A review by thomwallacern
The Captain's Oath by Christopher L. Bennett
4.0
This read was, generally, okay. The idea of getting more backstory on Captain Kirk is intriguing and enticing, but the writing here could be at times as dry as a cracker. I found myself skimming over big sections of fluff just to get to the meat of the story.
And, personally, I didn't care for how the story jumped around in time periods. It was unnecessary. If the two periods of time had more of a connection, it would've been so much neater. But they didn't. It didn't even feel like the earlier time period story was being told as reminiscent. It just felt choppy.
All in all, I liked it for the Star Trek. I just didn't like the way the story was crafted.
And, personally, I didn't care for how the story jumped around in time periods. It was unnecessary. If the two periods of time had more of a connection, it would've been so much neater. But they didn't. It didn't even feel like the earlier time period story was being told as reminiscent. It just felt choppy.
All in all, I liked it for the Star Trek. I just didn't like the way the story was crafted.