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mkpatt's review
5.0
Wow, Great Story
Now this story was Trek all the way. You don't need huge space battles with phasers and torpedoes to have a great Star Trek story. This is the proof. I really enjoyed this book and look forward to reading the sequels.
Now this story was Trek all the way. You don't need huge space battles with phasers and torpedoes to have a great Star Trek story. This is the proof. I really enjoyed this book and look forward to reading the sequels.
jrobles76's review against another edition
4.0
Overall a good book. The last hundred pages really got me excited and just couldn't put it down. my only complaint is not of the book but of series like these, and that is: the main characters are never in true mortal danger. They basically have to introduce minor characters, keep them for a few books, then kill them so we have real stakes.
Granted, I would hate to see Riker or Picard die (though they did "kill" off the Borg technically), but I think of Joss Whedon or Hong Kong cinema I watched in college and that feeling when the hero is in danger that you're not sure if they're going to make it. When I read these books the feeling is "how will they get out of this" not "will they?". still love these books and the Adventures they take me on. Look forward to the Typhon Pact series coming up next.
Granted, I would hate to see Riker or Picard die (though they did "kill" off the Borg technically), but I think of Joss Whedon or Hong Kong cinema I watched in college and that feeling when the hero is in danger that you're not sure if they're going to make it. When I read these books the feeling is "how will they get out of this" not "will they?". still love these books and the Adventures they take me on. Look forward to the Typhon Pact series coming up next.
reech's review against another edition
5.0
Great Voyager, great Star Trek.
A novel that tackled this subject was always going to be dicey, but the story was pulled off without a big red button, twisting and turning so you'd never be entirely sure what the final outcome would be - but it was an excellent pay-off to this sequence of Voyager novels.
Not a cheap get out, not a disrespectful 'the fans wanted it' - just a damn good story, that made sense!
A novel that tackled this subject was always going to be dicey, but the story was pulled off without a big red button, twisting and turning so you'd never be entirely sure what the final outcome would be - but it was an excellent pay-off to this sequence of Voyager novels.
Not a cheap get out, not a disrespectful 'the fans wanted it' - just a damn good story, that made sense!
cpritchett's review against another edition
4.0
The Voyager novels continue to surprise. Especially compared to the other "Typhon Pact" books. I'm a sucker for Q, time-travel, and multiverse stories so this one was a nice read.
jecamp86's review against another edition
3.0
This was the first stumbling block of the recent re-launch of Voyager starting with Full Circle. It's probably just me but I've never been a huge Q fan and reading it took quite a bit from the reader to visualize a sort of nothing even with conversations occurring.
knerys's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
frakalot's review against another edition
5.0
Just sensational. This is where it all goes down, or up, depending on your orientation. We all wanted it and now we have it. Apparently in Star Trek we can has our cake and eat it too.
Aside from that which we will not name (but which we will imply), the story was also very good. Events in the litverse and from established canon coalesce to pose a new risk to the very existence of the multiverse that nobody could have predicted.
Aside from that which we will not name (but which we will imply), the story was also very good. Events in the litverse and from established canon coalesce to pose a new risk to the very existence of the multiverse that nobody could have predicted.
azfell's review against another edition
2.0
this book is aggressively straight.. I mean really ?? even seven of nine isn’t free from the grip of heterosexuality?? sad. also I forgot that one of the few reasons why I liked voyager was bc of Tuvok but he wasn’t even in this book.
bdplume's review against another edition
2.0
I was hanging on every word, but despite that I wasn't happy with this one. What we had was something that fans of these books have been waiting for for a long time, but I feel that it was badly mishandled. Honestly, using Q and Q and Q in this way was just weak. Having them involved/aware would have been fine, but relying so heavily upon them to drive this plot seemed like cheating. I also thought the larger "what the multiverse wants" theme was equally weak. I have really enjoyed Beyer's Voyager work to this point, but here I see a rare miss.
infosifter's review against another edition
4.0
While the earlier voyager novels are episodic and don't really need to be read in order, these later ones really do as I discovered to my chagrin. In this installment, we have all of our favorite energy beings including various members of the Q continuum and post-transformation Kes working together, if sometimes reluctantly, to correct an age old in balance in the multi-verse.