octavia_cade's review
adventurous
medium-paced
3.0
I read and reviewed each of the four novels collected here separately, so this is just for my own records. I rated them all three stars, so the collected rating's pretty easy to figure out. There was a lot of likable stuff here - the presentations of Bashir in Time's Enemy and Neelix in The Final Fury were both particularly good. The highlight for me, however, was Kirk's relationship with the invasion leader in First Strike. My favourite Trek books all have a strong focus on the idea of finding commonality with our enemies, and characterisation has always been a strength of Diane Carey's so I enjoyed that.
I think the downside of these for me, and why they never really got above three stars, is that so much of them is fighting. And yes, this is a mini-series about war, I get that, but I'm just not that interested in reading about battles. Give me quiet conversations and characterisation over action scenes every day of the week! But it's still an enjoyable series, if a bit uneven in places.
I think the downside of these for me, and why they never really got above three stars, is that so much of them is fighting. And yes, this is a mini-series about war, I get that, but I'm just not that interested in reading about battles. Give me quiet conversations and characterisation over action scenes every day of the week! But it's still an enjoyable series, if a bit uneven in places.
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