lefthandedmatt's review
4.0
Star Trek does The Abyss!
The biggest issue I've had with the SCE books so far is the lack of character and personality they have, along with the haphazard variety in the storytelling. Twenty tales in and I could barely tell you anything but the most basic details about any of the characters. Captain Gold is... Jewish? Duffy is sarcastic?
The stories contained in this omnibus finally managed to rectify that. For the first time I felt the characters defined and they became interesting. Two of the stories are flashbacks which help fill out some of the back stories, but the two-part Wildfire tale is the best thing the series has done so far and actually brought some emotion and care to proceedings.
I was on the verge of abandoning these books, but this has hooked me back in.
The biggest issue I've had with the SCE books so far is the lack of character and personality they have, along with the haphazard variety in the storytelling. Twenty tales in and I could barely tell you anything but the most basic details about any of the characters. Captain Gold is... Jewish? Duffy is sarcastic?
The stories contained in this omnibus finally managed to rectify that. For the first time I felt the characters defined and they became interesting. Two of the stories are flashbacks which help fill out some of the back stories, but the two-part Wildfire tale is the best thing the series has done so far and actually brought some emotion and care to proceedings.
I was on the verge of abandoning these books, but this has hooked me back in.
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