Review of 'Q-Squared (Star Trek: The Next Generation)' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
I know I read this once upon a time, and I'm fairly certain I liked it - I mean, it has Q and Trelane as a Q, after all. I finally found the audiobook for it, although it's still from the years where they were abridged, alas, so I listened it today. And if I loved it back then, I am downgraded to liked it today. But I just never know what was cut or omitted to make it shorter for tape, so I never know if it might make the difference to the full story. But still, it was good, definitely as narrated by Q himself - but there is a fair amount going on with the alternate realities and not as humorous as one might assume since you have these two characters in it. It was actually a pretty serious story with all that was going on with …
I know I read this once upon a time, and I'm fairly certain I liked it - I mean, it has Q and Trelane as a Q, after all. I finally found the audiobook for it, although it's still from the years where they were abridged, alas, so I listened it today. And if I loved it back then, I am downgraded to liked it today. But I just never know what was cut or omitted to make it shorter for tape, so I never know if it might make the difference to the full story. But still, it was good, definitely as narrated by Q himself - but there is a fair amount going on with the alternate realities and not as humorous as one might assume since you have these two characters in it. It was actually a pretty serious story with all that was going on with the universe collapsing in on itself and what happens to some of the other characters. Still, a good use of a couple hours.
