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Summary: Interesting situation
Review: Although not the best ST:VOY book I've read (check out "The Nanotech War" for a great read), the plotline was interesting and suspenseful.The entire book leads up to a final encounter, where Janeway and her team uses innovative and surprising methods to save their ship, their new allies, and perhaps the rest of the galaxy. These types of situations aren't new to any Federation Crew, but Kotani and Smith provide a unique and great conclusion.
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Summary: Interesting situation
Review: Although not the best ST:VOY book I've read (check out "The Nanotech War" for a great read), the plotline was interesting and suspenseful. The entire book leads up to a final encounter, where Janeway and her team uses innovative and surprising methods to save their ship, their new allies, and perhaps the rest of the galaxy. These types of situations aren't new to any Federation Crew, but Kotani and Smith provide a unique and great conclusion.
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Summary: One of a kind anomoly? Sure let's look!
Review: Astronomical anomolies and Star Trek go hand in hand. Just like the premise of many ST stories, Death of a Neutron Star is self explanitory as far as the setting and the man versus nature plot. The novel itself is ok as far as story development and the sequence of logical events. (Except for the use of available warp cores around pages 230-233).
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Summary: Good but not one of the best
Review: Death of a Neutron Star did feature some interesting new alien characters and a plot that did not have too much "science" for my taste. I did like the alien scientist & the young alien pilot (I forget their names). However, I was expecting to learn that the fantastic coffee Janeway kept drinking actually had some unknown properties that would have a horrendous effect on her. It was a big disappointment that it didn"t.
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Summary: Light easy read
Review: Despite what the previous reviewers said, I have enjoyed the plot-driven character of the book. It has at least as much to recommend itself as the character exploration style. Both are present in the StarTrek TV series. The book might be predictable, but fun regardless.
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Summary: Disapointing adition to Star Trek Voyaer series of novels.
Review: Disapointing story. One dimensional characters. Unrealistic plot senario, anyone with even a smattering of knowedlge of the universe will have difficutly suspending their disbelif. The writers only knowldege of Janeway appeared to be her love of coffee. This addiction was used it so often it became cliche. The writing was competant just.
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Summary: A real page-turner!
Review: I couldn't put this book down -- lots of suspense, possible doom if Voyager couldn't use science to solve the problem of a warlike race using the explosion of a neutron star to destroy its enemies. This book was fun from a scientific standpoint, but also, all the familiar folks were there, and their relationships rang true for me (i.e. Janeway and Seven, Janeway and Torres, Janeway and Paris, etc.) I have read several Star Trek books, and this was one of my favorites!
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Summary: Too technical
Review: I feel that this book is way too technical. I mean, I know that I'm still a kid but usually I can follow a story line without having to stop and try to figure out what they're talking about. I don't suggest buying this book.
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Summary: Very Entertaining
Review: I found this book very entertaining. I love Star Trek books and have read over 50 of them. The plot of this book kept me engrossed enough to read it in just 2 days. Although it was quite predictable, it satisfied my desires for Star Trek. I did find the Captains preoccupation with her coffee a little distracting, but I could deal with that.
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Summary: It was ok, nothing special
Review: I have to tell you, I was really disappointed with this book. I had many of the same reactions as another reviewer, when I saw that the only thing that Janeway thinks about is coffee. I mean, come ON! She likes it, and people make fun of her for it, but this was a little extreme. she comes off as having a two track mind: coffee and must.save.ship. good lord! and then there are those quavok people or whatever their race was called. all their names start with Q! i mean, not only is it difficult to follow when everyone's name starts with the same letter, but it's kinda stupid. i mean, how old are we???? we're not toddlers! this book could have been written a bit more maturely. and all the characters were 2 dimensional. it was ridiculous. and then chakotay! eric kotani gave him a completely different personality! i mean, i understand that lately in the shows he's kind of had NO personality (barring the ep "Shattered"), but this was a little much. the only thing chakotay does in this book is smile! SMILE! every action he does is followed by the word "smiling." or vice versa. and then he was CONSTANTLY making these little jokes. i understand that he can do that sometimes, but this is usually tom's forte and chakotay really comes off in the show as a much more serious guy. ok. now about the plot. or shall i say, the joke of a plot. the first 60 pages or so were COMPLETELY boring, and i found myself desperately wanting to put the book down. unfortunately, i was babysitting, and i had nothing else to do but read. but this book was putting me to sleep! the beginning is all technobabble, and stupid annoying technobabble at that. like, there were pages and pages of conversation about "inverse proportion of the star's gravitional field" or something like that. there was NO PLOT! then the book picked up somewhere around the middle, but it was so predictable. from the start, i could figure out all the twists (which i won't say for those who haven't read it). and just for the record, janeway is NOT dumb. she would have picked up on those in a second too. i cant believe this kotani guy thought he could put that past her! the book was boring, dumb, and stereotyped. the bad guys are ugly, have bad teeth, and smell rotten. what a surprise. it's like the original series (which i hate) all over again. to sum up, i expected a lot more from a voyager book. i guess i shouldn't have. but this was seriously the worst i ever read. it's the kind of book i only read b/c it had voyager on the cover. dont waste your money. i dont recommend this to anyone. read "echoes" instead. now THAT was a good book.
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