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meggytheweggy's review
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-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? It's complicated
4.0
littlemisselvis's review against another edition
4.0
Liked this. Less “gimmicky” than the original series books I’ve read. Would’ve played out really well as an episode.
frakalot's review
3.0
This was a pretty good story with the kind of scenario that I could imagine fitting right in with the TNG episodes we know and love.
I enjoyed the K'Vin behaving like Vogons, although resorting to smuggling Data in as a "bit of kit" was a hilariously appalling tactic.
I enjoyed the K'Vin behaving like Vogons, although resorting to smuggling Data in as a "bit of kit" was a hilariously appalling tactic.
djwudi's review
3.0
Almost two stars because of the really painfully obvious “twist” that none of the characters managed to see, but otherwise acceptable.
amelianicholebooks's review
2.0
Cool ideas, interesting aliens, great authors, but I just felt it fell flat on this one. I felt like they were telling the whole novel and nothing felt surprising. The ideas in this should have been very surprising and twisty, but I kept being told isn't this shocking?!
octavia_cade's review
3.0
The Enterprise goes to a world shared between the Federation and another empire. Relations are mostly peaceful between the two, thanks to the fact that the two ambassadors, while not anything alike, have developed a friendship. Both ambassadors were done quite well, and even when outside sources conspired to pit them against each other, there was enough left of their unraveling relationship to turn away from slaughter until Data, Geordi, and Worf figured everything out. That's the kind of thing that Star Trek does well I think - the determined practice of soft power, between two old diplomats who like each other more than they should.
High point, though, was Worf's solution to the Doomsday World of the title. I won't give it away, but he was generally excellent here.
High point, though, was Worf's solution to the Doomsday World of the title. I won't give it away, but he was generally excellent here.
megawhoppingcosmicbookwyrm's review
adventurous
funny
inspiring
fast-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? Yes
4.0
libraryofrick180107's review
5.0
Book 57 of 110 - Star Trek The Next Generation 12 Doomsday World
Written as a collaboration between four of the most popular Star Trek authors, this book was a very interesting story.
Containing a fair amount of action, this book also contains a large amount of diplomacy on a planet where the Federation works as part of a collaboration with another alien species.
I enjoyed this story and will be reading more of the early Star Trek books this year. *****
Written as a collaboration between four of the most popular Star Trek authors, this book was a very interesting story.
Containing a fair amount of action, this book also contains a large amount of diplomacy on a planet where the Federation works as part of a collaboration with another alien species.
I enjoyed this story and will be reading more of the early Star Trek books this year. *****
apostrophen's review
3.0
I had high hopes for this one, as it involved Peter David, a Trek Author I quite admired, but the story left me kind of flat and somewhat bored in places. It's typical trek stuff: planet full of ancient technology, situated as a kind of diplomatic place between Federation an K'Vin people, terrorist attacks, and Geordi, Worf, and Data end up accused of bad stuff and blah blah blah.
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