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A review by horizon_brave
No Man's Land by Mike Johnson, Kirsten Beyer
3.0
Considering the length of this audiobook, this is going to be a quick review. Now, my first gripe against this audio drama has nothing to do with the actual content... the problem comes in on the price. It's on Audible for 1 credit... for a 1 hour book...Considering I only get 1 or 2 credits a month, I just whiffed my entire reading limit in one gym go. Audible and the pricing of these things needs to take in consideration the length of the titles... I get it it's a big budget production but this is still VERY slim.
That being the book was good! (Yes I'm going to interchange the words book/audio drama). The two actresses Jeri Ryan and Michelle Hurd were fan-freaking-tastic. They both were heavily in character and really had room to express some emotions we don't get to see on screen. Their relationship while I feel started a bit out of no where and didn't really feel like it was natural... now that it is established, it's very well done. They get to have some tender quiet moments together, so it wasn't all boom boom action all the time. I loved that we got to get a peak into the Fenris rangers. Some new likable characters such as Hyro (Hiro?) who seems to be an eager member of the Rangers and has some good dialogue and banter with Raffi.
There's also a nice lead in about Picard asking Raffi (off screen) to rejoin Starfleet and basically saying she was pardoned.
I was hoping we'd get more of Raffi's son's relationship with her. That was a great story thread in season one, and I hope it's not lost in the shuffle.
Anyway we get a Romulan threat, someone using the fall of the empire and the loss of their planet to try to rise to power.
The only really downside in the book that I'd say I have is the choice of music...it swings between metal, guitars...and these ultra cheesy piano love ballad notes for when it gets romantic between Seven and Raffi... it's so over the top and cheesy it sounds like it's a South Park jab at touching moment themes. Also the audio needs to be mixed in better... it's abrupt and dramatic in when it starts and ends...It's used to shift between scenes so we know time passes...but it's not done very well... That being said it's not horrible but just sort of jarring.
Overall....it's...good...really well acted, story is good..but can I say go out and buy it? Umm... it's a lot.. it doesn't have anything in it that is required for the show... it's a nice interlude, but you can absolutely watch the show and not read this.. but if you like Trek, enjoy picard and know what you are and are not getting...go for it.
That being the book was good! (Yes I'm going to interchange the words book/audio drama). The two actresses Jeri Ryan and Michelle Hurd were fan-freaking-tastic. They both were heavily in character and really had room to express some emotions we don't get to see on screen. Their relationship while I feel started a bit out of no where and didn't really feel like it was natural... now that it is established, it's very well done. They get to have some tender quiet moments together, so it wasn't all boom boom action all the time. I loved that we got to get a peak into the Fenris rangers. Some new likable characters such as Hyro (Hiro?) who seems to be an eager member of the Rangers and has some good dialogue and banter with Raffi.
There's also a nice lead in about Picard asking Raffi (off screen) to rejoin Starfleet and basically saying she was pardoned.
I was hoping we'd get more of Raffi's son's relationship with her. That was a great story thread in season one, and I hope it's not lost in the shuffle.
Anyway we get a Romulan threat, someone using the fall of the empire and the loss of their planet to try to rise to power.
The only really downside in the book that I'd say I have is the choice of music...it swings between metal, guitars...and these ultra cheesy piano love ballad notes for when it gets romantic between Seven and Raffi... it's so over the top and cheesy it sounds like it's a South Park jab at touching moment themes. Also the audio needs to be mixed in better... it's abrupt and dramatic in when it starts and ends...It's used to shift between scenes so we know time passes...but it's not done very well... That being said it's not horrible but just sort of jarring.
Overall....it's...good...really well acted, story is good..but can I say go out and buy it? Umm... it's a lot.. it doesn't have anything in it that is required for the show... it's a nice interlude, but you can absolutely watch the show and not read this.. but if you like Trek, enjoy picard and know what you are and are not getting...go for it.