Chapter By Chapter features me reading one chapter of the selected book at the time and reviewing it as if I were reviewing an episode of a TV show or an issue of a comic. There will be spoilers if you haven’t read to the point I have, and if you’ve read further I ask that you don’t spoil anything further into the book. Think of it as read-along book club.

PART ONE: AFTERMATH chapter 2

In our last installment we saw what happened to Kirk. Not why it happened because that’s what part two is about and this is only the second chapter of part one today. So if you hate being kept in the dark for seven chapters before just getting to the first chapter of the inciting incident your best bet may be to read part two, then come back to part one, and finally see how the full story ends up in part three. To be honest if I wasn’t reviewing the book I’d consider doing that myself, but that’s my personal issues, not a critique.

It also seems like Kirk is getting the hardest impact of it. I’ve only caught names while flipping through but the rest of the main show cast is being named, Scotty being the focus of tonight’s chapter, while Kirk took on a fake name last chapter. I don’t think I gave it proper examination but it was a good spotlight on Kirk’s personality and what makes him a good leader whether he’s running a starship or coordinating an asteroid terraforming project. I hope we get something just as interesting with Mr. Scott. Let’s see what he’s up to these days.

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