I've been going through Star Trek TNG lately, and I decided last night to check out a novel because I need more Q. ... I didn't get far. I'm not trying to name names and shame anybody because I've written zero novels, but damn, dude.
I persisted in reading the Star Trek novel, it (of course) got better when Q showed up. Also, Wesley Crusher is way more likeable in this novel. Basically the roughest part of the novel was opening with Geordi. The incel bit doesn't play in 2018.