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Summary: A good read with little surprises.
Review: I feel that the book was classic Trek. Good vs Evil and good winning. The moral lesson of treating other the way you would be treated is a little dated, but not preachy. I really like the way the newer books are drawing more specific incidents from the shows and movies. The setting on the Enterprise E was good, but I thought the book should have described the ship in more detail. The guest characters were very transparent. The Enterprise E doesnt have good luck with their Security Cheif positions now do they?
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Summary: Strong start at the gate, but the finish was abrupt..
Review: I generally think that most readers who are fans of Q and ST-TNG read eagerly through the first two parts of this three volume series. As always, the author was comfortably able to weave intricate details into a descriptive setting. Alas, for all the rising action, the conclusion was atypically simplistic and dry. If you read the first two parts, you will undoubtedly finish off this third part, but this is far from Cox's best work.
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Summary: A little drawn out trilogy, but I enjoyed the series.
Review: I liked this trilogy -- the story was interesting and kept me looking forward to what would happen next. But the pacing did seem kind of slow at times -- for example, the Enterprise's situation remains largely unchanged from the middle of the first book until the beginning parts of the third book. The books themselves were not self-contained -- it was almost like the publisher got to a certain number of pages and ended each book rather than letting the story dictate where to make the breaks. I did really like the tying together of past Treks which Peter David usually does so well in his Treks. Tying apsects from the original series, including Star Trek V (which I had previously thought impossible), with some elements of TNG into a Q story was very satisfying to me. I also thought Greg Cox did an excellent job portraying Q's sarcastic personality and his interactions with Picard are as good as I've ever seen. There are also some aspect of Voyager in there as well. And this was probably the most troubling to me: By and large, this story takes place after the events from "The Q and the Gray". On TNG, by and large, Q is seen as a super-interloper who forces the regular characters to examine themselves and humanity. In Voyager, he is seen as a super-being who has his own personal problems. The Q in this trilogy is the Voyager's portrayal of Q rather than TNG. There is no introspection or growth for humanity, but rather our heros helping Q fix up his own screw-ups before it threatens the galaxy. I don't necessary have a large problem with that -- I did like Q's appearances on Voyager -- it's just something to be aware of and to me, especially in a "saga" like a trilogy, I think it should be more than just an adventure story.
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Summary: Not top notch, but good.
Review: I must admit that there are better authors out in the trek world, Shatner, The Reeves-Stevens, David, Duane et al. But Mr.Cox can weave a good page turner. At times, it seemed I was reading other things (like the Tale of the Tkon Empire, it would be great to have a spinoff of this...). I think that this series of book got bad reviews is because he can make an excellent combination of stories and plots that few authors can do. Also, Mr.Cox demonstrated a good mastery of language, something that few can claim credit. I considered it a worthy read and a great series of novels.
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Summary: I actually enjoyed it!
Review: I must be in the minority, but I enjoyed the trilogy. During the second half of the second book and most of the way through the third, I couldn't put them down. I was a little disappointed by the fact that Q's facsination with humans was a punishment, but c'est la vie. I do not think it was as bad as everyone else said it was, but that is just my opinion. I personally like the fact that the author weaved in bits of classic Trek into the story. I especially liked the author's portrayal of Q as someone who can make mistakes, be scared, and care about the welfare of others. I have always believed that Q wasn't as bad as he seemed.True, they weren't Q-Squared, but no one's perfect.
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Summary: agony from start to finish
Review: I was expecting a lot from this trilogy, but I found the story stretched beyond measure to fill up 3 books, the characterization very flawed (how could Mrs Q not realize that her son was in danger until the last minute??, that's just an example), and the interaction between characters very poor. The Enterprise crew was just there to play host but to what? The Q family was more like a weird offshot of the Addams family than a group of omnipotent beings. It was all played for laughs and the ending was more of a relief than a letdown simply because by that time I had grown tired of the whole thing and glad that it was finally over. What a charade! Thumbs definitely down.
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Summary: People should strike from reading this series
Review: I'm probably gonna get a lot of email on this, but this book disappointed me on several levels. One, it could have been told in a single novel. Two, the characters were poor and you could care less about any of the people. Lastly I found it somewhat offensive in the way a certain character, The One, was portrayed as a representative of GOD in the Christian faith. If you doubt me, read some of the dialog of this character and find that except for one word or two many of it pronoucements are directly from the bible. Biblesque if you will. Now I am no Jerry Falwell by ANY means, but I found that the idea that Christianity is based upon a evil entitiy more than a little bit offensive. I have been reading SCI-FI and fantasy for MANY year and understand the poetic license, but I hate to see a writer to cowardly to express his true feelings and disguise it in some truly weak writing and characterization. I'm sure others will see it another way, but then again this is my 1000 words for a review.
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Summary: Best of the trilogy
Review: In this conclusion of this incredible trilogy ends with anoutstanding climax. After the destruction of the Tkon Empire, leadsthe first Q Continuum war, which Q is torn to whose side to be on. In the past of this book, we see the other Q also from the episode, "Deja Q", the female Q, Quinn from the second season episode of Voyager, "Death wish", and a Q who looks remarkably like Picard....
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Summary: Best of the trilogy
Review: In this conclusion of this incredible trilogy ends with anoutstanding climax. After the destruction of the Tkon Empire, leadsthe first Q Continuum war, which Q is torn to whose side to be on. In the past of this book, we see the other Q also from the episode, "Deja Q", the female Q, Quinn from the second season episode of Voyager, "Death wish", and a Q who looks remarkably like Picard....
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Summary: Long and drawn out
Review: It was a boring conclusion to an otherwise good trilogy. Skipped over key points, such as the last battle between Q and O. I was very disappointed. The first two books show promise and this was obviously written quickly to sell the trilogy.
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