Reviews for Star Trek The Next Generation: Ship of the Line

The average rating for Star Trek The Next Generation: Ship of the Line based on 2 reviews is 1 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-11-12 00:00:00 Arul Assaripallam Takes itself WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY too seriously. The characters from Star Trek: The Next Generation are unrecognizable here. There's way too much of the author showing off her knowledge of of naval history -- not enough Star Trek. Congrats to Diane Carey for sucking all of the joy out of Star Trek: The Next Generation

Review # 2 was written on 2013-10-08 00:00:00 Armesios Patapiou In the TNG episode "Cause and Effect" the Enterprise barely avoids a catastrophic impact with the USS Bozeman, commanded by Captain Bateson (as played by Kelsey Grammer.) In "Ship of the Line" Diane Carey follows up on that brief cameo with a novel length Down Periscope/Next-Gen crossover staring Captain Bateson (as played by Lt. Cmdr. Thomas 'Tom' Dodge (as played by Kelsey Grammer.)) Only it's not nearly as fun as that description implies. He's a captain who drinks rum on the bridge, argues with people, and would probably smoke cigars if the author thought she could get sneak it in among all the love for the coast guard she's worked into the story. The dialogue feels, at its best, off, and at its worst the characterizations feel completely weird. There's a part where Picard is feeling mopey because of the loss of the Ent-D and Riker gets him to man up for his *big secret mission* by watching a couple of episodes of the Original Series on the holodeck. This does the trick and he's ready to face the b-plot of revisiting the TNG episode where he was tortured. I would call it inconsequential but the A-plot is no better, with an ancient Klingon out for revenge against Bateson. Even on the scale of Star Trek tie-in fiction this is a piece of crap.