bexster216's review
adventurous
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
benababy85's review
adventurous
mysterious
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? No
5.0
Loved this series. Really captures the characters from the tv show
feeona's review
3.0
The book is placed between the fourth and fifth series of Voyager. Of course I have seen Voyager (you need to, to know what this book is about), but I don't remember what happenend in which series, so I was a bit worried that I won't be able to catch up with the story. There is not much explaining, but there is also not much interaction with whats happening in the tv show, main relationships were shortly mentioned at the beginning and that was - at least for me - enough to know where to range the book chronologically. The story focusses a lot on B'Elana and Seven, so for me this was fine as I like these characters and found their interaction quite interesting.
Of course, as this is part of a series of 3 books, there was a cliffhangar. You should be prepared to read the next books too as many questions are left open.
Of course, as this is part of a series of 3 books, there was a cliffhangar. You should be prepared to read the next books too as many questions are left open.
amyz001's review
4.0
Ahh so great to have B'Elanna and Seven working together :D Enjoyable first part!
brooklyn1's review
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
I enjoyed the book. A good read and I liked the worldbuilding, even though I don't think how it was integrated into the story was the most seamless. The scenes where B'Elanna and Seven were part of a mini-collective were a lot of fun. And I was satisfied with how the book ended. The reason I am not rating it higher is because I feel how B'Elanna was portrayed was overexaggerated and her fights with Seven were very contrived. In the show their rivalry was always portrayed as B'Elanna being a little emotional and a bad manager. In this, it just felt... cruel. Like she's picking on someone who is a little different and is struggling to socialize into the crew. I know B'Elanna isn't meant to be the most tactful character, but I don't think it was ever this bad, even in season 4 of the show. Anyway, other than that I enjoyed the book, I liked the other characters, and I finished it in under a week.
lefthandedmatt's review
1.0
It starts of well enough, but quickly changes tone and eventually completely lost me. I skimmed through the back half of this one.
I think the tipping point occurs quite early on, when a ship containing 17,000 people is destroyed and it looks like it may be Voyager's fault, but nobody really reacts to it and the whole situation is moved on from very quickly.
I think the tipping point occurs quite early on, when a ship containing 17,000 people is destroyed and it looks like it may be Voyager's fault, but nobody really reacts to it and the whole situation is moved on from very quickly.
toddwe's review
2.5*s
While I appreciated the return to ST:V, the writing was not the best. The repetition of using people passing out as a transition was tiring, e. g. The endless reference to the translation devices was off-putting as well; yes, there's a universal translator. Thanks. Also, the plot was odd in how much it jumped around... one minute the Sem character was planning something and the next Janeway was reacting to a plan that had been carried out; what happened in between?
While I appreciated the return to ST:V, the writing was not the best. The repetition of using people passing out as a transition was tiring, e. g. The endless reference to the translation devices was off-putting as well; yes, there's a universal translator. Thanks. Also, the plot was odd in how much it jumped around... one minute the Sem character was planning something and the next Janeway was reacting to a plan that had been carried out; what happened in between?
dreamwanderer's review
4.0
The String Theory Trilogy takes place between the Fourth and Fifth Season of Star Trek Voyager.
Captain Janeway and company find themselves in a very weird place in the Delta Quadrant where the laws of physics and time do not apply. Nothing works as it should. They met up with a rather interesting species known as The Monorhanse.
All the characters get a moments of focus but the bulk of the story is the tumultuous relationship between B'elanna Torres and Seven of Nine. They take a shuttle to the planet surface only to crash land. In order to heal their injuries Seven of Nine uses her nanobots to form a 'mini-collective with Torres. The two learn to work together and understand each other a little better. It is also cause for some amusing scenes...like one where B'elanna dreams of Tom Paris and poor Seven of Nine is forced to 'watch'. Its a PG rated dream but still very funny.
My only complaint is some of the scenes are unnecessarily long and repetitive. Some of the descriptive paragraphs could be cut out and the book reduced in length. However over all this was a very compelling read. It was one of those books that I could not put down and it was nice to read a story that takes place in the later part of the series after Seven had joined the crew and Tom and B'Elanna were officially a couple.
Captain Janeway and company find themselves in a very weird place in the Delta Quadrant where the laws of physics and time do not apply. Nothing works as it should. They met up with a rather interesting species known as The Monorhanse.
All the characters get a moments of focus but the bulk of the story is the tumultuous relationship between B'elanna Torres and Seven of Nine. They take a shuttle to the planet surface only to crash land. In order to heal their injuries Seven of Nine uses her nanobots to form a 'mini-collective with Torres. The two learn to work together and understand each other a little better. It is also cause for some amusing scenes...like one where B'elanna dreams of Tom Paris and poor Seven of Nine is forced to 'watch'. Its a PG rated dream but still very funny.
My only complaint is some of the scenes are unnecessarily long and repetitive. Some of the descriptive paragraphs could be cut out and the book reduced in length. However over all this was a very compelling read. It was one of those books that I could not put down and it was nice to read a story that takes place in the later part of the series after Seven had joined the crew and Tom and B'Elanna were officially a couple.
harmony's review
3.0
Strange little story, but not bad. It's always jarring when characters speak or act in a way that they wouldn't in the show. (I'm not talking about the link, as that made sense. Sort of.) That's the danger with reading novels based on TV series, though. I'll probably finish the trilogy.
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