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A review by wai
Corona by Greg Bear
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
This is a decent Star Trek novel. Not the best by any means, but it still has the feel of an actual Trek episode and is readable. I'm not really sure if that last point would hold up if it had been any longer, but thankfully it was a very short book making it a quick read. It was a pretty tightly wound plot, no scenes that felt excessive or unnecessary.
However, I will say that positioning one of the main characters of the novel as an original character who's actually a bigot against non-humans, and having the resolution try to redeem her....I just have no interest in that personally. It was too shallow of a plot to attempt something like that and I don't feel like it was really effective in any way - she just comes off as annoying which detracted from my enjoyment of the book.
However, I will say that positioning one of the main characters of the novel as an original character who's actually a bigot against non-humans, and having the resolution try to redeem her....I just have no interest in that personally. It was too shallow of a plot to attempt something like that and I don't feel like it was really effective in any way - she just comes off as annoying which detracted from my enjoyment of the book.