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Great Book
“This book is a great way to find out what actually happens to the Voyager crew once they get back to the Alpha Quadrant. Star Trek: Voyager is by far my most fave Trek series and finding out what happens to the crew is great.
An amazon user wrote this on 2009-08-24.
I recomend these books to all who liked the series and want to know more. They should bring it back into print since Part 2 is widely available but this book is not.
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Poorly written, difficult to get through, but decent enough plot.
“I have to say I was rather excited about this book. Having watched all of TNG, DS9, and Voyager... I was disappointed with the ending of the Voyager series. It left much unaccounted for. Having also read a score of Star Trek novels by the various talented authors, I was incredibly hopeful about finally finding out about what the Voyager crew came home to.
An amazon user wrote this on 2009-06-14.
This book does that and does have an interesting plot. It is much less than skillfully written, however. The characters seem a pale imitation of themselves and quite often do not read as if they are really themselves. Between the poor characterizations and the horrid attempts at infusing Trek social quirks into the novel I almost didn't finish the thing. (As someone holding an English degree, it is rather difficult for me to NOT finish a book, so that does say something.) I recall one instance of what is possibly the worst characterization of Klingon nature...when a Klingon recognizes Torres' actually being a Klingon just because she snaps at her in tired frustration. I thought proving you were a Klingon meant drawing a weapon or threatening murder... Worf would laugh at this exchange. There was also a dismal attempt to call upon Shakespeare that read far more like plagiarism than it did a decent infusion of lyrical prose. Having the doctor quote MacBeth's famous lines... "full of sound a fury, signifying nothing" was somewhat uncharacteristic of the voice which uttered it, given the scenario and what one would expect to be going through his head at the time -- it was wholly misplaced. This is just one example of the authors inability to write the characters as they are, or perhaps understand them on a human level.
Several sections such as these read as, frankly, corny attempts at proving the authors knowledge of Trekdom. The only saving grace for this novel is a semi-interesting plot involving conspiracies and the tried-and-true antagonist of the Trek universe -- the Borg. As much as I would like to find out the conclusion to these events...I must say that I am also dreading having to sit through another 200 pages of the sequel. I can only hope that the authors abilities have improved somewhat in the process of writing this novel.
If you are used to the skilled Trek writing of authors such as Michael Jan Friedman or others...you may be sadly disappointed in this one. It has been said that the novel reads more like a fanfic than a professionally written novel. I must sadly agree with that assessment.” -
2 of 5 members found this review helpful.
Inexcusable
“The Deep Space Nine "re-launch" and the continuing adventures of the TNG crew are exception, which makes this pale attempt at reinvigoration is horrible. The storyline is awful. I've read hundreds of Star Trek books and these two are among the four worst I've ever read. (The other two being the Resistance and Before Dishonor storyline. Note: With David Mack's spectacular Destiny trilogy, the latter two books are forgiven.)
An amazon user wrote this on 2009-01-02.
Skip these two.” -
0 of 4 members found this review helpful.
How many pages?
“I am a major Star Trek fan, particulary Voyager. It has only been a few months since I saw the last episode from which this book was written. I awaited paitienly for my book to come, only to find that about ten pages cut out! It was spread over a few chapters, but I will never know everything that has happened. Be very careful when you order a used book. Very unfair. ”
An amazon user wrote this on 2008-09-11. -
Great book
“Ripped thru this one couldnt wait to get to the next one..What a great Movie these would make. ”
An amazon user wrote this on 2008-07-31.
