A review by chimichannika
The Con Job by Matt Forbeck

Did not finish book. Stopped at 52%.
0/10. Terrible writing that is clunky, extremely out of character, extremely inconsistent, full of immense plot holes, extremely heteronormative, homophobic, and sexist (made even worse by the actual show’s lack of this as source material!?!??), male-gaze-centered, misrepresentative and consistently derogatory toward fan culture, incredibly simplistic, did I mention the awful sexism and horrible writing too? 

I got a little over halfway through the book, checked out the reviews, found out about the
Parker leia moment
and decided I’ve had more than enough of Matt Forbeck’s sexist, trashy bullshit for a lifetime. I saw some reviews saying this reads like a trek novel— in my experience, the only trek novel this reads like is “the laertian gamble” which was another rare 0/10 book for me (check out my full review if you’re curious how awful it is) but even most of the not-great trek novels are light years better than this utter bullshit. Don’t waste your time with this one. 
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