Star Trek: Into Darkness

De: Alan Dean Foster

Narrado por: Alice Eve

The official movie tie-in novelization of the highly anticipated sequel to 2009's blockbuster feature film Star Trek!

Pioneering director J. J. Abrams has delivered an explosive action thriller that takes Star Trek into darkness.

When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis.

With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one-man weapon of mass destruction.

As our heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew.

Star Trek Into Darkness stars Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, John Cho, Bruce Greenwood, Simon Pegg, Anton Yelchin, Benedict Cumberbatch, Alice Eve, and Peter Weller, and arrives on May 17, 2013.

©2013 CBS Studios, Inc.; Paramount Pictures Corporation. STAR TREK and all related marks and logos are trademarks of CBS Studios, Inc. (P)2013 Simon & Schuster, Inc.

love the story,I hated the voice narrating,

Is there anything you would change about this book?

Yes the NARRATOR

What did you like best about this story?

the team consept of the crew

How did the narrator detract from the book?

It Should have been a man,she sounded like she was a fitfth grade reader.

Was Star Trek: Into Darkness worth the listening time?

the story was great. I loved the story,but it was hard to listen to

Any additional comments?

never let her narrate another star trek book. Bad Bad

Was all good until...

I am a trekkie. I love the movies and listened to the audible book, Star Trek - Movie Tie-In, which was narrated wonderfully by Zachary Quinto, (Spock in the movie).

Anyway, I expected to enjoy Into Darkness just as much, when I saw Alice Eve, (Admiral’s daughter, Carol, in movie) was the narrator.

Her beautifully, lilting British accent carried me along in the story until she had to speak quite a bit as her father and Khan. Disastrously horrid voice work here. She made them both sound like whiny, evil trolls.

I know it’s hard to compete with the melodious voice of Benedict Cumberbatch, Khan in the movie, but she seemed to try voice Khan opposite to how he would sound with a nasally, high pitched, wheedling voice.

It became impossible to finish the book as the admiral and Khan were speaking to each other. I thought my head would explode from sheer aggravation.

Don’t know why Alice Eve made the decision to voice those two characters that way or why no one involved in the audio production stopped her.

Also, she did quite well with the other male voices. Odd. Just very odd.

a good story that is told well.

Where does Star Trek: Into Darkness rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

This book is a bit of fun. It is good for the times when I want entertainment and not to think too much. Enough action to be enjoyable but it still has a good narrative.

What did you like best about this story?

I'm not a big Star Trek fan but have watched some of the tv series. I loved that I could be interested in this story without having to know all the fan stuff. Everything is fresh and light. I loved the way the narrator handled the characters and accents.

What about Alice Eve’s performance did you like?

She brought the different characters to life with ease. It was easy to understand and tell who was talking in every case. Most of the time I forgot that she was female and just let her talent for voices carry on.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I didn't want a book to listen to in one sitting as I just wanted something to relax to and wind down with. Even so, I found the book interesting right to the end. There were enough twists and turns to keep the narrative moving forward and the end was satisfactorily summed up.

Any additional comments?

A good listen even if you aren't a dyed in the wool fan.

Great Story Horrible Performance

What did you like best about Star Trek: Into Darkness? What did you like least?

I thought the story was great, no surprise since I loved the movies. I hated the performance though. The narrator sounded like she was doing an over the top Betty Davis impersonation with both Marcus and Kahn. Also she over acted so much of it that it was very hard to listen to. I would recommend reading the book but with this performance wouldn't recommend listening.

Do you think Star Trek: Into Darkness needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

Yes but I hope that they will use the narrator from the first Star Trek 2009 adaptation.

Into darkness

The story was good and exactly what I expected. I found that the narrator actually detracted from the experience. Her character depictions were inconsistent and she failed to understand the emotion behind the characters. At times she tried (poorly) to speak as William Shatner portrayed Kirk then suddenly stopped. Her portrayal of Marcus was difficult to listen to. I would not recommend books read by her based on this reading.

Decent actress, bad narrator.

Where does Star Trek: Into Darkness rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

It ranks up near the top, maybe in the top five for me.

What other book might you compare Star Trek: Into Darkness to and why?

I would compare it to other Star Trek books; it's a good story.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Alice Eve?

Chris Pine, John Cho, Karl Urban. Jonathan Quinto.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Damnit, I'm an actress, not a narrator!

Any additional comments?

The story is a good one. I really enjoyed Jonathan Quinto's narration of the first audio book. I enjoyed the movie also.

I said turn around!

I loved both the reboot and its sequel on film and bought them. I loved them both as audiobooks and again, bought them. Alice Eve is a talented actress and a beautiful woman. I do like her accent in film. Maybe i will see what other films she is in or even what other audiobooks she has narrated ( WITH FEMALE CHARACTERS). Here, not so much. When speaking for Khan, i kept thinking of the wicked witch of the west "I 'll get you my pretty, and your little starship,too!"

Good Story, Bad Narration

What did you like best about Star Trek: Into Darkness? What did you like least?

This was the worst narration I've heard so far. She was dispassionate during exciting or emotional scenes, her voices for most of everyone sound really different from their character. It was like she had never seen or heard anything of Star Trek and just read this out loud on her first reading of this book.

What did you like best about this story?

Once I was able to get past the narration, I really liked how it linked the twelve and second Star Trek movies really well.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

I nearly quit listening to this book multiple times due to how terrible I found her to be. So the narrator detracted heavily from my enjoyment of it.

Do you think Star Trek: Into Darkness needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

I think that it needs to be done again with a better narrator.

Any additional comments?

If you have a hard time separating voice from what you are listening to, don't buy this!
I will never get another book with this narrator.

Good

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

I would recommend this book as a readable book not a listening one. Was very disappointed in the narrator. It is a book with male characters not females.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Alice Eve?

any male narrator would be better.

Did Star Trek: Into Darkness inspire you to do anything?

no

more Alice Eve

Please, more Alice Eve. Loved her performance. Good book, great performance, lovely voice.
Wish there were more books narrated by her