Tooth and Claw (Star Trek: The Next Generation Book 60)

I like survival stories ones that pit people against the unknown . This story does that in a Sci setting.

I don't know what specifically keeps drawing me back to this book but I've read it several times. It's a fun, action-packed safari with a load of wry humor.

It was not the story I was expecting but I had so much fun reading it.

The level of detail of the regular characters was very entertaining as was the interpretation of the new species was also amazing in its detail.

Better at the end than at the beginning. Took a while to start caring about the characters. Mostly forgettable, but ok.

If you enjoy Star Trek books, you'll probably enjoy this one. It did a better-than-fair job of portraying the established characters, puts them in a situation that is novel and moderately interesting, and has them interact with a fairly interesting and well-thought-out alien culture. And if I could have done without Data being an annoying twit, that's pretty much par for the course; he was no worse here than he was in many of the TV episodes, especially the early ones. Still, somehow despite all of the positives that I have to say about it, it just didn't grab me enough to rate a five-star review; on a purely subjective basis, I drop it a star. Still, it was a pretty fair read.Of course, if you don't like Star Trek stories in particular or genre fiction in general, you won't want to read this. But you already knew that before I weighed in with my opinion.

This book plays just like an episode from the standard plot. Diplomat crash lands with the Worf and Riker only to find they are stuck on a hostile world. It could have been filmed in Canada like most of the Stargate episodes. The characters, especially Worf play ture in this novel. I am surprised though, the author was never given a chance to make another one.For all the bad Trek fiction I suffered thru, this author in paticular looks like she might have made a good trilogy or two with another story.

I must immediately add Doranna Durgin to my short list of favorite Trek authors, and I hope she writes a few more in this universe. Her writing style is casual and humorous ("Worf Lite," for example. Read the book to learn what that's about.), and she sticks very close to canon with her characters, particularly with Worf and Riker. But...that doesn't mean she's afraid to step out of the box and have Picard do something surprising and refreshingly *un*-diplomatic to get the job done. I was impressed.I had a very nice time visualizing all three kinds of aliens and the various flora and fauna encountered on the great hunt the Tsorans called the "kaphoora." Add to that plot twists involving sabotage on many levels, and to *that* add Geordi's struggle with alien technology and another one of Data's goofy "experiments" in humanity, and you have a swift and entertaining Next Gen tale.