Reviews

Home is the Hunter by Dana Kramer-Rolls

vesper1931's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

The Enterprise and a Klingon ship arrive at planet Cragon V only to be punished by supreme being Weyland. Sulu is sent back to 1600 Japan, Scotty to 1746 Scotland, and Chekov to 1942 Stalingrad. Can they ever get back to their ship.
An entertaining re-read.

meggytheweggy's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

caffeine_books's review

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

A fun light read.  As a history lover, a reminder that history isn't always as romantic as we perceive it to be. At one point in the novel Chekov has the thought, "What a waste. Using technology for war and destruction instead f the good of humanity.  What a goddamned waste" (268).

amelianicholebooks's review against another edition

5.0

This is by far one of my favorite Star Trek books. I love the iconic characters in situations that they can't just warp away from. It makes an interesting read, except for anything to do with Kirk. But I never like anything to do with Kirk so I didn't really expect to be impressed by any scene with him in it.

birdmanseven's review against another edition

3.0

This was an atypical Star Trek book. Sometimes that can be really good, sometimes you just want them to be on the Enterprise being Star Treky. This book was the latter. I chose it because it highlighted Sulu, Chekov & Scotty. I wanted a break from the Kirk/Spock/McCoy stories. Unfortunately this ended being a poorly executed story that probably sprung from a good idea. The parallel stories with Sulu,Chekov & Scotty trapped in the past could have been interesting. Instead they were just dull and ultimately irrelevant to the resolution. I enjoyed the Kirk/McCoy framing story, but this book was basically a dud.

inkandfig's review

3.0

This book was fun. It wasn’t a work of art, but it was fun. Grammatically tenuous, the prose itself was rife with adverbs. Point of interest: I read somewhere that the author could not get the rights to use the name “Hikaru Sulu,” which is why he had Sulu use another name throughout the book.

I’d definitely recommend this book for a quick, fun read.

ivaliceforever's review

5.0

Home is the Hunter has been one of the most intriguing novels in the TOS family that I've come across. The characterization makes it so that I can imagine the character's voices from the show reading the dialogue and the plot was pretty original and did not focus primarily on Captain Kirk or Spock.

It also provided an interesting look into the characters of Montgomery Scott, Hikaru Sulu and Pavel Chekov, who we learn very little about in the series. We get to see them respond to the history of their ancestral countries of Old Scotland, Feudal Japan and Soviet-Era Russia in a setting where it feels like attention was actually paid to how things were in those eras. The narrative doesn't drone on overly long in any part and there are excellently placed cliff-hangers that would be 'commercial breaks' in the show to boot!

If you are a fan of Sulu and Scotty, I might suggest giving this novel a try or if you are just a fan of the series. This is one of my favorites in the line so far.