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neighborhoodbeanreads's review against another edition
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
This was an interesting take on the Q Continuum, and I also hasn’t heard of the M Continuum until reading this book. But it was interesting. It felt a little rushed, and at times hard to follow/chaotic. But Q stories have always kind of been like that, I just found it a bit hard to follow at times.
dizzy28's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
madisonreadsbooks's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
matt08's review against another edition
5.0
if all star trek books are this good, then I want to read them all.
brookamimi's review against another edition
3.0
This is an extremely self-indulgent Q story, but I like Q. The plot doesn't super matter except as a vehicle for Q monologues and a surprising bit of sincere love at its core. I also consulted the ebook, which had some of the most self-indulgent bits of all that had been abridged from this recording: making the Grand Nagus say The Lines from The Thing.
mike_danley's review against another edition
1.0
Last year I thought i'd try out some of the Star Trek tie-in novels out of curiosity. I read the Destiny series by David Mack and to my surprise enjoyed it a fair bit, considering I went in predicting the worst.
I've been re-watching TNG in its entirety during the covid lockdown so fancied dipping my toes back into the novels and see if there was anything else to enjoy. Going from reviews the novels seem to be regarded as very hit or miss. After finding a modest cache of free ST audiobooks on youtube, this would be my excuse to jump back in and listen to whilst I work from home. Today I started with I,Q... and as I predicted fairly early on, it was a big miss.... I persisted however.
This story was a rambling, nonsensical, and frankly utterly boring mess. The only slight saving grace was John De Lancie reprising his role as Q in the audiobook version, but it was not nearly enough to save the terrible writing.
Not sure I'm gonna completely disregard all ST novels from here on out just because of this stinker, but maybe I just got lucky with David Mack? Maybe there's some better authors out there also... We shall see.
I've been re-watching TNG in its entirety during the covid lockdown so fancied dipping my toes back into the novels and see if there was anything else to enjoy. Going from reviews the novels seem to be regarded as very hit or miss. After finding a modest cache of free ST audiobooks on youtube, this would be my excuse to jump back in and listen to whilst I work from home. Today I started with I,Q... and as I predicted fairly early on, it was a big miss.... I persisted however.
This story was a rambling, nonsensical, and frankly utterly boring mess. The only slight saving grace was John De Lancie reprising his role as Q in the audiobook version, but it was not nearly enough to save the terrible writing.
Not sure I'm gonna completely disregard all ST novels from here on out just because of this stinker, but maybe I just got lucky with David Mack? Maybe there's some better authors out there also... We shall see.
virgohorror's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
the idea of john de lancie helping co-write a first-person book about q is very fun, and having listened to the audiobook narrated by the man himself did bump up my enjoyment a bit. the plot is often messy and a bit obtuse, but if you’re willing to ignore that it’s a decently fun time.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Blood, War, and Injury/Injury detail
a fictional terrorist attack is a plot point, and the scene includes a brief but somewhat graphic description of a woman’s corpse and the injuries she sustained in the attack.boureemusique's review against another edition
3.0
This book doesn't even really deserve three stars, but I had so much fun with it! John de Lancie, the actor who played Q in a few of the Star Trek series, engages in self-absorbed (duh) first-person narrative. The book is full of rhetoric and some interesting plot "episodes," but the overarching plot can be summed up in a couple of sentences. Q makes some great observations about humanity and religion, but the novel is mostly an exercise in wordplay. The book would be better written as a short story. It's a quick read and a brainless one. Read it for fun, but if you're expecting anything spectacular, don't bother, or you're just going to get angry. Yay for de Lancie for having some fun and to my favorite Star Trek fiction writer, Peter David, for somehow reeling it in.
ladyozma's review against another edition
5.0
We found this audiobook on CD at a sale somewhere. I picked it up and tossed it in the pile, but it’s so hard for me to listen to audiobooks. I love them, but I swear if I even LOOK at one it’s like party time in front of me. The kids just have a sixth sense. I swear they do!
However, my blog did some fruity loops stuff yesterday and I had to clean up a bunch of code. Well that is just busy work so I figured, I could give this book a whirl. After all, it was only 3 hours. So that’s not too difficult.
And the kids descended. But, I still managed to finish the audiobook so that’s pretty good. I’m fairly sure that this is only possible due to there only being a whopping 3 discs.
So why this? Well, I have to tell you that I do love my Vulcans, however, Q is hands down my favourite character in the Star Trek Universe. He’s just so fun. You never know exactly what you are going to get when he pays the Enterprise a visit. You never know what he’s going to say, either. John de Lancie is just absolutely awesome in the role of Q.
So imagine the treat to find a book that’s told entirely from Q’s point of view! And even better, I can listen to it from the voice of Q, himself! It’s like a Star Trek dream come true.
The story is Q-riffic. What’s not included? EVERYTHING is included! It has to be, it’s Q! More or less, the story involves Q trying to stop the end of the universe. Data and Captain Picard get sucked into the fun because, well Q loves them. I swear, I’m waiting for Picard to dump a teacup full of “Earl Grey Hot” over Q’s head.
So many good points, I can’t even begin to count them all. I think my favourite scene, however, is without a shadow of a doubt – The M continuum. Basically these people pop in on the Q Continuum and are like “Hi, surely you know us! What you don’t? Whatev. We were here first so Hasta La Pasta!” Only of course Q couldn’t stand for that.
This gets five out of five stars from me solely for the reason that Q gets a smack down AND it’s read by Q. Honestly, you had me at the picture of Q. John de Lancie was the icing on the cake.
However, my blog did some fruity loops stuff yesterday and I had to clean up a bunch of code. Well that is just busy work so I figured, I could give this book a whirl. After all, it was only 3 hours. So that’s not too difficult.
And the kids descended. But, I still managed to finish the audiobook so that’s pretty good. I’m fairly sure that this is only possible due to there only being a whopping 3 discs.
So why this? Well, I have to tell you that I do love my Vulcans, however, Q is hands down my favourite character in the Star Trek Universe. He’s just so fun. You never know exactly what you are going to get when he pays the Enterprise a visit. You never know what he’s going to say, either. John de Lancie is just absolutely awesome in the role of Q.
So imagine the treat to find a book that’s told entirely from Q’s point of view! And even better, I can listen to it from the voice of Q, himself! It’s like a Star Trek dream come true.
The story is Q-riffic. What’s not included? EVERYTHING is included! It has to be, it’s Q! More or less, the story involves Q trying to stop the end of the universe. Data and Captain Picard get sucked into the fun because, well Q loves them. I swear, I’m waiting for Picard to dump a teacup full of “Earl Grey Hot” over Q’s head.
So many good points, I can’t even begin to count them all. I think my favourite scene, however, is without a shadow of a doubt – The M continuum. Basically these people pop in on the Q Continuum and are like “Hi, surely you know us! What you don’t? Whatev. We were here first so Hasta La Pasta!” Only of course Q couldn’t stand for that.
This gets five out of five stars from me solely for the reason that Q gets a smack down AND it’s read by Q. Honestly, you had me at the picture of Q. John de Lancie was the icing on the cake.