Rating: Summary: It is so good it should have been a movie. Read it in 3days. Review: If you are a Next Generation and Deep Space 9 fan and love Worf this book is the one for you. It will make you laugh and maybe cry a little, yet one thing is true you will never want to put it down. It follows the end of the Generations Movie, to Worf entering DS9, the death of Jadzia and what really happened to the relationship between Worf, Deanna Troi and the Rikers. If you remember that at the end of The Next Generation there was a romance between Worf and Troi, DS9 never really cleared what happened and believe me it is quite an adventure. If you didn't read the first one it is irrelevant still I really recommend it. Peter David is the excellent capturing each and every cast member down to their every manerisms. Worf is captured as the true warrior, impressive lover and most caring he's ever been portrayed on written page. You will be surprised to find the life of a forgotten character that you may remember as the accidental-clone-twin of Will Riker better known as Tom Riker. Will Riker will impress you with his feelings towards Deanna. Deanna will make you as she tries to understand Worf. The ever loving Lwaxana Troi will never make you laugh harder, specially when she interacts with Worf, and Riker. A visit to the adoptive parents of Worf will make you love them even more. As a person who never really reads any Star Trek books there is something about the two Imzadi's, I don't know if it was intuition or just curiosity that drew me to the tittles but once I opened the first page, I couldn't stop reading. If you are a true fan you will never forgive yourself if you haven't read it and if you already read it you will wish you never read it so you could read it for the first time. Francisco
Rating: Summary: Imzadi II Warp 9 . . . Engage Review: If you enjoy book series that meld past shows and previous books with the work, then Peter David's "Imzadi II" won't disappoint.Readers will be transported from scenes in ST:Generations to past ST:TNG episodes with a ST:DS9 character thrown in for good measure. All this blends together cleanly to create a marvelously structured and exciting storyline. Mr Worf's relationship with Troi takes center stage this time 'round, with a humorous confrontation on Betazed with Mother Troi, Lwaxana. Though I'd be hardpressed not to find any situation involving Lwaxana unhumorous. Disappointing many of the Riker/Troi fans I've spoken to is Riker's somewhat backseat position. While his double plays an important role, *our* Riker doesn't show his mettle until the closing battle. But, as I mentioned to them, what is there is all Riker, and it sets us up nicely for a possible third Imzadi. The plot twists and planet hopping, Earth to Betazed to Qu'onos and beyond, should keep any fan of ST:TNG or these wonderful characters page turning to the end. Here's to Imzadi III, Barbara
Rating: Summary: AUDIOBOOK VERSION NEEDS A DIFFERENT READER Review: The actor who played Gowron is the reader of all the parts in Imzadi II. I found his voice to really detract from my enjoyment of the story. Worf sounds like Gowron. Alexander sounds like Gowron. Deanna, Mrs. Troi, and Sela sound like Gowron trying to (badly) imitate a woman's voice. I would have preferred a much more unobtrusive reader. If I had it to do all over again, I would have skipped the audiobook and just bought the paperback.
Rating: Summary: Not bad. Review: This is really good stuff, but it's not as ... spiritual as the original was. Maybe it was the lack of the time-travel aspect, I don't know. Sela just never cracked the whip as a villain for me on the series, so I guess I was biased going in to it. Troi and Worf, on the other hand, were handled beautifully -- why couldn't Marina Sirtis get this kind of dialogue on the show? The insertion of the characters from Imzadi was an added bonus, too. While I think an Imzadi III was overkill (and frankly, I thought the idea of an Imzadi II was gilding the lily), Peter David writes fantastic romantic novels and is one of the few Trek authors who chooses to get inside the heads of his characters and explore their relationships with others rather than focus on arcane bits of technobabble. Always a pleasure to read his work.
Rating: Summary: Willing to forget it Review: If Mr. David would re-read Imzadi and try again, I'd be quite willing to forget this mess. It's only redeeming point is ending the Worf-Troi relationship. Obviously, Star Trek is not great literature, but if you don't have a good story, you don't have much of anything. I suggest re-reading Imazadi and filling in the blanks for yourself.
Rating: Summary: Satisfying yet wanting... Review: I like both Imazdi and Imazdi II. I hope that there will be a Imazdi III. I hate to see Troi and Riker being set apart... please consider putting them back together. Afterall, there will no longer be the TNG on TV.. so at least satisfy people like me with books that tells about Troi and Riker's relationship... Sounds like soap opera? No, I truly would like to know how this relationship would go.
Rating: Summary: almost perfect Review: WARNING: The folowing reveiw ruins a few surpirses. I loved Imzadi. I thought it was nefo the best love stories i have read. It was perfect. When i heard of a sequel i was naturally very happy, but unfortunately this one was par. While the return of tomas riker was a srpirse and always a joy, the ending left me saying "That's it?" Aftert the first one I figured no sequel was really ness. At all. But this is a very funny book, and worth reading just not as good as the first.
Rating: Summary: Good, but not up to Peter David's usual standards. Review: I love Peter David's Star Trek novels, and I especially loved Imzadi. When I heard there was to be a sequel, I was naturally very excited. However, although Imzadi II was good and I did find it entertaining, it wasn't up to Peter David's usual high-calibre writing. Someone else described it as "lacking" and I have to agree. I can't put my finger on it, but something was missing. However, I must truly congradulate Mr. David on writing a successful novel dealing with what happened between Worf, Riker and Troi in the gap between the end of TNG and the TNG movies. I was always slightly irritated that the TNG series ended with Worf and Troi as a couple (which was not a good idea) and then in the movies, all of a sudden it was like the Worf/Troi thing never happened. I was glad Worf and Troi were no longer a couple, but I really wanted to see the explanation for why they called it quits. I recommend reading Imzadi II mostly because at LAST there is a satisfying explanation of the missing time between the end of TNG and the movies. So, read the book... it's not one of PD's best, but you will enjoy it nonetheless.
Rating: Summary: Fills in one of the gaps between TNG and the movies Review: Peter David is one of the funnest Trek writers out there and this book is another example of his grasp on the Trek universe. He handles the characters with the right level of emotion and wit that the books become real page-tuners for even non-trek readers. After the action stopped, the resolution of the Work/Troi/Riker triangle had me laughing out-loud.
Rating: Summary: Peter David is the best, but this book could use some work.. Review: I found Imzadi II to be a fitting sequel to his first amazing, thought inspiring novel. It was well plotted, don' t get me wrong, but some of the situations were just plain off the wall, even for PD. It was, I am afraid, a mock up on his way of writting that incorperates the other aspects of Trek into the one novel (ie. TOS, Next Gen, DS9, VOY and even New Frontier though its in its infancy). There were far too many injokes, allusions and embellishments for this avid PD reader. Some of the settings were severlly tortured (such as the Betazed one's were Worf undergoes the spiratual Betaziod training). Even the imfamous 'Picture' in the Betazed Museum of Art was barely touched on. If I were to make a change or two with it, I would say that if the plot didn't last as long as it did, and the endoument was a tad bit long to expose the Worf/Troi/Riker relationship (like in Imzadi!!!!) a wee bit more.
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