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3.89 AVERAGE
3.89 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
challenging
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
medium-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:
Complicated
Now THAT is a Star Trek novel. Although I've enjoyed some of the other Disco novels, this is the first one that really pops. So much action, humour and emotion packed into one book. I absolutely loved it. Maybe because there's almost nothing linking it to Star Trek Discovery? Unlike a previous Disco novel I shall not name, the links tying to canon Trek are subtle, and absolutely do not go over ground that didn't need visiting. I loved my visit to the Pergamum nebula, and I can't wait to read John Jackson Miller's latest book.
Meh
This book reminded me why I'm not a fan of tie-in novels. There was way too much going on, and just as a chapter began to get interesting, the reader is jerked away to another part of the nebula. Pike is weak, Una is underused, and few of the other characters interested me, Galadian being the exception. The subplot of a genius being practically useless, and working to overcome that, was good. Spock was Spock and normally that is not a bad thing, but then we get the freaking red angel to act as the set-up to the painful second season of Discovery. Had I read this before watching S2, I would not have watched S2. So glad I did watch it, though, since Anson Mount breathed life into and totally owned Captain Christopher Pike. All in all, the setting of the nebula was quite apt: this was a slog to navigate, and I was eager to get through it and leave it behind.
This book reminded me why I'm not a fan of tie-in novels. There was way too much going on, and just as a chapter began to get interesting, the reader is jerked away to another part of the nebula. Pike is weak, Una is underused, and few of the other characters interested me, Galadian being the exception. The subplot of a genius being practically useless, and working to overcome that, was good. Spock was Spock and normally that is not a bad thing, but then we get the freaking red angel to act as the set-up to the painful second season of Discovery. Had I read this before watching S2, I would not have watched S2. So glad I did watch it, though, since Anson Mount breathed life into and totally owned Captain Christopher Pike. All in all, the setting of the nebula was quite apt: this was a slog to navigate, and I was eager to get through it and leave it behind.
If you add how much I wanted to like this to how much I actually did, you end up with 2 stars. I was encouraged to press on because of all of the strong reviews, but it never clicked for me. I was excited to read a story set on Pike's Enterprise, but with the crew separated, this rarely felt like one. I perked up whenever we got mention of Talos IV, but it wasn't enough to save it.
We discussed this series in a special episode of the all All the Books Show:
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We discussed this series in a special episode of the all All the Books Show:
https://soundcloud.com/allthebooks/episode-249-lockdown-recommendations-tv
Easily one of the best Star Trek novels I've read in the past few years. The setting on Pike's Enterprise prior to Season 2 of Discovery is very fresh, but even more fresh is the fusion of classic Star Trek scientific problem solving with military sci-fi a la Starship Troopers. If it's been done before in a Trek novel, I haven't seen it.
Now somebody get John Jackson Miller a fat contract for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds tie-in novels! *does a quick google* Oh yeah, The High Country coming in February 2023. I cannot wait!
Now somebody get John Jackson Miller a fat contract for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds tie-in novels! *does a quick google* Oh yeah, The High Country coming in February 2023. I cannot wait!
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Although this book is in the Discovery Series Dicovery gets no more than half a dozen passing mentions. It's a Pike Enterprise story, but interesting and enjoyable all the same. Enterprise is exploring a difficult area of space when the Klingon War breaks out and is told to stay there. Crew are abducted and ther are 2 enemies to beware of. They all seem stranded and think everyone else is dead but .....
Bit of an unresolved ending for Spock .
Bit of an unresolved ending for Spock .