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Summary: Enjoyable but some things don't match up.
Review: Pathways gave an interesting insight to the back grounds of the Voyager crew. Some things just didn't seem like they were the real Voyager crew. Like the way Janeway got seperated from her crew. I do not think that Kes should have been brought into the story. Even though she used to be a crew member. A seperate book should have been written about her. Even though her story is brought into the story well. Pathways was an enjoyable book and I recommend people to read it as it gives you a background to the characters. Some thing's don't match up with the series but it is still enjoyable and interesting.
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Summary: Way too many inconsistencies!
Review: Not only were the characters way off base, but their histories were terribly inconsistent with facts already established on the show. For instance... I thought Tom's accident was after he graduated, not DURING the Academy. Perhaps Ms. Taylor is confusing Tom Paris with Nick Locarno (Robert Duncan McNeill's TNG role, in which he played a cadet who covered up an accident... sound familiar?) I think B'Elanna's homeworld was wrong, too. As for the rest... well, it felt to me like the book was written by someone who didn't watch and didn't have a clue about Voyager. Not too good considering Ms. Taylor used to be an executive producer of the show. I didn't even finish reading it, and I seriously doubt that you will miss anything important if you skip this book. As a big Voyager fan, I cannot accept this as canon. Stick with "Mosaic". Jeri Taylor does herself proud in that one.
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Summary: In-depth character study of the Voyager crew
Review: I thought the novel gave an excellent, in-depth of a crew, brought together by circumstance. I wish Jeri Taylor would write a book on each character, as she did with Kathryn Janeway with Mosaic.
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Summary: not TOO bad...
Review: The previous book by Jeri Taylor, MOSAIC, told the story of Kathyrn Janeway very well, but if you're looking for THAT kind of insight into the other Voyager characters in this book, you will be disappointed. Don't get me wrong... you will find out things about the characters, but the portraits are relatively two-dimensional. It's like eating one potato chip..... The surrounding story is weak at best, and is too easily dispensed with.
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Summary: This book was a character-developed not plot-centered novel.
Review: Even if you have read THE CARETAKER, you do not know the full history of the crew members aboard the USS Voyager. In PATHWAYS, I must admit, the storyline was lame (for example the way that Kes's story was woven in, and in the way that the captain was separated from her crew). However, when Jeri Taylor was writing this book I'm sure she was trying to expose their background. For example, how many of you Trekkies knew about Neelix's addiction? And who knew about B'Elanna's accident with Tom Paris? Through this book, I learned the history and stories of Kathryn Janeway, Chakotay, B'Elanna Torres, Tom Paris, Tuvok, Neelix, Harry Kim, Seven of Nine, and even Kes in her absence. HI, USS HORNBLOWER!
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Summary: Unless you're a die hard Trekker, skip this one.
Review: Mosaic is one of the best written Star Trek books that I have read. It captured my interest and compelled me to keep reading. That is why I eagerly awaited the release of Jeri Taylor's new novel, Pathways. I was extremely dissappointed when I was finally able to read it. There's barely any storyline to keep your interest, and the set-up for story telling is really impalausable. Would Janeway really allow all the senior officers off the ship at once while she goes on a mission by herself? Even if by some way out chance that she was that foolhardy, I doubt that Tuvok and Chakotay would let her get away with it. Granted, it is interesting to find out about the past histories of the crew members, but get real. Doesn't anyone other than Kes and Harry have a past that doesn't read like a horror story? Speaking of Harry, I'm glad Jeri Taylor is no longer writing for the show. How bland can you get? As for Kes, you can't be sure that it even is her life story. Reading Tuvok's history is as bad as reading bad Vulcan poetry. The actions of Tom's character seem like they were written by a person with multiple personalities. In Mosaic we learned of Janeway's triumphs as well as her tradgedies, Pathways gets no where near it. If you must read this book, read the life stories of Chakotay and B'Ellana and skip the rest!
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Summary: The Premise is flawed, so is the book.
Review: To restate what others have said with far more style. Janeway sends her entire senior staff to a planet, then leaves on a diplomatic mission!?!??? That in and of itself defies logic. And in many ways this Voyager novel suffers the same symptoms as the series. 80% of the story is build up, 10% is fluff and 10% is the solution. Like the series the conclusion to the problem feels hurried and contrived.
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Summary: Could have been much better.
Review: A big book with a nice cover, a good start. However Patways fails where it counts the most. The book tells the story of the senior officers of Voyager, as told by themselves . The stories are little books by themselves completely dismembered from the main story. There are no interruptions or questions from the other members while the stories are being told. While they are accounts of themselves, stories are told in a third person perspective. The book seems to be stitched together. Important characters don't even say a word after 300 pages! they are just sitting there, like paper characters. The stories are pretty good, the problem is how everything is put up together. There's even a gay character in this book, which seems to complicate the matter. Furthermore some characters stories do not match their TV profile (specially Kim's). Jerry Taylor could have done certainly better. It's readable, and sometimes fun, but expect nothing more.
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Summary: Too Disappointing Follow-Up for Jeri Taylor
Review: I personally enjoyed Jeri Taylor's first novel, Mosaic. But I can not say the same thing about Pathways, her second piece. The basic problem is timing. When Mosaic came out, most of the readers were still trying to figure out several questions: what kind of woman is Kathryn Janeway?, what were her dreams?, what kind of life she had led? Jeri Taylor's Mosaic made possible for the readers to get close to those questions (not entirely plausible though) Mosaic was the vivid look at Capt. Janeway's character and personality. Its storyline was supported by the convincing flashbacks of Janeway's past, her effort to save her crew and their struggle to survive the hostile enemy. In Pathways, it is the crew members who tell their story from their lives. The problem is that, afer four seasons of the Voyager, most of the readers and the Star Trek fans have figured out what kind of people these characters are. There are no more surprises for the readers. Nobody expects Lt. Torres from upbeat or cheerful life story or Lt. Paris from "upstanding citizen" like story. The point is that there are no more secrets, and the author just wrote the story that most readers already know, IN THEIR HEARTS. I wanted to read about the character development of the Voyager crews, not their past, which I already know. When I read a first few pages, I expect the nice mix of flashbacks and current event of the voyager crews. Instead, what I got was several boring life story of several characters. The storyline of how the crew try to escape the prison camp is not convincing or interesting. Without character development or interaction among the main characters, this novel is just the collection of several predictable stories. I rarely feel that the money is not worthy of its consumption, but I must say that this book was the waste of my money. Maybe I expected too much from this novel.
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Summary: Excellent background stories of the Voyager crew
Review: If you want an insight to the backgrounds of the main characters in Voyager, this is the book for you. Stories that have mentioned in the show are gone into in more detail, Paris, Torres etc. An excellent read. I would recommend it to all Trek fans
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