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octavia_cade's review
adventurous
hopeful
fast-paced
3.0
I have to admit that, before picking it up, I had my doubts about this one. I've read two Star Trek books recently that focused on the kid characters - one was a children's book featuring Jake Sisko, and the other had Alexander and Picard on a holodeck adventure together. Neither were that great, largely because of the adults putting kids at enormous risk to satisfy the demands of idiot plot. In Honor Bound, however, Worf proves a substantially better parent than Ben Sisko did in Arcade, and a far better teacher than Picard was in Ancient Blood. He demonstrated Klingon honor, and encouraged both Alexander and the school bullies his son was dealing with to learn about said honor in effective and appropriate ways. Which sounds pretty didactic as I describe it, but it really wasn't - just a fun, satisfying story where kids fight over their differences and then learn to appreciate each other and get along, which is basically Federation ideals at small scale.
Worf really was excellent here. A+ parenting all round.
Worf really was excellent here. A+ parenting all round.
bdplume's review against another edition
3.0
I enjoyed the Day of Honor series, though I think most of the other "crossover" series were a little better.
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