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tandemjon's review
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
4.75
I really enjoyed this book. Picard at his best, all the gang back together, great fun
alexbe2ab4's review
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
lefthandedmatt's review
3.0
I'm jumping into the Gateways series of books part way through, because this is where they fit in the current timeline I'm following. It's not a an issue, though, because the previous books are their own thing whereas the books covering TNG/DS9/VOY are all connected to some degree.
This begins a story that's pretty intriguing, but I found the actual presentation of it to hinder things. It's a bit of a jumble and very hectic. An extended space battle in the middle is nearly impossible to follow with all the different factions involved, but the writing here only makes it more complicated. Keeping things simpler and sticking to one (or even two) points of view throughout it would have helped.
It's a nice adventure with the TNG crew, I wish it just had a bit better pacing and focus. The characterisations are all a bit off which is distracting, there's numerous lines of dialogue which I could never imagine Picard and his crew saying.
This begins a story that's pretty intriguing, but I found the actual presentation of it to hinder things. It's a bit of a jumble and very hectic. An extended space battle in the middle is nearly impossible to follow with all the different factions involved, but the writing here only makes it more complicated. Keeping things simpler and sticking to one (or even two) points of view throughout it would have helped.
It's a nice adventure with the TNG crew, I wish it just had a bit better pacing and focus. The characterisations are all a bit off which is distracting, there's numerous lines of dialogue which I could never imagine Picard and his crew saying.
ehsjaysaunders's review
4.0
The TNG chapter of the Gateways saga finally sheds a bit more light on things and tells an interesting enough story, but things do continue to feel increasingly disjointed for such a big crossover.
3.5/5 Still hopeful.
3.5/5 Still hopeful.
bdplume's review
3.0
These books were all very good; I don't remember the details of each so well, though.
jaycatt7's review
1.0
There were some fun moments, but they were buried under stilted dialogue, a pointless plot, and a whole starship's worth of DS9 cameos. This might be the worst Star Trek novel I've ever read.
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