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Summary: had a few errors,but hey!nobody's perfect!
Review: I liked this book and i think i read too many times to say it isn't good...
The three major conflicts(Riker-Data/Picard, Troi-Riker and Enterprise-Creature)allow the reader to understand even better the characters' personalities.
Very nice...recommended.
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Summary: Good, but not great.
Review: I liked this book, even though it tended to be a little over dramatic, and many of the crew's actions did not seem to fit their characters, although to be fair to the author, this book was written at the very start of TNG's run, and the characters have developed a lot since then. The passage at the very start of the book was well written, and there was some good scenes between the characters, but I found the book just a little too slow. I have read some of Diane Carey's other ST books, and while she's not my favourite Trek author, I do enjoy most of her books, especially 'Ship of the Line'. I think the book would be better if more time was spent on developing a more complicated storyline, and less time on the characters feelings on the 'Ghost Ship'. Maybe it's just me, but the plot seemed too basic, and centred completely on what to do about the life draining entity. As it was, the book was more a question of ethics than a Star Trek novel. A good, thought-provoking Star Trek novel, but not one of the best.
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Summary: Liz Cauley
Review: I thought the book was great and was really well written. I was very dramatic and exciting at times.
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Summary: Loved it
Review: Loved the book. This book made me want to read more star trek books. Thia me first book I have given a 5 star review.
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Summary: Wesley tightened his young eyes......OOOH PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: This book is maybe only good for a laugh i.e. "Picard eyed him foxily" Hmmmm? "Worf puckered his lips in a Klingon kind of shrug" What the heck is that supposed to mean! "Her faint Greek accent tapped the words out with the clip of a sparrow's talons hopping across marble." Whatever happened to "she said.." Don't get me wrong I do enjoy reading Star Trek TNG but I could not even finish this joke of all books. Thank you for your time.
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Summary: Overall not bad;
Review: This book started poorly, and had a number of problems, but overall was a good enough story to make it all the way up to "fair". It was 15 pages into the book before we met any of the main characters, and there was some very odd writing as has been commented on by one of the other reviewers ("Her faint Greek accent tapped the words out with the click of a sparrow's talons hopping across marble.") and, also as one of the other reviewers has pointed out, several of the characters do not seem to behave in ways that, to my admittedly limited understanding, are according to their established characterizations from the television show. Riker, particularly, seems completely out of character, very self-conscious and uncertain, very unhappy to be a first officer, thinking of Data (at least at the start of the book) as simply an ambulatory tool with no personhood, and being even more pacifistic and unwilling to cause harm to another entity, even in self-defense, than Picard. This book would probably rate four stars if it stood alone, as a science fiction story with characters that were entirely its own; but the poor handling of established characters brings it down to three.
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Summary: Horrible
Review: This is the first of the next generation books and also the worst. The author puts too much attention on the crews' feelings for each other. The author should have focused more time on developing a good story, which this author obviously did not do. I felt it was a waste of my time and i am surprised i actually finished this book. This book is a waste of time and the paper it was written on
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Summary: very good for one of diane careys first trek novels
Review: this was one of diane careys first trek novels so a few mistakes were made as she wrote it, she tended to over explain and or dramatize. If you have read any of her more recent titles you will see how much she has improved.
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Summary: A decent first effort, but...
Review: To be fair to the author, it is hard to write a completely objective review of this book. The novel was written when the concept was new, the series just beginning and the characters not yet fully fleshed out. I read it, on the other hand, after the series had concluded and the transition to motion pictures successfully completed. Still, the weakness of the book lies not with the inconsistent interaction among the main characters but with the plot itself. We start by meeting the captain and crew of the Sergei G. Gorshkov. In fact, the entire first chapter is dedicated to this introduction. The author makes us curious about these characters, and then does nothing with them. They exist in spirit form throughout the rest of the novel, but do nothing and are never revisited as anything more than a collective group of beings that want to die. The officers of the Enterprise undergo a great amount of soul-searching as they try to decide whether to grant this request or not, but the crew of the Gorshkov are neglected by the alien that absorbed them and by the author as well throughout the bulk of the novel. Ultimately, the reader does not care what decision Captain Picard comes to, because the author never makes us care about the "ghosts" whose fates lie in the balance. While the plot is disappointing, the interaction among the main characters is worthwhile if for no other reason than to contrast the original concept with their eventual, more developed, incarnations. The highlights are the budding relationship between Giordi and Data and the contradictory early relationship between Deanna and Riker. But at the same time, Giordi is painted as an arrogant and insubordinant brat and Riker an incompetent buffoon when the two are on the bridge. Bottom line: This isn't a horrible novel, but there are many superior Star Trek books out there (some of them written by Diane Carey herself). If you are going to invest the time it takes to read a book, invest it in one you'll get more out of.
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Summary: A decent first effort, but...
Review: To be fair to the author, it is hard to write a completely objective review of this book. The novel was written when the concept was new, the series just beginning and the characters not yet fully fleshed out. I read it, on the other hand, after the series had concluded and the transition to motion pictures successfully completed. Still, the weakness of the book lies not with the inconsistent interaction among the main characters but with the plot itself. We start by meeting the captain and crew of the Sergei G. Gorshkov. In fact, the entire first chapter is dedicated to this introduction. The author makes us curious about these characters, and then does nothing with them. They exist in spirit form throughout the rest of the novel, but do nothing and are never revisited as anything more than a collective group of beings that want to die. The officers of the Enterprise undergo a great amount of soul-searching as they try to decide whether to grant this request or not, but the crew of the Gorshkov are neglected by the alien that absorbed them and by the author as well throughout the bulk of the novel. Ultimately, the reader does not care what decision Captain Picard comes to, because the author never makes us care about the "ghosts" whose fates lie in the balance. While the plot is disappointing, the interaction among the main characters is worthwhile if for no other reason than to contrast the original concept with their eventual, more developed, incarnations. The highlights are the budding relationship between Giordi and Data and the contradictory early relationship between Deanna and Riker. But at the same time, Giordi is painted as an arrogant and insubordinant brat and Riker an incompetent buffoon when the two are on the bridge. Bottom line: This isn't a horrible novel, but there are many superior Star Trek books out there (some of them written by Diane Carey herself). If you are going to invest the time it takes to read a book, invest it in one you'll get more out of.
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