I don't read a lot of graphics or comics, and I've reviewed very few of them - reviewing a graphic novel just seems a lot harder than reviewing a regular book, at least to me.

I'm a big Trekkie and read a lot of Trekkie books - fluff that's read in a day, more often than not, but quick and fun reads.

I received an e-copy and read it on my computer screen so I could actually read the type, and found it was distracting having to scroll all the time - I think something like this is just better read in a "real" book.

The story line is not terribly original, creative, or even well written (about the pon farr of all things) and unfortunately really leaves a lot to be desired.

I rate this 3 stars mainly because I did like (not love) the artwork and I did like (not love) the story and I do like (not love) the "new" Star Trek AU. ( )

ARC from Netgalley.

This was just a brilliant graphic novel; it took the story lines I loved from the original series, and updated them for the Nu!Trek universe. It isn't a cut and paste job, though, as the author gave a great deal of thought to how to adapt the stories, and while details, and even characters, change, it's nice to see modernization of these favorite stories of mine.


The characters act appropriately for Nu!Trek, which is to say like themselves if they're from the movies, and consistently if they're being adapted from older material. Not only that, changes are consistent with the new universe. This volume has three issues that deal with Amok Time, the episode that deals with pon farr, the need for Vulcan's to mate, and the rituals involved with pon farr. Of course, this is going to be dealt with differently. Spock wasn't involved with Uhuara in the original series, and the complications from Nero's actions? A brilliant twist.

The last issue deals with the Gorn, and I feel like I've seen this storyline in Astonishing X-Men, and that it extends to Wolverine and the X-Men. It's more of an extended story line in that, though, which makes it a little more satisfactory. Pretty much, I hope the Gorn come back in further issues. As for this particular follow up? It's not bad as a stand alone, but it's also put after three issues that I felt were brilliant, and that this issue was a little lackluster in comparison. The supporting characters weren't as well developed, somehow, although they had about as much time on the page. Henderson, for example, felt a little more cliched. I was also distracted by how uneven the art felt in this issue as compared to the first three. Overall, it doesn't even rate knocking down a half a star, because the ending shows a side of Kirk you saw in the original series - that he thinks, that he can come up with peaceful solutions rather than relying on action and his fists, and that he'd actually prefer peace to fighting. I think I would have preferred more subtle trickery, and less of a rushed ending, but the lead up of Kirk's dreams is really nice, and deals with the stress he has to handle and how it can effect him as Captain of the Enterprise. I do hope this series goes into more detail about this in the future, instead of dropping this subplot! Pretty much, if you focus on this story as more of a character study of and character building for Kirk, it's much more satisfactory than focusing on it as a Gorn story.

Conclusion? This volume made me squeal in fangirl joy. I think I'll end up getting a copy for myself to enjoy in the future, and on paper. Because, while I can't fault the volume itself for this, I enjoy reading graphic novels on paper more than in digital form. ( )

Thank you to Diamond Book Distributors for providing me with a copy of this graphic novel in exchange for an honest review.

When I saw this and read the blurb I was immediately intrigued. Then when I got to the part that said this graphic novel picks up precisely where Star Trek: Into Darkness (the movie) left off -- I immediately requested it. I knew that Star Trek comics were big, but I had never read them. I grew up watching Star Trek with my parents, but when I entered adulthood I abandoned all Star Trek (unconsciously, I think). But seeinStar Trek revamped a few years ago on the big screen, I realized I loved it still. I love the new actors and actresses that played the characters everyone loves. And when I saw the most recent Star Trek movie a few months ago, I totally dug it! After finishing the movie I quickly googled to see when the next Star Trek would be released, or if it was even filming. Sadly, it wasn't fil Ming and they were searching for a new director (J.J.Abrams is on board for Star Wars). I was super bummed. After an ending that totally sets the franchise up for many more adventures and stories, to have nothing for 2-3 years is a serious disappointment.

So perhaps now you can understand why I was so excited for this graphic novel. t's like when Buffy ended and the fandom was in tears and hysterics about not having Buffy anymore. Then, the wonderful Joss Whedon announces he will be creating a graphic novel series of Buffy that will pick up exactly where the television show ended in Season 7. Buffy Season 8 was born, as was my love of graphic novels.

Star Trek Volume 6 sees the crew experiencing little adventures that were highly entertaining. All the personalities and wit oft he characters (and the actors nuances who play them) was portrayed beautifully. Down to every last "Damnit Jim", I was fully believing this was the world of Star Trek. My only criticism about this medium was some the characters lost their look/didn't look like they did in the movies. Most notably for me was Uhura-- who is played by Zoë Saldana. Sometimes she looked spot on, other times it looked like an ugly black man was reading her lines and kissing Spock (Zachary Quinto).

I don't want to go into too much subject content in case some of you haven't read the movie yet and don't want to know where the movie left off. Suffice it to say it was mostly one story about Spock and his need to get to his home planet to fight the effects oft his crazy behavior that is common to all Vulcans at one point in their lives. It's solved by mating, and we meet his betrothed on the new Vulcan colony.

I'd suggest reading this graphic novel if you really enjoy Star Trek, or even just liked the recent movies that have came out and freshened the franchise again. The story is perfectly entertaining without requiring you to be a Star Trek aficionado in the least bit. It doesn't spoil the movie, so go ahead and read it first if you'd like to. I'll definitely be checking out future issues to see where they'll take the adventure that is 5 years of space exploration. ( )

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