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A review by frakalot
Wagon Train to the Stars by Diane Carey
3.0
This book is not just underwhelming, it's disappointing, because the concept is actually really cool and the plot had so much potential to be both gripping and moving... but the new characters were not interesting, the old characters were unfamiliar, and the emotions were drawn up like finger paintings from a kindergarten art class.
This outcome surprised me because although she's not a personal favourite I've previously enjoyed many Diane Carey novels and I know she can write better than this. I found the relationship between Federation crew and the colonist crews just very childish, fair enough to have issues but almost every interaction was over-the-top volatile and sounded like a school yard slinging match.
Book one is not ALL bad (just mostly bad) and there is much more to the story than those poor characterisations. The plot kept me engaged and I'm interested enough to follow through with the series.
This outcome surprised me because although she's not a personal favourite I've previously enjoyed many Diane Carey novels and I know she can write better than this. I found the relationship between Federation crew and the colonist crews just very childish, fair enough to have issues but almost every interaction was over-the-top volatile and sounded like a school yard slinging match.
Book one is not ALL bad (just mostly bad) and there is much more to the story than those poor characterisations. The plot kept me engaged and I'm interested enough to follow through with the series.