Spoilers VOY: To Lose The Earth by Kirsten Beyer Review Thread

[hbquikcomjamesl]

Now on order with B&N (along with a 2-CD-set of the complete Saint-Saëns Piano Concertos).

Actually reading it will have to wait until I've gotten to the end of the first book of Don Quixote.

 

[Avro Arrow]

previous books, but because of the time between you may’ve forgot

With my memory, and the time between releases, I had forgotten most of what happened in Architects of Infinity, but I'm finding that the author has included enough recaps and recollections that I don't feel lost. So far, I'm not regretting my decision to just jump in, rather than rereading the previous entry first.

 

[20fridge]

This was a fantastic conclusion! I wish it weren't the end of the Voyager Relaunch. It's been the most consistently strong series and this one was no exception. I am amazed at how well it acts as an ending and could have acted as the jumping off point for a much bigger story.

Spoiler: The Ending

I would really love to read about Voyager's adventures outside the galaxy. Talk about going where no one has gone before...

 

[indianatrekker26]

im just diving into the Voyager relaunch with Full Circle. In regards to post-nemesis litverse, ive read everything up to and including the Destiny trilogy. Except for the first 4 post-tv series voyager books by Christie Golden. Im really loving Full Circle so far. I dont really feel lost at all, even having not read those first 4 Golden books. So im assuming the voyager books stay on their own course and dont really cross over with the other posts-destiny trek books? This series can be read completely on its own?

 

[20fridge]

So im assuming the voyager books stay on their own course and dont really cross over with the other posts-destiny trek books? This series can be read completely on its own?

Yes. Though Tuvok crosses over from the Titan series in A Pocket Full of Lies, you don't need to have read any Titan to understand what's going on.

 

[indianatrekker26]

Yes. Though Tuvok crosses over from the Titan series in A Pocket Full of Lies, you don't need to have read any Titan to understand what's going on.

Great. I'm also familiar with Tuvok on the Titan. I've read the first few Titan books along with Destiny.

 

[Ronald Held]

Just arrived. Will start it before the weekend.

 

[VDCNI]

Just finished it.

Will take me a while to process completely but my first response is disappointment, the weakest book of the series.

I feel the constant angst which had started to bother me in the previous book really boiled over here. Maybe reading it right now when real life is so difficult didn't help. I also didn't find the mystery particularly engaging, it felt like a sightly uninspired retread of Children Of The Storm which I did love.

The ending felt rushed, understandable in the circumstances, but also completely unbelievable. I don't believe for a second they would make the choice they did or Starfleet would sign off on it so easily.

I'm sure most people will love it but it didn't work for me.

 

[JD]

The e-book was released today.

 

[coolkirk1701]

Just finished it because I’m a readholic when it comes to Trek books. Ms. Beyer, you are despicable for leaving us on such an awesomely terrible cliffhanger. This book was 100% worth the wait. I’m not going to go into spoilers in this post because it’s just been released today. This book was a rollercoaster of emotions I was not prepared to handle. I seriously considered skipping my evening class so I could go home early and write a better review. If I had the licensing rights, the permission of the author, and even an eight of the writing prowess of Ms. Beyer, I would write the next several years (in-universe) of Voyager stories myself. I will just mention that Voyager is still in 2382 in this novel, which means that there are still three years before the assassination of President Bacco, the secession of Andor hasn’t happened yet, I don’t think, and we’re five years behind the time of Collateral Damage and the fall of Section 31. I don’t think I’m going to be able to wait for the continuation of this story.

 

[Tuskin38]

I don’t think I’m going to be able to wait for the continuation of this story.

Well there most likely won't be one, at least directly.

 

[Markonian]

Sorry if it came up already, I tried to skip the spoilers.
Continuity question: The novel takes place in 2382 CE, and Marion Dulmur stresses to be addressed as Director. But wasn't he promoted only in 2384?

 

[Little_kingsfan]

Sorry if it came up already, I tried to skip the spoilers.
Continuity question: The novel takes place in 2382 CE, and Marion Dulmur stresses to be addressed as Director. But wasn't he promoted only in 2384?

That's what I thought as well; however, since that promotion occurred in December 2014 (real time) and Kirsten Beyer has certainly been busy in between when this novel was announced and when it was finally published, it's possible it was just an honest mistake (especially as Memory Beta has his current rank listed as Assistant Director).

 

[tomswift2002]

That's what I thought as well; however, since that promotion occurred in December 2014 (real time) and Kirsten Beyer has certainly been busy in between when this novel was announced and when it was finally published, it's possible it was just an honest mistake (especially as Memory Beta has his current rank listed as Assistant Director).

As I noted earlier there are continuity errors in this book, like Harry thinking it had only been 7 years from “Caretaker” when its 11 years.

I haven’t had much time to read it over the past few days, but I don’t see how Beyer could wrap up all the threads and she even seems to introduce new things in this book. Hopefully CBS will allow Simon & Schuster to continue the relaunch books, since right now I’m not impressed with Discovery or Picard’s storylines.

 

[Happenstance]

I finished the book earlier today. Not necessarily what I would think of for the end of the relaunch series but as it's own thing I enjoyed it. It was an interesting sci-fi story that wasn't just the usual humanoid alien vs humanoid alien and some great character work as usual.

I might have some more to say in the coming days when I've had some time to go over all of this in my head. I've basically read from Full Circle to here in about a month so my head is still swimming with so much Voyager!

 

[Damian]

I have started re-reading and I appreciate the little recaps Kirsten Beyer has included in the novel. There have been lots of little things that it's nice to be refreshed on that I forgot about since the last book.

And she's done it in such a way that it's relevant to the narrative of what's going on. It's not just a 'recap' of past events, it's pertinent to the particular scene or dialogue, so it's not intrusive.

 

[Reanok]

I got my book in the mail yesterday. I can't wait to start reading this book.I think it's really cool Kirsten recorded the audio book for To Lose the earth.

 

[Kilana2]

Just ordered it. It'll take a while until I can start reading it, as I'm still busy with other Trek books.

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

My copy just arrived. And I'm 67 pages short of the major division point in Don Quixote. (That is to say, 40% in, he's hanging by his arm, just out of reach of the ground [thanks to a rather vicious practical joke], and the inn keeps getting more and more crowded.)

 

[ialfan]

Just finished early this morning. This was the first Trek book I've read this year and it didn't disappoint.

Spoiler

Maybe it was just me but some of the characters barely had any focus in this last novel possibly due to length constraints. Icheb being one example compared to the previous one. I don't feel like there was much for Tom and B'Elanna either but they are in a good place thankfully.

I was worried how it would wrap the relaunch up and it was a very open ending but it satisfied me. Probably for the best considering there easily could have been a couple more novels worth of story in the year they had left on the mission.

Also I mainly have kept up with the VOY/ENT relaunches that interested me most over the last several years so I'm guessing there is some kind of story with the recurring DTI element that gets resolved in one of those novelas?