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caffeine_books's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
This novel does a wonderful job at looking at two aspects of Star Trek. First, the aftermath of The Motion Picture and the fallout that Kirk had to face (both good and bad) not only with how he is perceived by the Federation at large but his crew, a majority of whom are still fiercely loyal to Decker. This part of the novel also ahs McCoy and Spock dealing with their own flaws and how they fit in a world that is seeming to outpace them.
The second aspect is a reflection on society at large as the novel brings a conclusion to the episode "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky." It is the age old battle of religion versus science and if those two can co exist. I think this book does a wonderful job of bringing depth to characters and showing their battle with their own mortality as well as belief systems.
Wonderful book, highly recommend.
The second aspect is a reflection on society at large as the novel brings a conclusion to the episode "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky." It is the age old battle of religion versus science and if those two can co exist. I think this book does a wonderful job of bringing depth to characters and showing their battle with their own mortality as well as belief systems.
Wonderful book, highly recommend.
shawn_annets's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.25
mkpatt's review against another edition
4.0
Enjoyable Read
Nice follow up to an original series adventure. One or two details were off, but not really enough to spoil the story.
Nice follow up to an original series adventure. One or two details were off, but not really enough to spoil the story.
chimichannika's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
2.5
on the whole this book was a case of contradictions. As long as he wasn’t writing humanoid women, his writing was beautiful to read, he *gets* the TOS characters most of the time, he wrote plenty of beautiful, emotional, descriptive, complex, nuanced, and compelling scenes, and really did one of the better examinations of religion in society that I’ve seen in sci-fi. *however* it seemed like the moment a humanoid woman character was in the vicinity whatsoever, he just couldn’t resist from writing sexist, reductive, objectifying, pejorative, and offensive content about her, despite it being completely unnecessary and detracting massively from reader immersion and enjoyment. (Non-humanoid alien women were largely except from this in his book) at first I thought he was trying to make a point that the Villain Characters Were Bad TM but nah, he wrote sexist content regardless of whether it was our protagonists or antagonists:((
because of this I hate that I can’t unilaterally call this a great book. It had so much potential based on the plot and premise and characters it focused on but the ongoing and uncriticized sexism really detracted so much from the quality and enjoyment of this book, even moreso because of how recently it was written.
because of this I hate that I can’t unilaterally call this a great book. It had so much potential based on the plot and premise and characters it focused on but the ongoing and uncriticized sexism really detracted so much from the quality and enjoyment of this book, even moreso because of how recently it was written.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexism
Minor: Death
rmendes42's review
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
birdmanseven's review against another edition
2.0
This just didn't do it for me. While it did add some depth to Decker and Spock, it felt more like a sequel to the TOS episode "For the World is Hollow" than a bridge between TMP & Khan. I haven't seen that episode so it was a little hard to care about the characters or follow all of the references. This wasn't what I'd hoped it would be.
jonfucius's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
strikingthirteen's review against another edition
5.0
Star Trek: The Motion Picture is a rough movie to connect with for a bunch of reasons I won't go into here. There are great character moments, or at least opportunities, in the film but there's not enough. This book does a fantastic job of giving a much needed emotional core to the events of TMP and actually deals with the aftermath of the book. You have Kirk's guilt, Spock's uncertainty, McCoy's loss of footing, a crew's confusion as to what has happened and how to deal with this captain who shoe horned his way into command. Also the diversity of the crew in opinion and in species. It's a veritable cornucopia of potential conflict that matches the actual conflict here.
We revisit Natira, the Fabrini, and the world they have settled after the events of the episode "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky." This of course makes things quite awkward for McCoy and makes Kirk have to deal with the consequences of leaving a world once he has 'enlightened' them. In this case there is a deep chasm between the old ways and the new and Natira isn't the most understanding of the other side.
It's really fabulous. There's conflict, awesomness, everyone's issues being dealt with or at least confronted, and everyone finding as much of a next step as possible. It really makes TMP that much more worth it as a film and you can tell the author cares and cares so hard about this film and the characters to. Most Star Trek books avoid this era in Trek but I think they avoid it for a different reason since this book came along.
We revisit Natira, the Fabrini, and the world they have settled after the events of the episode "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky." This of course makes things quite awkward for McCoy and makes Kirk have to deal with the consequences of leaving a world once he has 'enlightened' them. In this case there is a deep chasm between the old ways and the new and Natira isn't the most understanding of the other side.
It's really fabulous. There's conflict, awesomness, everyone's issues being dealt with or at least confronted, and everyone finding as much of a next step as possible. It really makes TMP that much more worth it as a film and you can tell the author cares and cares so hard about this film and the characters to. Most Star Trek books avoid this era in Trek but I think they avoid it for a different reason since this book came along.
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