Diane Carey's "Cadet Kirk", #149
Dec. 29th, 2010 09:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
katikatBefore he became the captain of the U.S.S. Enterprise, James T. Kirk was a "by-the-book" Starfleet Academy cadet--until he had to throw the book away! Now, when space pirates threatens a famous scientist, Cadet Kirk comes to the rescue.
Review: 3rd in the "Starfleet Academy" series - don't ask me why I read it out of order, heh :) This is a young adult book so the plot is pretty thin - just like the book itself - and rather straightforward and uncomplicated. Unfortunately, I do prefer a bit more twists and turns and at least a surprise or two. Also, I didn't like the fact that 99% of the book was told from McCoy's POV and then suddenly, for just two scenes, it switched to the bad guy's POV - it could've been handled differently, with McCoy hiding and listening to the bad guys' conversation or something; this abrupt change of POV was a bit... strange.
But I loved McCoy's monologues, his acerbic comments and his "OMG, we will so die here!!!" attitude, that was pretty funny. Kirk didn't click for me much here, but I did like the way the three of them - Kirk, Spock and McCoy - influenced each other's way of thinking.
So, all in all, a good book, a quick read but not all that memorable.
Review: 3rd in the "Starfleet Academy" series - don't ask me why I read it out of order, heh :) This is a young adult book so the plot is pretty thin - just like the book itself - and rather straightforward and uncomplicated. Unfortunately, I do prefer a bit more twists and turns and at least a surprise or two. Also, I didn't like the fact that 99% of the book was told from McCoy's POV and then suddenly, for just two scenes, it switched to the bad guy's POV - it could've been handled differently, with McCoy hiding and listening to the bad guys' conversation or something; this abrupt change of POV was a bit... strange.
But I loved McCoy's monologues, his acerbic comments and his "OMG, we will so die here!!!" attitude, that was pretty funny. Kirk didn't click for me much here, but I did like the way the three of them - Kirk, Spock and McCoy - influenced each other's way of thinking.
So, all in all, a good book, a quick read but not all that memorable.
