Trouble with Vulcan Soul Book One!

[GalaxyClass1701]

Does anyone else find this to be a tough read?

 

[Guest12]

It's been a while since I read it but I actually remember liking it. But I always enjoy Vulcan stories. What did you find difficult about it?

 

[zarkon]

I didn't think it was very good at the time, and I barely remember the plot now.

 

[GalaxyClass1701]

It's been a while since I read it but I actually remember liking it. But I always enjoy Vulcan stories. What did you find difficult about it?

Just the syle of writing I can't pin it down I'm just having a tough time following?

 

[zarkon]

One of the amazon reviews actually specifically says that they found the writing style in some of the chapters terrible.

So I guess you're not alone.

I did find the writing in forge/heart(by the same authors) somewhat ponderous(I can remember those because the story wasn't so bland at least).

 

[Relayer1]

I found the whole truly tedious. I ground my way through them, but it was far from enjoyable...

 

[Csalem]

By coincidence I just finished rereading this last week. Had trouble the first time I read it when it came out a few years ago and still had some trouble with again. The style at times makes it hard to follow what's happening. Also the reason for one of the children changing their name is given twice in quick succession, which I found a bit jarring. I also didn't like the way Chekov's speech pattern was written.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I like all of the Vulcan's Noun books (Vulcan's Heart just may be my favorite Trek novel of all time). The Soul trilogy was fascinating as well. I had no problem with it.

 

[Defcon]

I liked it. The memory parts where better than the "now" parts, though.

My review from years ago.

 

[Guest12]

Like I said it's been a while, but I also remember enjoying the memory portions more.

 

[Therin of Andor]

I found a few of the main future-Romulan characters hard to sympathize with, so yeah, parts of all three books were tedious. I did enjoy the unfolding of the story and how, when canon introduced the Remans, the authors had to splice them into the trilogy as they wrote it.

 

[Reanok]

I liked the Vulcan soul book series I liked the lost ancient Vulcan history mentioned in the books . I didn't have any problems reading these books I re read them a few yeras ago and like the stories conclusiion.

 

[RPJOB]

I remember wishing that they'd occasionally use a term other than coronet. Give it a Vulcan name or some such. At times it felt like coronet was every other word.

I really enjoyed the history portions but I've always been a sucker for stories that manage to tell a story set in the past without Kirk, Spock or someone else actually being there. Spock's World was another excellent example of telling a story in the past while keeping the main characters in the present (their present anyway).