Title: Expected no better
Product review: I usually avoid Voyager novels written by Christie Golden, but the subject of this two parter was just too tempting. Knowing that at the start, I was pleasantly surprised by Christie Golden's beginning of Homecoming. However, the surprise did not last long. Eventually, Golden's approach to telling Homecoming (racing from scene to scene without developing "a need to know") became predictable and unsatisfying. Above all else, Golden never anchored her novel to what matters most of all: the main characters. In other words, Janeway, Chakotay, Harry, Doc, Torres, Tom, Seven, and Tuvok hardly come alive. Truism: the plot matters little, if the characters do not matter. I liked the book enough so that someday I might just read part two. In the positive column: the Annika/Irene Hansen relationship made for a fun read.
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