Well, I'm not that satisfied with those explanations.
No surprise there.
As for my opinion about the relaunch books, with Golden in charge, there was at least hope. I had a nice exchange of views with her some years ago and I know that she had a lot of affection for the characters.
Which hasn't stopped people assuming (loudly and often) that Golden hated Tuvok, because she'd shunted him out of her main plotline. For two duologies.
I'm frustrated that most of these ongoing VOY/Janeway complaints seem to demand that ST tie-ins must come with some guarantee that any variation or character arc must be settled fast, or there at least be assurances that major changes will be reversed by a certain date. In the TV episodes, unless it was a two-parter, almost every shocking event had to be "repaired" because the regular cast had five-year contracts. Novels written after the end of a series can afford to be different. Each of the relaunches have been designed to permit longer story arcs, and yet I detect a distinct lack of patience and trust.
Being TV tie-ins, the story is never going to go
so far from the parent show's status quo as to be unidentifiable and, with a little patience, most of ST's character deaths are traditionally undone. When your scope for what makes a novel successful (ie. strong focus on a youthful, long-lived Kes, everyone back on the ship like a happy family, and an alive Janeway), you're bound to hit disappointment. Over and over again.
What you want is seen as stagnation and repetition to others.
Besides that, most of the scenario in the relaunch books which I disliked weren't entirely Golden's fault, they were created by those in charge of the TV series.
We know you think that. Your view has not changed since these threads started several months ago. And yet you keep restating them.