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Summary: Needs a Bit of Tweaking Here and There!
Review: I'll admit that I'm a big Star Trek fan (have basically watched every episode, have most of the books (especially Double Helix!)). So, about half-way through, I was a bit surprised when I was kind of bored. This book could have a little improvement. All of the other Double Helix books, I have to admit, had quite a lot more action. This book seemed dull almost. Basically it was a doctor finding a cure to a disease that a Cardassian outpost was infected with. Plus, that annoying Ferengi was running around the whole time too! It almost ruined my enthusiasm about the Double Helix series. Overall, I'd say it has room for improvement.
Rating: 
Summary: Improvement
Review: I'll admit that I've never been a big fan of the previous offerings into the Trek line by these two authors (Their TOS Day of Honor book being a huge expection for me). So, imagine my surprise when about half-way through I actually found myself enjoying this novel. It's a satisfying read and the authors really do capture the personalities of the characters well on the page. Giving Pulaski a bit of character development on the printed page is nice and the visits with Gul Dukat, Quark and Kira before we meet them on DS9 is nicely done. Also, the strength of this one (unlike the first novel in the series) is that the virus serves as the centerpiece of the novel without too many subplots to distract the reader.The series is showing hope.... Let's just hope it continues with Carey's novel.
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Summary: Way too much details of the horror of the virus
Review: I'm not much of a fan Katherine Pulaski, so this may be why I didn't enjoy this story nearly as much as the rest of the Double Helix mini-series. It does have some background details of Quark, Kira, Rom, Odo, Dukat, and Terok Nor. However, I didn't like very much the great ongoing details of all the people how suffered from the virus.
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Summary: Way too much details of the horror of the virus
Review: I'm not much of a fan Katherine Pulaski, so this may be why I didn't enjoy this story nearly as much as the rest of the Double Helix mini-series. It does have some background details of Quark, Kira, Rom, Odo, Dukat, and Terok Nor. However, I didn't like very much the great ongoing details of all the people how suffered from the virus.
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Summary: Good Story, Nice to see Dr Pulaski back
Review: Special only that it brings more about the life of Dr Katherine Pulaski. This task was assigned to her in between Season 2 and 3 as she leaves the Enterprise D and Dr Beverly Crusher arrives to replace her. I like the protrayal of Dr Pulaski as a no nonsense doctor. She tells Kira off when Kira wanted to pull off her own agenda to reveal the brutality of Cardassian rule. I like the character of Dr Pulaski and I was glad to see her back in action.
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Summary: Vectors goes off in all directions
Review: The Plot:
This is the second of six books dealing with biological terrorism by an unknown foe. In this instalment that takes place at the end of Kate Pulaski's tenure on the Enterprise and before DS9 begins, Pulaski runs off to Bajor to help her ex-husband solve a plague that is infecting the Bajorans and the Cardassians during the occupation. The Cardassians believe it is the Bajorans; the Bajorans think it is the Cardassians. Again, however, the plague has an 100% fatality rate. What I Liked:
Pulaski's character is fine, as are the "new" characters that are introduced. What I Didn't Like:
Gul Dukat is far too mature, Odo is about average, and Kira Nerys is far too trusting of the Federation. In fact, her involvement makes almost no sense considering her character at the start of the DS9 episodes. The story doesn't have the same solid medical workup as the first one in the series, and the characterization isn't quite as good but it is also not as jarring. More like a fast paced storyline without much depth. The Bottom Line:
3.00 lilypads out of 5.00. Date of Review: January 20, 2001
Format Reviewed: Softcover
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Summary: A decent follow on
Review: This was a decent follow on the first book of the series. It was very good to see Dr. Pulaski get in the spotlight, considering she'd pretty much had been written off the show and never made it to the books. I felt the character development was very good and the Ferengi portions were written very well. The only true complaint is that the author's seemed to done a poor job of closing out Kira's story. Overall though a very well written book and thanks to the author's for a good read.
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Summary: A decent follow on
Review: This was a decent follow on the first book of the series. It was very good to see Dr. Pulaski get in the spotlight, considering she'd pretty much had been written off the show and never made it to the books. I felt the character development was very good and the Ferengi portions were written very well. The only true complaint is that the author's seemed to done a poor job of closing out Kira's story. Overall though a very well written book and thanks to the author's for a good read.
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Summary: Great idea and plot
Review: Well, I loved the first one and knew that the sequel was probably not going to best it. I was right. However, there's really only one hole in the plot that prevents it from reaching that position. The characters are well done, and unlike what I expected, they Kira Nerys didn't turn out to be so much of a cardboard cutout as I expected her to be (seeing as this is her years before DS9, so she's slightly different). But it all turned out swell. We finally get to know Pulaski a bit better, and this helped me most of all to appreciate her character more than I did before. My only real problem is with the plot. Don't get me wrong, it's cool, it's exciting, but it's just not as gripping as the first one. We pretty much know from the first novel how it's going to end, and there just aren't enough surprises (The link between the Bajoran Resistance and the virus is revealed near the beginning). The only other problem with the plot is the ending. I can't pinpoint it, but there's just something missing. It's a teeny weeny bit too short for a novel of this magnitude. No, the first one was better. But this novel is a worthy sequel nonetheless. I give it four. So there.
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