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starwarrior91's review against another edition
3.0
My least favorite of this trilogy to be honest. Still plenty to like here, but straying from a more traditional TOS style storyline lessened the experience. The exploration of the parallel universe where Captain Una and the others were stranded was done well enough, but it never could’ve been done on the show. As a celebration of the 50th anniversary of TOS that particular aspect of this trilogy felt a bit out of place. When these books focused on TOS characters in TOS style environments it excelled, but this book doesn’t get many of those opportunities.
mkpatt's review
5.0
A Worthy TOS Adventure
Weaving in characters from Enterprise's past, and the animated series, a fun adventure featuring Kirk, Spock and the rest of the TOS characters. Although the description of the alien universe was a little muddled and really difficult to imagine, the story was well done and had Avery fluid pace over the course of the three books. Definitely worth the read.
Weaving in characters from Enterprise's past, and the animated series, a fun adventure featuring Kirk, Spock and the rest of the TOS characters. Although the description of the alien universe was a little muddled and really difficult to imagine, the story was well done and had Avery fluid pace over the course of the three books. Definitely worth the read.
dan_quags's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
slow-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
3.0
duparker's review against another edition
2.0
Predictable dud. The first book was great, the second held its own, this one couldn't help but be a letdown. Too bad, because I really liked the idea of including McCoy's daughter. That brought something new and relatively unexplored. The execution of this book felt less intense and less critical to read than others. I wanted it to be fun, and it was, but it wasn't enjoyable beyond hokey fun.
noll's review against another edition
4.0
In my recent delve into Star Trek novels I had a discussion with a coworker who said he didn't really enjoy this trilogy and he only finished it out of spite (basically. He's very polite and didn't use that phrasing but that was the gist of it). I didn't have that problem. At all. I really loved the whole trilogy.
This book wasn't as tense and action packed as the previous two in the series but it was still a good read.
Rather than focusing on action and conflict, it spent a lot of time working on letting the characters (and the readers) come to terms with their emotions and reactions to the stressful events and circumstances that had led up to this book. It was nice to see them taking the time to care about each other and acknowledge each others' grief and fears.
Just some thoughts I had while reading:
-Sarek and Amanda are the absolute cutest and that's all I have to say about that. The Absolute Cutest. Also, Sarek interacting with Klingons is still and shall probably always be my favorite part of the whole series.
-Joanna McCoy is a saint and I would die for her.
-Jim trying to make a joke to make Spock feel better and Spock acknowledging the joke and stating that he appreciated the intent literally made me tear up.
- The Amanda/Bones solidarity was gold.
Anyway. All in all it was a solid ending that concluded very neatly, if not a little anticlimactically. There was some tension at the end with the "Will they make it in time, oh gosh they're not gonna make it, oh no" mentality coming into play a bit but mostly... you know they're gonna make it in time. My experience with Last Books in things is that you don't read them to find out What happens, cause usually by that point you know what has to happen, you read them to find out How it happens. So I didn't mind the fact that it was a little slower than the other two in the trilogy.
This book wasn't as tense and action packed as the previous two in the series but it was still a good read.
Rather than focusing on action and conflict, it spent a lot of time working on letting the characters (and the readers) come to terms with their emotions and reactions to the stressful events and circumstances that had led up to this book. It was nice to see them taking the time to care about each other and acknowledge each others' grief and fears.
Just some thoughts I had while reading:
-Sarek and Amanda are the absolute cutest and that's all I have to say about that. The Absolute Cutest. Also, Sarek interacting with Klingons is still and shall probably always be my favorite part of the whole series.
-Joanna McCoy is a saint and I would die for her.
-Jim trying to make a joke to make Spock feel better and Spock acknowledging the joke and stating that he appreciated the intent literally made me tear up.
- The Amanda/Bones solidarity was gold.
Anyway. All in all it was a solid ending that concluded very neatly, if not a little anticlimactically. There was some tension at the end with the "Will they make it in time, oh gosh they're not gonna make it, oh no" mentality coming into play a bit but mostly... you know they're gonna make it in time. My experience with Last Books in things is that you don't read them to find out What happens, cause usually by that point you know what has to happen, you read them to find out How it happens. So I didn't mind the fact that it was a little slower than the other two in the trilogy.
geleeregina's review against another edition
5.0
It was an interesting ending to the trilogy. While not as good as the others still a passable escape. What made it worthwhile is Robert Petkoff's narration.
thesmudge's review against another edition
3.0
It was okay, nothing of major interest happened that is not already known. Big criticism is that the ending dragged on for too long.
pawntksqueen's review against another edition
3.0
Read this 3 book series as part of a book club. This one wasn’t as good as the others, spending a lot of time building and then rushing toward the conclusion. But, overall, it was a good read, albeit lighter on action than the previous two installments.