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A review by bory
A Pocket Full of Lies by Kirsten Beyer
5.0
I've had a... mediocre, and that's putting it generous, reading year so far, and just needed to read something I know I would love. Hence, this re-read. Of all the books in the series, I think this is the one that is the most standalone. Sure, there are minor plot points brought up from the previous installments, but by and large the main story is as self-contained as a tie in can be.
I love Beyer's relaunch novels, though some more than most. I would rank A Pocket Full of Lies third after The Eternal Tide and The Children of the Storm, in that order. This installment in the series does both credit and serves as a sequel to my favorite Trek of all time - the Year of Hell - and I couldn't be happier that it exits. Beyer knows this universe, and the Voyager cast in particular. Sure, some of her original characters, like Conlon, I find uninteresting, but I'm not here for them.
I love the character growth we see in Janeway. I love that Beyer somehow manages to make time-travel shenanigans make sense, which I've rarely seen any other author do. And I love the other Kathryn's story, hear-wrenching as it was. Also, I love the end of the denzit's story. It both brought a happy smile on my face, and tied off parts of the end of The Eternal Tide nicely.
While I gave this a 5 star on my first read, I was still riding high on the Eternal Tide adrenaline rush. On a re-read, a Pocket Full of Lies is realistically probably a 4 rather than a 5, but I still love it to pieces. Really, it's the minor secondary plots that are the only meh parts of the book. As I've stated, I don't particularly care about Conlon one way or the other, and Icheb's evaluation of the different engineering departments is whatever. But the Janeway stuff? *chef's kiss*
I love Beyer's relaunch novels, though some more than most. I would rank A Pocket Full of Lies third after The Eternal Tide and The Children of the Storm, in that order. This installment in the series does both credit and serves as a sequel to my favorite Trek of all time - the Year of Hell - and I couldn't be happier that it exits. Beyer knows this universe, and the Voyager cast in particular. Sure, some of her original characters, like Conlon, I find uninteresting, but I'm not here for them.
I love the character growth we see in Janeway. I love that Beyer somehow manages to make time-travel shenanigans make sense, which I've rarely seen any other author do. And I love the other Kathryn's story, hear-wrenching as it was. Also, I love the end of the denzit's story. It both brought a happy smile on my face, and tied off parts of the end of The Eternal Tide nicely.
While I gave this a 5 star on my first read, I was still riding high on the Eternal Tide adrenaline rush. On a re-read, a Pocket Full of Lies is realistically probably a 4 rather than a 5, but I still love it to pieces. Really, it's the minor secondary plots that are the only meh parts of the book. As I've stated, I don't particularly care about Conlon one way or the other, and Icheb's evaluation of the different engineering departments is whatever. But the Janeway stuff? *chef's kiss*