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Summary: A great end to a Trilagey
Review: Avenger is a great why to end the story started in Star Trek: Ashes of Edean. This a great book that I could not put down. I have read all 3 books and I am looking forward to Specter and all the others that William Shatner.
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Summary: Still warm
Review: Willian Shatner came up with another good idea. Although I have some advice , 1 more book . I just started "Spectre" and it's already dragging . So Quit while your on top and don't let yourself slide away.
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Summary: perfect star trek
Review: I read this book in a matter of one day......excellent true star trek, William shatner knows star trek better than most of the writers to date. remember it started with captan kirk he should live on in books. remember when star trek was fun. get this book!
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Summary: OK story, but where do Kirk and Teilani fit in?
Review: This novel is all right, but it's a story that would have been fine for Picard and crew to handle. True, it gives us a chance to learn that Kirk was not killed at the end of "The Return", but there just isn't the excitement and suspense as there was in "The Return". However, if you are going to continue with the other reads after this one, such as "Spectre" and "Dark Victory", then you'll need to read this one to understand how Kirk is resurrected again.Otherwise, a rather weak entry into Shatner's trilogy.
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Summary: Poor Spock.
Review: If you were to ask me, Shatner is abusing Characters. How many times has Kirk been resurected now? The thing that mainly got me disturbed about this book is that Shatner has reduced Spock beyond belief. At the end of ST 6 , we finally think that Spock has found a balance between his human and Vulcan sides. What's with all of this "He'll have to deal with my human side" junk? The virogen Crisis kept me reading, but this book is a far cry from The Return.
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Summary: Its "to be continued"
Review: The story isn't bad, a little disjointed at times, but when you near the end you realize the end is not near! I saw no indication on the cover or Amazon's info. to indicate the story was incomplete. I would think there should be some indication that this is one of a series, and where in the sequence it lies.
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Summary: The Wonder Years, by William Shatner
Review: To his credit, Shatner has shouldered much of the burden for novels that "fill in the gaps" between motion pictures. Personally, I like his approach in both The Return and The Avenger, the idea that things _do_ move on. I despise this recent trend in Star Wars and Star Trek of "remember when" stories where we have to go back in time and "see how it all began." However, I was a little disappointed in Avenger...one gets the feeling that Shatner is like Captain Kirk in one important way; while he claims he's tired of the role of Captain, he can't quite bring himself to let it go. I don't know if he's trying to create some kind of legacy to survive him or what, but it's obvious Shatner does not want to see Captain Kirk ever die. Worse, the treatment of Spock in the story was very sad. Spock, a character of proud dignity, is reduced to a sniveling and whiny Vulcan more appropriate for the Wonder Years or Growing Pains. I can accept the whole Bendii disease, but the effect it had on Spock's behavior was a little too exaggerated for me. I don't think even a disease could have caused Spock to break out in a big smile when he and Kirk first meet, nor would he scream. Overall, the story is a good filler for those of us who have to wait 2 years between movies, but I think the overemphasis on 30 year old episodes and the aggrandizement of Kirk is a definite turnoff.
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Summary: A surprisingly weak offering in the series.
Review: Avenger is the kind of book that I both liked and didn't like at the same time. The virogen crisis and the intrigue surrounding Sarek's supposed murder kept me reading it, but a few other things made me want to stop. First, Mr. Shatner way overglorified James Kirk. Kirk was basically described as being the greatest hero the Federation had ever known, especially evident in the thoughts of a certain female officer he meets up with. Second, Kirk's philosophy concerning the balance of nature was more than a little hard for me to swallow, especially considering that it was coming from James Kirk of all people. And third, the subplot that gave the book its name was just too weird for me to accept. Overall, I think this book was well-written with some nice character development, but the things I listed above kept me from rating it any higher than three stars.
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Summary: Great
Review: I never really trusted books written by actors so I stayed away from William Shatner for awhile. However, I saw Avenger at my library and couldn't resist. It is a great book with an original plot. It is so different from those go-lucky Federation always wins stories. I like the part about Spock and his father too.
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Summary: Better than the Return
Review: In Avenger Shatner finally invents his own characters instead of relying on regular Trek characters from tv and film. I like the relationship btwn Cmdr. MacDonald and Dr. M'Benga but MacDonald calling M'Benga "Bones" was too corny and uninventive. Shatner should try to create more of his own Starfleet characters more often instead of relying on characters from DS9, Voyager, and Next Generation. Shatner also should work on using less narration and more dialogue between the characters in his story. Too much narration makes for a boring read. I have to say this is the best one even though I am currently reading Spectre by Shatner.
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