Garrett's review
Battlestar Galactica : The Miniseries by Jeffery A. Carver
This was a fun, quick read.
I haven't seen the series (I still had too many fond memories of the original and I didn't want to see Starbuck as a girl), but this book has changed my mind.
Setting: I never really knew or cared about the setting of the original (I was fairly young and just enjoyed the story), but I liked how this set it all up and explained how the cylons came to be and why this battlestar was still around, and so forth.
Plot: Not very original or unique, but not horrid either. I wasn't really ever surprised by anything, but the potential plot twists were set up nicely (if I recognized them correctly as such).
Conflict: You got father and son, pilot and pilot, pilot and commander, humans and cylons, cylons and cylons(?), and many more. Lots and lots of things going on to keep the story rich and fun.
Characters: I liked how well-rounded the characters felt. However, I;m not sure if I am just projecting what I already knew about them into the story (I picture...more
I haven't seen the series (I still had too many fond memories of the original and I didn't want to see Starbuck as a girl), but this book has changed my mind.
Setting: I never really knew or cared about the setting of the original (I was fairly young and just enjoyed the story), but I liked how this set it all up and explained how the cylons came to be and why this battlestar was still around, and so forth.
Plot: Not very original or unique, but not horrid either. I wasn't really ever surprised by anything, but the potential plot twists were set up nicely (if I recognized them correctly as such).
Conflict: You got father and son, pilot and pilot, pilot and commander, humans and cylons, cylons and cylons(?), and many more. Lots and lots of things going on to keep the story rich and fun.
Characters: I liked how well-rounded the characters felt. However, I;m not sure if I am just projecting what I already knew about them into the story (I picture...more
