em_being's review
4.0
This is the first original TOS Pocket Books novel. It's surprisingly robust for its vintage, people always knew how to tell banger Star Trek stories. Also the author is so clearly thirsty for Sulu and it permeates the entire book and honestly that's pretty refreshing? Lots of good emotional weight for one of these.
klingonegin's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
tense
fast-paced
A very fast and captivating read. I especially admire the smooth changes in POVs, sometimes mid-paragraph. The characters, both from the original series and the author's own, had great voices, with one glaring exception: Sulu's out-of-character heterosexuality.
thejordanhughes's review
3.0
3.5 stars it's an interesting story about time travel. I really liked how they portrayed spock dealing with time travel and the death of his best friend captain kirk. What really brought down the book was the Dr. Mordeux motive makes no sense.
lsmith36's review
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
wynwicket's review against another edition
3.0
The Enterprise is called to transport a criminal, a temporal scientist, to a rehabilitation center, but complications ensue when time travel runs amok -- future versions of certain characters appear, whose actions must be prevented at all costs.
Half Trek, half Doctor Who, with plenty of time travel paradoxes, going back in time to change the future, and whatnot. Some really GOOD secondary characters are introduced, and I do hope I'll be seeing them again at some point.
I should really add an extra half star for Sulu's epic mustache on the cover...
Half Trek, half Doctor Who, with plenty of time travel paradoxes, going back in time to change the future, and whatnot. Some really GOOD secondary characters are introduced, and I do hope I'll be seeing them again at some point.
I should really add an extra half star for Sulu's epic mustache on the cover...
shirtypantser's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Excellent narration by George Takei and proficient writing.
rayn0n's review
4.0
Exactly what I wanted out of a Star Trek novel - though Sulu's hair on the cover of my edition was a bit...unsettling.
bev_reads_mysteries's review
3.0
Loved the fact that this one focused so much on Sulu. He gets so little attention in most stories (and on screen). (three and a half stars, actually)