This book was written early in the shows' history, so the characters aren't fully developed. Neelix still distrusts the crew and Paris in particular. Both Paris and Neelix are asses at times. Janeway is at her most naive. The Doctor is referred to as Zimmerman. None of those are faults, just facts.

Violations did feel like a longer episode, perhaps because there is an episode later that is very similar to this one where the computer gets beamed out rather than physically stolen off the ship. Overall, it fit in well with the flow of the story in its first season. ( )

(I've not got my notes on hand, so this will less detailed than usual.)

Not too bad. Not too ambitious. It read pretty much like an episode of the show.

I think I preferred the previous three books to this one. ( )