Personal Agendas

by Al Sarrantonio

Published by Dell Publishsing

I read this book after #2, 3 ,4, 7 and 9, so this book was even worse for me than it would have been if it were the first book I read. The characters are stupid, the jokes, which the author stuck in the story much too often, are very bad, and the plot isn't that great either. The plot has a few good points. Very few, but at least there's something.

The short chapters are the best thing about the book. This way I can finish a chapter quickly without torturing myself too much. I'm a person who doesn't stop in the middle of a chapter, so it was perfect for me to have this bad book with at least very few pages per chapter.

Except for the character names and the fact that G'Kar is in prison, it has nothing to do with the show. Sheridan and Delenn wouldn't start playing silly spy games in the middle of the Shadow War, and Ivanova, Franklin and Garibaldi wouldn't leave the station at such a time, and for such a risky mission. Besides, Ivanova getting bald doesn't fit in with the rest of the show's fourth season.

The story about Vir and his fiance is very idiotic and has no place in this book. Although all the book is generally bad, this story-line is worse than the rest of the novel.

For Babylon 5 fans and non-fans alike I say - don't buy this book.