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3.71 AVERAGE
3.71 AVERAGE
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Disappointing. Pretty much "Oceans 11" in Star Wars, which sounds cool, but wasn't.
This book was a super fun read! Think Ocean's Eleven with Han playing Danny Ocean. Very fun and cool back story for Han and Lando.
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
It's a good book and a nice heist with some awesome characters who if I am honest I could have done with spending a little more time with some ( couple of them were just names by the end I could not remember who they actually were and I read this over a couple of days.) It is the weakest of Zahn's SW novels I've read so far. With this combo, I expected more layers I guess other than that fun book had a good time reading it.
It's been a long time since I Read anything with a Star Wars logo I may need to look into the stuff that is set before this it sounds interesting.
It's been a long time since I Read anything with a Star Wars logo I may need to look into the stuff that is set before this it sounds interesting.
As others have stated, this is basically Oceans Eleven set in the Star Wars universe. A very well plotted hits story with lots of great twists right up o the last page. Much better than a Star Wars novel has my right to be. Anyone who likes a well written crime book should check this out.
This was my first Star Wars tie-in book in probably seventeen years. I couldn’t resist the cover. Unfortunately, I have to add my vote for this being an Ocean’s Eleven/Star Wars crossover. This is not a good thing since I hate heist stories, but this is what I took away for Spring Break reading, so I finished it.
I might have enjoyed it more if Han was actually in this more than he was. On one hand, it was divided between all the characters in Han’s crew, the villain they were robbing and the Imperial agent who is using this heist to his own ends which was nice so they had time to be characters and not cardboard but on the other hand, the cast was too large and we spent little time with the characters we came to see. I was very disappointed in the timing of this as well. It’s set between blowing up the Death Star and Han on Hoth. Supposedly he’s been robbed of his reward by pirates. I might have been okay with that if not for Lando. I’ve spent the last 30 years under the impression that Han and Lando hadn’t seen each other in a long while so having this wedged into that time period just didn’t work for me.
And while Han is a smuggler, I didn’t like seeing him as a thief but he’s doing this to get back the money he lost so he can save himself from Jabba. Eanger, a wounded and angry man hires Han to help get back millions of credits from Villachor, a Black Sun gang leader. Han and his team can have half of the millions. So Han puts together a team, Bink and Tavia, a ghost thief and her identical twin, Dozer, vehicle thief and front man, Winter and Kell associates of a man Han wanted on the job. Winter is Alderaanean and has a perfect memory and Kell blows stuff up. Rachele is the social maven who pulls everything together and she also gets Lando in on this, taking Dozer’s place as front man.
So we have over 400 pages of heist planning and executing. It’s not bad but it’s just not my thing. I gave it that third star because it failed for me due to subject matter as opposed to execution so no sense in being vindictive.
I might have enjoyed it more if Han was actually in this more than he was. On one hand, it was divided between all the characters in Han’s crew, the villain they were robbing and the Imperial agent who is using this heist to his own ends which was nice so they had time to be characters and not cardboard but on the other hand, the cast was too large and we spent little time with the characters we came to see. I was very disappointed in the timing of this as well. It’s set between blowing up the Death Star and Han on Hoth. Supposedly he’s been robbed of his reward by pirates. I might have been okay with that if not for Lando. I’ve spent the last 30 years under the impression that Han and Lando hadn’t seen each other in a long while so having this wedged into that time period just didn’t work for me.
And while Han is a smuggler, I didn’t like seeing him as a thief but he’s doing this to get back the money he lost so he can save himself from Jabba. Eanger, a wounded and angry man hires Han to help get back millions of credits from Villachor, a Black Sun gang leader. Han and his team can have half of the millions. So Han puts together a team, Bink and Tavia, a ghost thief and her identical twin, Dozer, vehicle thief and front man, Winter and Kell associates of a man Han wanted on the job. Winter is Alderaanean and has a perfect memory and Kell blows stuff up. Rachele is the social maven who pulls everything together and she also gets Lando in on this, taking Dozer’s place as front man.
So we have over 400 pages of heist planning and executing. It’s not bad but it’s just not my thing. I gave it that third star because it failed for me due to subject matter as opposed to execution so no sense in being vindictive.
Wow, this is cool. This is a Zahn Star Wars book with incredible readability. It is a page turner with twists and surprises that combines the heist story concept with Star Wars lore, scifi, and the smugglers world. Further, it takes place between ANH and ESB, so anyone with basic Star Wars knowledge can follow along as they learn more about Han, Chewie, and Lando…and more. Han assembles a team for a complex and risky job, think Ocean’s 11 style, and meets the Empire and other obstacles along the way. By the end, it cleverly ties some threads together between ANH and ESB while building on the Han and Lando relationship that we pick up with in ESB.
This is the most readable Zahn book in my opinion, but with that comes some pitfalls… Deep character development just isn’t here, and that’s a bit disappointing when you think about how good Zahn is at it (Thrawn). Perhaps we learn more about Lando, but for Chewie and Han the reader has to bring the character in, which is OK with me in this type of book. The other characters Zhan created aren’t deep outside of their skills they are bringing to the table.
But if you want a Star Wars book that reads almost like a thriller or you like heist movies/books, this one is for you!
This is the most readable Zahn book in my opinion, but with that comes some pitfalls… Deep character development just isn’t here, and that’s a bit disappointing when you think about how good Zahn is at it (Thrawn). Perhaps we learn more about Lando, but for Chewie and Han the reader has to bring the character in, which is OK with me in this type of book. The other characters Zhan created aren’t deep outside of their skills they are bringing to the table.
But if you want a Star Wars book that reads almost like a thriller or you like heist movies/books, this one is for you!
It's a classic heist story set in the Star Wars universe — what more do you need to know?