The prose is nothing to gush about, the pacing felt pretty terrible to me, and that ending was both rushed *and* a pretty weak way to resolve all the story (I actually groaned when I read it).
I don't think every idea in there is to throw away tho: I liked the idea of the Tomarii, I thought the interractions of Spock and the Romulans could have been very interesting and carry a lot of emotional weight, and all the martial court story could have made a pretty great thriller-in-space plot.
Sadly, none of those ideas were used to their full potential, I think mostly because there were so many of them at the same time. We jump between the various plots *and* two different places (where Spock is and where the Enterprise is) during the whole novel, which gave a very disjointed feeling to the story.
So I finished the book, had my share of fun with what was there, but I won't reread it and I wouldn't recommand it.
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