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A review by bory
Seven of Nine by Christie Golden
4.0
Rounded up from 3.5 stars.
What can I say, it's Christie Golden. She writes good stories, and she knows the Voyager crew inside and out. When you read one of her books, you can hear the lines being spoken in the character's voices from the show, which doesn't hold true for many of the pre-Kirsten Beyer novels.
My only real complaint is that the story could have used more Janeway, and especially more Janeway/Seven interactions. More minor complaints include some weird plot holes - like why didn't experienced telepaths like Vorik and especially chief-of-security Tuvok detect the Skedan's telepathic manipulation of the crew. But, it's Star Trek. Technobabble and plotholes are part of the charm.
Maybe I'm biased in giving this an above average rating, but I love this universe, and I love these characters, and Golden writes them well enough that I'm willing to overlook problematic elements more so that in other works of fiction.
What can I say, it's Christie Golden. She writes good stories, and she knows the Voyager crew inside and out. When you read one of her books, you can hear the lines being spoken in the character's voices from the show, which doesn't hold true for many of the pre-Kirsten Beyer novels.
My only real complaint is that the story could have used more Janeway, and especially more Janeway/Seven interactions. More minor complaints include some weird plot holes - like why didn't experienced telepaths like Vorik and especially chief-of-security Tuvok detect the Skedan's telepathic manipulation of the crew. But, it's Star Trek. Technobabble and plotholes are part of the charm.
Maybe I'm biased in giving this an above average rating, but I love this universe, and I love these characters, and Golden writes them well enough that I'm willing to overlook problematic elements more so that in other works of fiction.