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meggytheweggy's review
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
1outside's review against another edition
2.0
Probably he worst Trek book I've read so far. But still serves the purpose...so if you decide to read it, you'll survive. :)
books_with_style's review against another edition
2.0
Wasn't very good and the author kept calling the transporter the teleporter and things being teleported.
frakalot's review against another edition
4.0
Quite an enjoyable tale. The more trek books you read the more you realise how many episodes were inspired by the novels. Characters are in fine form in this one and the story is a constant pleasure to read.
djwudi's review
2.0
Almost a standard 3-star “stranded in primitive conditions/‘Bread and Circuses’ variant” adventure, but had some _really_ weird oversights that knocked a star off.
Spoilers for my two biggest objections follow:
Geordi gets abducted, and there’s a scene of his abductors decide if whether or not to remove his visor (they don’t), after which...it’s never relevant again. Aside from one moment where it’s knocked off until someone hands it back again, it never comes into play, even in circumstances where it should (like sneaking around in darkness).
Even worse, though, was an ending resolution that involved the Enterprise relocating 18,000 refugees of various alien races. In one go. By itself. For a ship which normally carries a compliment of just over 1,000 crew and civilians, and rated to carry up to 6,000 (numbers from Wikipedia), packing it with nineteen times its standard compliment, or over three times its maximum rated compliment, strains credulity to the breaking point.
Spoilers for my two biggest objections follow:
Geordi gets abducted, and there’s a scene of his abductors decide if whether or not to remove his visor (they don’t), after which...it’s never relevant again. Aside from one moment where it’s knocked off until someone hands it back again, it never comes into play, even in circumstances where it should (like sneaking around in darkness).
Even worse, though, was an ending resolution that involved the Enterprise relocating 18,000 refugees of various alien races. In one go. By itself. For a ship which normally carries a compliment of just over 1,000 crew and civilians, and rated to carry up to 6,000 (numbers from Wikipedia), packing it with nineteen times its standard compliment, or over three times its maximum rated compliment, strains credulity to the breaking point.
judenoseinabook's review against another edition
3.0
A bit strange in places but it was an interesting STNG read from the early days.
octavia_cade's review against another edition
3.0
This is more like it - the best of the TNG tie-ins I've read for a while. Which is surprising, as the central problem of the story, in which several Enterprise officers are kidnapped and have their memories wiped, is not generally one that appeals to me. I don't dislike memory-wipe stories, exactly. It's just they never seem to really focus on character work as much as they should, which makes me think of them as a bit of a let down. That's not the case here - well, maybe it is with Geordi and Picard, a bit. But Friedman does a particularly good job with Worf, who finds himself brainwashed into taking part in endless battles... and who doesn't like it. The easy thing would have been to say "He's a Klingon warrior, he's going to fit right in," but Friedman doesn't do that. Instead he has Worf struggle with an aversion for conflict that he doesn't understand, but which is a product of his well-established dislike of dishonorable acts. It's actually done really well, and I would happily have read a whole book where Worf was the only one kidnapped, if the treatment of Pulaski hadn't come in a decent second.
Also, the focus on roles aboard the starship, and what it means to hold them, puts me in mind a little of Diane Carey's Ghost Ship, which remains the best of the TNG tie-ins for me thus far.
Also, the focus on roles aboard the starship, and what it means to hold them, puts me in mind a little of Diane Carey's Ghost Ship, which remains the best of the TNG tie-ins for me thus far.
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