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This was great. Very good. Now I don't feel so bad about how the series ended. Not only that, because of this book, and the Romulan War series that follows, a lot of ST: TOS begins to make a heck of a lot more sense. Read it, you'll like it. ")
The plot is creative but the storytelling could be improved. At times there were sections of the book full of paragraphs and paragraphs of details regarding ships, characters' feelings, and historical background.
This is no Shatnerverse novel where James T. This is a very creative story that explains the "truth" behind the events of Star Trek: Enterprise's series finale "These Are The Voyages." The authors did a good job explaining their riveting and realistic plot to bring Trip back to life.
My main issues with The Good That Men Do is the overdone descriptions. Kirk pops out of his grave--this tale tells the story of Trips true fate in a very believable and unforced way.
I also appreciate that the writers spliced memorable scenes from "These Are The Voyages." into their book. I think if the writers just cut to the chase, reduced some of the fluff, and improved some of the dialogue--which was sometimes bland and out of character--then the book would have run a lot smoother and been a lot more exciting.Overall, this is a mediocre read.
It's definitely worth picking up if you're an Enterprise or Trip fan, or if you want to know more about the beginnings of the Earth-Romulan War.
Could not put it down. Author really captured the series and did justice to the people that played the charcters.
I can't really speak for the story itself, which was really good up until around page 328, when I ran into 20 (give or take) blank pages. I couldn't finish reading the story. This is the third book, from the Pocket Books publisher, I have purchased which was missing ink on the pages.
This is the same sort of "author wish fulfillment" that we used to get in amateurish novels about the original series in which Kirk (or Spock) inevitably fell in love with the avatar of the author.The execution gets five stars. This is a well-written, enjoyable read. Unfortunately, the basic concept behind it -- the writers didn't like something that happened on the series, so they wrote a book to "fix" it by claiming that it was all faked history, created by the infamous Section 31 to hide their undercover activities -- doesn't ring even slightly true. The concept gets one. Overall, three stars.
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