Review of
The Good That Men Do
Published:
February 2007
Reviewer Rating:
Avg User Rating:
(4.07)
This is the first of the novels that I think the plot actually really excited me!! In the show Tucker’s death feels so worthless. Random aliens board the ship, he dies taking them down so that Archer can live. It felt very out of the blue and like it wasn’t necessary. It felt not real which sounds silly, but the books really add something here. So far the books have been not really adding anything to the canon. Just little in between bits, but this makes that plot feel whole.
Both parts of the plot felt relevant, but the Enterprises plot felt a little more fleshed out. I was super stressed for Trip the whole time. I think the best scenes in the book were the more emotional ones where him and T’Pol interacted at the beginning and the end. Burying a daughter you never got to have was appropriately emotional. I was pissed when he didn’t tell her about his fake death, and felt vindicated when he decided to fill her in. This isn’t a love story but I always love a good romance under current. I hope we get some more midnight trysts between the two of them in coming volumes.
Mangles and Martin have a very flowery writing style which I don’t think is horrible but was at times distracting when I had to look up a word to understand what was happening. I think they make a great team as far as putting together a story with heart which is what this and their previous novel share.
Both parts of the plot felt relevant, but the Enterprises plot felt a little more fleshed out. I was super stressed for Trip the whole time. I think the best scenes in the book were the more emotional ones where him and T’Pol interacted at the beginning and the end. Burying a daughter you never got to have was appropriately emotional. I was pissed when he didn’t tell her about his fake death, and felt vindicated when he decided to fill her in. This isn’t a love story but I always love a good romance under current. I hope we get some more midnight trysts between the two of them in coming volumes.
Mangles and Martin have a very flowery writing style which I don’t think is horrible but was at times distracting when I had to look up a word to understand what was happening. I think they make a great team as far as putting together a story with heart which is what this and their previous novel share.
