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spiffytools's review
adventurous
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.25
cpritchett's review against another edition
4.0
Pretty decent for a Voyager novel. I would have really liked to have seen what Kristen Beyer would have done with the beginning of the relaunch.
trumfer's review against another edition
3.0
"Children of the Storm" isn't a bad book, it has an intriguing plot about strange unknown alien, high stakes decisions, personal drama and starship action. But somehow I didn't like it very much. Maybe it's because most of it was about new characters from new ships from Voyager fleet, and main VOY characters didn't do a lot, and felt like surplus additions to the whole story. Maybe yet another high concept story following the previous book's ("Unworthy") Indign was to much of the same thing for me. Or maybe I just should take a break from Voyager relaunch and read something else, and that's what I'm going to do!
jecamp86's review against another edition
4.0
This certainly was an interesting story that starts off as sort of an action piece but goes into a different direction completely. While the ending was sort of a "Star Trek" ending where you think something big will happen but really doesn't, it led to a satisfying conclusion.
birdmanseven's review against another edition
3.0
Lots of good stuff going on, but it was too long and spent way too much time on original characters.
dreamwanderer's review
4.0
Voyager is back in the Delta Quadrant which is where she should be. If she were having her adventures back 'home' she would just be another version of the Enterprise. She travels by slipstream technology and is at the head of a fleet of nine ships on a mission called "Full Circle. They are looking for signs of the Borg and to reinitiate contact with the locals.
Children of the Storm is more of a companion than a sequel to the previously published Unworthy. Some of the events in this book run parallel to the story line in the earlier book. I would probably describe it as a 'bridge' novel.
It does have an independent story (Voyager encounters the Children of the Storm which fans of the novels first met in the Destiny Trilogy) but it is more concerned with the Full Circle Fleet. We get to know Captain Eden and the other ships involved. They have their own internal dramas. The events on Voyager, while important are used to frame the bulk of the story which is about the fleet itself.
It is essential reading if you want to keep up with the overall story arc.
Children of the Storm is more of a companion than a sequel to the previously published Unworthy. Some of the events in this book run parallel to the story line in the earlier book. I would probably describe it as a 'bridge' novel.
It does have an independent story (Voyager encounters the Children of the Storm which fans of the novels first met in the Destiny Trilogy) but it is more concerned with the Full Circle Fleet. We get to know Captain Eden and the other ships involved. They have their own internal dramas. The events on Voyager, while important are used to frame the bulk of the story which is about the fleet itself.
It is essential reading if you want to keep up with the overall story arc.
harmony's review
1.0
I was pretty disappointed in this book. The logic leap the Voyager crew makes to solve the main problem is based on an interpretation of a phrase that could mean anything, but they lock onto one of the weirder ones and run all out, and of course they're right.
The "white man's burden" theme is also a lot disturbing. This is the second book in a row where am alien species says "go away and don't come back", and they're 0/2 on redirecting the wishes of other cultures because of COURSE they know better. Their arrogance and the way they don't even NOTICE their arrogance disregard is on the author, and frankly I find it upsetting to see books basically glorifying colonialism. They literally invade alien space age being tools to leave, are attacked by creatures attempting to defend themselves, and plan on committing genocide because "they attacked first and we have the right to defend ourselves!" I'm sorry, but that's like a burglar trying to claim self defence after killing a homeowner because the guy he was robbing was armed. There was one decent guy in the spotlight, so obviously his crew turned on him so they could go all genocide-y for dramatic effect.
The "white man's burden" theme is also a lot disturbing. This is the second book in a row where am alien species says "go away and don't come back", and they're 0/2 on redirecting the wishes of other cultures because of COURSE they know better. Their arrogance and the way they don't even NOTICE their arrogance disregard is on the author, and frankly I find it upsetting to see books basically glorifying colonialism. They literally invade alien space age being tools to leave, are attacked by creatures attempting to defend themselves, and plan on committing genocide because "they attacked first and we have the right to defend ourselves!" I'm sorry, but that's like a burglar trying to claim self defence after killing a homeowner because the guy he was robbing was armed. There was one decent guy in the spotlight, so obviously his crew turned on him so they could go all genocide-y for dramatic effect.
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