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3.89 AVERAGE
3.89 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
tense
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:
Complicated
This is a great way to continue to feed my appetite for Star Trek stories. Between the Short Treks and other books coming out soon, that will have to tide me over till Discovery and Picard debut.
As for this book, it helps fill some blanks in the Star Trek canon and lends more insights into the characters of Capt. Pike and Spock.
As for this book, it helps fill some blanks in the Star Trek canon and lends more insights into the characters of Capt. Pike and Spock.
The first third of this book was really a slog for me, mostly because I kept getting frustrated with the behavior of the characters and the overall plot. Then the book settled into a more Star Trek-y tone and the characters started behaving more like how I imagine them. The characterization of Spock, in particular, seemed spot on. The story ends up being a quintessentially Star Trek one, so by the end my 1 Star review had rebounded to a 3.
This book made me even more anxious to see Strange New Worlds when it comes out. Absolutely amazing story. You would not regret reading this.
The story itself is good. Well written and entertaining. I liked all of the characters. Pike is a great Star Trek captain. My problem is the cookie-cutter plot. There's really nothing special about it. Oh hey. These aliens are fighting these aliens because they're different and don't know how to communicate. How original.
The canon also confused me. This is set in the early TOS era and yet they're waaaay out in territory that was on the fringe 150 years later in the DS9 era. That's been an ongoing problem with the prequel shows. They get sloppy with the details.
The canon also confused me. This is set in the early TOS era and yet they're waaaay out in territory that was on the fringe 150 years later in the DS9 era. That's been an ongoing problem with the prequel shows. They get sloppy with the details.
I’m afraid this is my least favourite of the Discovery novels thus far. There are a lot of bits that I enjoy, but somehow it doesn’t all come together for me.
This is meant to tell the story of what the Enterprise was doing during the Klingon war. OK. Logically, it had to be one year-long mission of some kind. Otherwise, they would have been pulled into the war at some point. The nebula full of pirates just isn’t that interesting to me. Similar things have been done before.
The Rengru are kind of interesting, if not entirely original. There were a few good moments about the Prime Directive and first contact situations. Those were the only things that felt truly Star Trek-ish. Without them, this might have been any space opera.
I like what Miller did with Pike. We got some glimpses into how much Talos IV impacted him which will pay off later in season two of Discovery and in “The Menagerie”.
Overall, this is not a bad read, but in comparison with the other Discovery novels I just couldn’t give it more than three stars.
This is meant to tell the story of what the Enterprise was doing during the Klingon war. OK. Logically, it had to be one year-long mission of some kind. Otherwise, they would have been pulled into the war at some point. The nebula full of pirates just isn’t that interesting to me. Similar things have been done before.
The Rengru are kind of interesting, if not entirely original. There were a few good moments about the Prime Directive and first contact situations. Those were the only things that felt truly Star Trek-ish. Without them, this might have been any space opera.
I like what Miller did with Pike. We got some glimpses into how much Talos IV impacted him which will pay off later in season two of Discovery and in “The Menagerie”.
Overall, this is not a bad read, but in comparison with the other Discovery novels I just couldn’t give it more than three stars.
Solid 3.75 stars.
This took me a bit to get into because in my opinion it started out slow but once the story and the action started going I did not want to leave my car and actually wanted to get stuck in traffic (I listened to the audio). As with most fans of Star Trek Discovery, I LOVED season 2 with the introduction of some familiar characters from Star Trek lore such as Christopher Pike, Spock, and Number One. To have them fleshed out even further through this book was such a treat and the other characters that were introduced were also equally as enjoyable. We saw very little of the actual Enterprise during Discovery so it was great to revisit it.
This took me a bit to get into because in my opinion it started out slow but once the story and the action started going I did not want to leave my car and actually wanted to get stuck in traffic (I listened to the audio). As with most fans of Star Trek Discovery, I LOVED season 2 with the introduction of some familiar characters from Star Trek lore such as Christopher Pike, Spock, and Number One. To have them fleshed out even further through this book was such a treat and the other characters that were introduced were also equally as enjoyable. We saw very little of the actual Enterprise during Discovery so it was great to revisit it.
Easily the best of the Discovery tie-in novels I’ve read so far. (Though I admittedly haven’t read the Stamets or Saru novels.) Looking forward to maybe seeing this story play out in Strange New Worlds. The renaissance of Captain Pike!
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