I'm a well read grad student who's bluntly honest about all things, although I try to be most honest about myself.
It's a fun new take on Star Trek, and this felt more like diplomacy. Yes, with action, but the solution was a bit of talk, at least for Kirk. It was all about actions that would ripple throughout the universe, it was all about thinking those through and making your choices, even before that was so bluntly spelled out.
This as all about Khitomer, the Klingons and the Romulans. And about Kirk and his crew being stuck between them. Lots, and lots of fun!