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ghamblock1's review against another edition
3.0
Crossovers are usually dumb, avd this one had the depth of an hour long episode of ST:TOS, but it was fun.
spiffytools's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
erissa_lestrange's review
adventurous
hopeful
informative
inspiring
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? N/A
3.75
reanne's review
5.0
(I received a free e-arc of this from the publisher through NetGalley. Review crossposted from my book review blog.)
This is a graphic novel (i.e. a really long comic book), and it is very cool. As soon as I finished the NetGalley e-copy, I went on Amazon and preordered the paperback.
I’m not very familiar with Green Lantern. I saw the movie, I’ve seen some fanart online, and I saw one fanart breakdown of the various Green Lanterns once. I don’t think I’ve ever read a Green Lantern comic. Fortunately, I still didn’t have trouble following along with this graphic novel. I am a huge Trekkie, though. This story takes place in the reboot universe, so you really only need to be familiar with the two reboot movies to be totally caught up on that side of it. I snagged this from NetGalley because I like Star Trek, I like comics in general, and I’m a big, big sucker for crossovers.
The Spectrum War is pretty much everything I want from a comic. It’s got fantastic art, cool action, and some funny lines. It doesn’t have a whole lot in the way of character development or relationships, but that’s okay because it’s not that kind of story. It’s just a fun, awesome action story with lots of cool things that I don’t really want to explain so as not to spoil them. Let’s just say this story makes really excellent use of the crossover. (Yes, Enterprise crewmembers become superheroes, and it is amazing and I love it.)
Most of the questions I had while reading were probably because I’m unfamiliar with the Green Lantern story, such as: Wait, what do all the colors mean again? Why are they all called lanterns even though the green one’s the only one whose mark looks like a lantern? Why does that one lady have a huge, star-shaped hole in her shirt? How does it stay in position against all physics? Where are her nipples, anyway; I’m pretty sure they should be visible in at least some of those shots? But hey: because comic books, I guess.
The only down side to this comic was how things for the Enterprise crew went back to business as usual at the end (as they have to with the tie-in novels, for example). Which is a pity because I really wanted to see more of the superhero versions of the characters. (Although they don’t go totally back to business as usual. There are one or two cool changes which make me wish this story were canon and we’d see these in future movies, because they’re just super, super cool.) (P.S. This book was COOL!)
This is a graphic novel (i.e. a really long comic book), and it is very cool. As soon as I finished the NetGalley e-copy, I went on Amazon and preordered the paperback.
I’m not very familiar with Green Lantern. I saw the movie, I’ve seen some fanart online, and I saw one fanart breakdown of the various Green Lanterns once. I don’t think I’ve ever read a Green Lantern comic. Fortunately, I still didn’t have trouble following along with this graphic novel. I am a huge Trekkie, though. This story takes place in the reboot universe, so you really only need to be familiar with the two reboot movies to be totally caught up on that side of it. I snagged this from NetGalley because I like Star Trek, I like comics in general, and I’m a big, big sucker for crossovers.
The Spectrum War is pretty much everything I want from a comic. It’s got fantastic art, cool action, and some funny lines. It doesn’t have a whole lot in the way of character development or relationships, but that’s okay because it’s not that kind of story. It’s just a fun, awesome action story with lots of cool things that I don’t really want to explain so as not to spoil them. Let’s just say this story makes really excellent use of the crossover. (Yes, Enterprise crewmembers become superheroes, and it is amazing and I love it.)
Most of the questions I had while reading were probably because I’m unfamiliar with the Green Lantern story, such as: Wait, what do all the colors mean again? Why are they all called lanterns even though the green one’s the only one whose mark looks like a lantern? Why does that one lady have a huge, star-shaped hole in her shirt? How does it stay in position against all physics? Where are her nipples, anyway; I’m pretty sure they should be visible in at least some of those shots? But hey: because comic books, I guess.
The only down side to this comic was how things for the Enterprise crew went back to business as usual at the end (as they have to with the tie-in novels, for example). Which is a pity because I really wanted to see more of the superhero versions of the characters. (Although they don’t go totally back to business as usual. There are one or two cool changes which make me wish this story were canon and we’d see these in future movies, because they’re just super, super cool.) (P.S. This book was COOL!)
bookishlyruby's review
4.0
*Disclaimer: I received an e-galley of this book from Netgalley and Diamond Book Distributors in exchange for an honest review.
When I was growing up I was a huge Star Trek fan. So it's no wonder that when I saw this book on Netgalley I just HAD to read it. Also, I like when two apparently different fictional worlds have a crossover, because it's a great opportunity to introduce people to new characters and get them interested enough to find out more about them.
The first thing I noticed was that, unlike most comic books that I've read so far, this one seemed easier to read and the story was a bit easier to follow. This might be due to how the panels were created. Not too many characters were present in the panels and I really enjoyed that fact. Although that doesn't mean there was a lack of details. On the contrary, the drawings were fabulous, the colors were extremely rich and vivid and they helped add a little extra layers to the story.
Because I've only seen the Green Lantern movie (and that was a while ago), I was surprised to hear that there were more Lanterns out there. Of course, it makes sense now, but at the time I was reading it, I was surprised. I enjoyed seeing new Lanterns being chosen. As a newbie to the Green Lantern world, I feel like my confusion was pretty much reflected by the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise ship and their reaction to the flying green man they meet in space during a fight. I did love the fact that most of my questions were answered, although it also made me curious about the Green Lantern comics and the entire history of this world.
I have to say that the ending felt a bit rushed, but the story did have only 6 issues, so I probably shouldn't have been that surprised by that fact. I greatly enjoyed reading about these two world together and I am actually hoping there's going to be more crossovers between the two franchises. I am curious if this will have any impact on future movies or if there's a plan for a Star Trek/Green Lantern movie crossover? That would be interesting to see. All in all, I greatly enjoyed this book and I will add the Green Lantern comic books to my TBR.
When I was growing up I was a huge Star Trek fan. So it's no wonder that when I saw this book on Netgalley I just HAD to read it. Also, I like when two apparently different fictional worlds have a crossover, because it's a great opportunity to introduce people to new characters and get them interested enough to find out more about them.
The first thing I noticed was that, unlike most comic books that I've read so far, this one seemed easier to read and the story was a bit easier to follow. This might be due to how the panels were created. Not too many characters were present in the panels and I really enjoyed that fact. Although that doesn't mean there was a lack of details. On the contrary, the drawings were fabulous, the colors were extremely rich and vivid and they helped add a little extra layers to the story.
Because I've only seen the Green Lantern movie (and that was a while ago), I was surprised to hear that there were more Lanterns out there. Of course, it makes sense now, but at the time I was reading it, I was surprised. I enjoyed seeing new Lanterns being chosen. As a newbie to the Green Lantern world, I feel like my confusion was pretty much reflected by the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise ship and their reaction to the flying green man they meet in space during a fight. I did love the fact that most of my questions were answered, although it also made me curious about the Green Lantern comics and the entire history of this world.
I have to say that the ending felt a bit rushed, but the story did have only 6 issues, so I probably shouldn't have been that surprised by that fact. I greatly enjoyed reading about these two world together and I am actually hoping there's going to be more crossovers between the two franchises. I am curious if this will have any impact on future movies or if there's a plan for a Star Trek/Green Lantern movie crossover? That would be interesting to see. All in all, I greatly enjoyed this book and I will add the Green Lantern comic books to my TBR.
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