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The bookbyLAGraf checklist:
Chekov vs. Man (he fights someone, or several someones, at least twice, and is hurt during at least one of these): VERY MUCH CHECK!
Chekov vs. Nature (he struggles, usually alone, against the dangers of nature -- which can include the vacuum of space): Ehn, not really.
Chekov vs. Himself (he struggles with his own feelings: inadequacy, grief, anger, fear, whatever): Holy FUCK YES! CHECKCHECKCHECK!
Chekov vs. McCoy (he attempts to escape from the doctor or Sickbay -- sometimes he even succeeds!): No, we got Kirk versus nameless medic instead, and a little bit of Sulu versus his CMO.
Sulu the Awesome Pilot: CHECK!
Cheerful Bickering About Food: No, alas. There was food, and there was cheerful bickering, but not in combination.
and probably also some McCoy Is Cranky Love, which usually gets in there whether he's a major character in the plot or not: Somewhat check!
Chekov wasn't even a POV charcter in this book, so that's kind of amazing. Furthermore, the part where Kirk initially realizes how fucking awesometastically brilliant and talented and priceless Uhura is as a communications officer was like a love letter to the character from the authors. I enjoyed it.
Chekov vs. Man (he fights someone, or several someones, at least twice, and is hurt during at least one of these): VERY MUCH CHECK!
Chekov vs. Nature (he struggles, usually alone, against the dangers of nature -- which can include the vacuum of space): Ehn, not really.
Chekov vs. Himself (he struggles with his own feelings: inadequacy, grief, anger, fear, whatever): Holy FUCK YES! CHECKCHECKCHECK!
Chekov vs. McCoy (he attempts to escape from the doctor or Sickbay -- sometimes he even succeeds!): No, we got Kirk versus nameless medic instead, and a little bit of Sulu versus his CMO.
Sulu the Awesome Pilot: CHECK!
Cheerful Bickering About Food: No, alas. There was food, and there was cheerful bickering, but not in combination.
and probably also some McCoy Is Cranky Love, which usually gets in there whether he's a major character in the plot or not: Somewhat check!
Chekov wasn't even a POV charcter in this book, so that's kind of amazing. Furthermore, the part where Kirk initially realizes how fucking awesometastically brilliant and talented and priceless Uhura is as a communications officer was like a love letter to the character from the authors. I enjoyed it.