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Summary: Suspense & Intrigue
Review: "Bloodletter" is in what some people call the "horror" sub-genre of Star Trek, but don't worry, it's not a horror novel. I'd call it "suspense". It is very tense, nerve-wracking, and spooky and there are gruesome and freaky descriptions in some places. The chase in "Part 2" of the book is rather scary but very good. The plot has solid elements, and the characterization is great for an early book. I found the story to be inventive, suspenseful and very interesting. There were some neat twists and surprises, and another visit from the wormhole aliens (the Prophets). I liked seeing Kira and Bashir working together - that was well done. Overall, 8.5 out of 10. This novel is definitely recommended!
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Summary: Suspense & Intrigue
Review: "Bloodletter" is in what some people call the "horror" sub-genre of Star Trek, but don't worry, it's not a horror novel. I'd call it "suspense". It is very tense, nerve-wracking, and spooky and there are gruesome and freaky descriptions in some places. The chase in "Part 2" of the book is rather scary but very good. The plot has solid elements, and the characterization is great for an early book. I found the story to be inventive, suspenseful and very interesting. There were some neat twists and surprises, and another visit from the wormhole aliens (the Prophets). I liked seeing Kira and Bashir working together - that was well done. Overall, 8.5 out of 10. This novel is definitely recommended!
Rating:
Summary: Suspense & Intrigue
Review: "Bloodletter" is in what some people call the "horror" sub-genre of Star Trek, but don't worry, it's not a horror novel. I'd call it "suspense". It is very tense, nerve-wracking, and spooky and there are gruesome and freaky descriptions in some places. The chase in "Part 2" of the book is rather scary but very good. The plot has solid elements, and the characterization is great for an early book. I found the story to be inventive, suspenseful and very interesting. There were some neat twists and surprises, and another visit from the wormhole aliens (the Prophets). I liked seeing Kira and Bashir working together - that was well done. Overall, 8.5 out of 10. This novel is definitely recommended!
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Summary: Nice try.
Review: But the plot and characterization have holes you could drive a starship through. And I mean a big one, a galaxy-class ship.The writing is pretty good, actually, so it's a shame to have to rate the book so low. The dialogue is better than fair, and the plot moves well until the end, when it completely falls apart. I don't want to say TOO much about that, because it would give away too much. All I can really say is that the day that Major Kira can't handle one lone psychopath with a broken arm who's armed only with a knife one-on-one (to say nothing of with assistance from Dr. Bashir) without having to destroy an expensive and important piece of equipment, is the day that the author truly doesn't understand the characters s/he's writing about. Granted, this was an early book, but STILL... Most of the second half of this book reads like a cheap slasher movie, with Major Kira playing the part of the terrified potential victim of the near-unbeatable slasher. Problem is, we've seen absolutely nothing to indicate that he really has the kind of semi-mystical invulnerability enjoyed by Freddie and Jason; Kira should have made mincemeat of him, without so much as mussing her hair.
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Summary: DS9 #3 Bloodletter - Good premise but poor execution!
Review: I found this author's writing style to be fairly good and the premise of this early Deep Space Nine story to be a sound one, however, the overall execution of the story more or less falls flat. Despite the fact that this is but the third in the Star Trek Deep Space Nine fiction series and the author probably had but one season or less of episodes to base his characterizations on, his characterization for Major Kira Nerys just doesn't wash. One would definitely think that if an author were going to set out to write a story in these series that they'd take an interest in learning the characters and failing that, the editor would catch these things and make corrections. This just doesn't seem to be the case with this novel though. The cover art for "Bloodletter" can be counted among the standard fare of Star Trek novels of the time where minimal effort was involved. The premise: As stated above, the premise is a fairly interesting one in which Starfleet Command has learned that the Cardassians are planning to construct a base on the other side of the wormhole in order to have a presence there and claim as much of the unexplored territory as possible. Obviously this is well before the Dominion became a known factor! The Federation has opted to preempt the Cardassians by having the command crew of Deep Space Nine build a station there first. Coming from Major Kira's past though is a fanatic who will stop at nothing to destroy her, the fate of Bajor, the wormhole and possibly even the fate of the Federation. While this novel is certainly not among the best of the Star Trek novels in print, it isn't the worst either. I would recommend it to help complete your Star Trek Deep Space Nine collection and as a somewhat viable read. {ssintrepid}
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Summary: DS9 #3 Bloodletter - Good premise but poor execution!
Review: I found this author's writing style to be fairly good and the premise of this early Deep Space Nine story to be a sound one, however, the overall execution of the story more or less falls flat. Despite the fact that this is but the third in the Star Trek Deep Space Nine fiction series and the author probably had but one season or less of episodes to base his characterizations on, his characterization for Major Kira Nerys just doesn't wash. One would definitely think that if an author were going to set out to write a story in these series that they'd take an interest in learning the characters and failing that, the editor would catch these things and make corrections. This just doesn't seem to be the case with this novel though. The cover art for "Bloodletter" can be counted among the standard fare of Star Trek novels of the time where minimal effort was involved. The premise: As stated above, the premise is a fairly interesting one in which Starfleet Command has learned that the Cardassians are planning to construct a base on the other side of the wormhole in order to have a presence there and claim as much of the unexplored territory as possible. Obviously this is well before the Dominion became a known factor! The Federation has opted to preempt the Cardassians by having the command crew of Deep Space Nine build a station there first. Coming from Major Kira's past though is a fanatic who will stop at nothing to destroy her, the fate of Bajor, the wormhole and possibly even the fate of the Federation. While this novel is certainly not among the best of the Star Trek novels in print, it isn't the worst either. I would recommend it to help complete your Star Trek Deep Space Nine collection and as a somewhat viable read. {ssintrepid}
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Summary: Somewhat entertaining, but mostly flat.
Review: I thought Bloodletter was more interesting in the beginning, with the evil villian's planning, but when Bashir and Kira go into space, it just turns into one endless confrontation after another, with fairly boring characterizations.
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Summary: An uninteresting read
Review: The characterizations are flat, and the novel is mostly just confrontation after confrontation with nothing to hold your interest. It was boring.
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