3.5
I've recently finished watching all of Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Picard. This graphic novel, while being on the simpler side, stays pretty true to how Picard was depicted as a teenager in TNG. The overall story is fairly simple and with an easy-to-understand message. It was honestly pretty cute. I personally don't really like reading about Starfleet Academy stories, but this was fun. I was a little perplexed at the Betazoid character having a symbol on his forehead glow during a certain scene, cause uh, I don't think there's ever been a Betazoid with glowing facial markings? Though I haven't read all of the comics or novels, so who knows. The art style leans towards a simpler style, but I honestly didn't mind it.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for an advanced copy in exchange for my honest review!