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A review by mostlyaudrey
A Stitch in Time by Andrew J. Robinson
3.0
The reason I picked up this audiobook was to hear more adventures of Garak in Garaks voice and on that front the book delivers 100%.
But after a while I realized maybe I liked Garak being a mystery after all. Garak constantly talks about Cardassian culture but seems to be missing the forest for the trees. His whole life revolves around service to the state, a state that doesn't seem to help him in any way at all and he never questions anything. That being said I really liked the ending, seeing a new future for Cardassia and the birth of a Neo-Liberal regime.
There were a lot of moments that felt like Garak had some sort of magic abilities that maybe they weren't described well or maybe he can just do magic (it is Star Trek after all) but I wasn't sold on it.
I think I largely disliked the overarching narrative of Garaks growth between the eras because I was unable to related at any point. I had no context for why he was making the decisions he was making or how the situations he was in was affecting him and as a result his reactions always felt jarring.
But after a while I realized maybe I liked Garak being a mystery after all. Garak constantly talks about Cardassian culture but seems to be missing the forest for the trees. His whole life revolves around service to the state, a state that doesn't seem to help him in any way at all and he never questions anything. That being said I really liked the ending, seeing a new future for Cardassia and the birth of a Neo-Liberal regime.
There were a lot of moments that felt like Garak had some sort of magic abilities that maybe they weren't described well or maybe he can just do magic (it is Star Trek after all) but I wasn't sold on it.
I think I largely disliked the overarching narrative of Garaks growth between the eras because I was unable to related at any point. I had no context for why he was making the decisions he was making or how the situations he was in was affecting him and as a result his reactions always felt jarring.