I recently read somewhere that the near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes rating (96% as of this posting) received by the new Star Trek movie might have something to do with the “Oh! This doesn’t actually suck” factor. That is probably a fair assessment. Prequels can be risky, for sure, especially for a franchise with such an iconic place in our culture and as devoted a following as the Trekkies, and many people are highly skeptical that they will not be dissappointed.
But with so many positive reviews, you can rest assured that Star Trek succeeds on more than just not sucking.
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Been listening to this one a lot, pretty much the whole way through.
This novel was published after the Chilean-Mexican author's death, and I'm not even sure if it was entirely finished or not. It is broken up into five parts which, while connected, stand pretty much on there own. I have not yet made it to the grim part about the murders of hundreds of women in Mexico, so I have so far found it enjoyable and even funny despite some dark underpinnings. It's had a ton of critical praise, and I like it much more than my last foray into the violent novel genre: Blood Meridian.