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4.36 AVERAGE
4.36 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
For fans of Thrawn, the Ascendancy series is an exciting look into the Chiss world. This book provided a slightly unsatisfying conclusion to the trilogy, but I still thoroughly enjoyed it. The Ascendancy series is much more political than action-heavy, the Thrawn series was, and I think that this book spent a lot more time with characters that I was less interested in than the previous two books in the series.
adventurous
informative
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
adventurous
challenging
dark
inspiring
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Thrawn never fails 👏🏼
adventurous
medium-paced
This book was so good! It was so bittersweet. Even though you know how it was going to end, you hoped it would somehow work out- which is what a proper Star Wars story should do, in my opinion.
Though the series is named after Thrawn, it really is an ensemble piece. Thalias, Ar'alani, and Samakro are my favorites, and Ziinda was also great. I enjoyed her character development from Greater Good to Lesser Evil. Her calling out Roscu was definitely a highlight of this book.
Also. Thalias and Samakro finishing their rivals to lovers arc novel when!! Timothy Zahn can't just drop the "I don't care" "Maybe I do" and expect me to be normal about that!!!!
Though the series is named after Thrawn, it really is an ensemble piece. Thalias, Ar'alani, and Samakro are my favorites, and Ziinda was also great. I enjoyed her character development from Greater Good to Lesser Evil. Her calling out Roscu was definitely a highlight of this book.
Also. Thalias and Samakro finishing their rivals to lovers arc novel when!! Timothy Zahn can't just drop the "I don't care" "Maybe I do" and expect me to be normal about that!!!!
Final part in [a:Timothy Zahn|12479|Timothy Zahn|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1215545810p2/12479.jpg]'s newest Thrawn trilogy, which itself acts as a sort of a prequel to his earlier prequel Thrawn trilogy (in which Thrawn joins the Empire), which itself is a prequel - of sorts - to his appearance in the tv show 'Star Wars: Rebels', with the latter most likely a result of his immense popularity since he was first introduced in Zahn's own (now defunct) 'Heir to the Empire' trilogy from the early 1990s.
Anyway - and, as before for this trilogy - this is set 'A long time ago, beyond a galaxy far, far away ...' and finally completes the arc/narrative started in [b:Chaos Rising|53112442|Chaos Rising (Star Wars Thrawn Ascendancy, #1)|Timothy Zahn|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1574793053l/53112442._SX50_SY75_.jpg|73637685] (and continued on in [b:Greater Good|55213748|Greater Good (Star Wars Thrawn Ascendancy, #2)|Timothy Zahn|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1603988845l/55213748._SY75_.jpg|86080975]) with the Chiss Ascendency under attack from a shadowy figure who has been pulling the strings all along (now that I type that, sounding a bit like Palpatine (it's not) ) turning the Ascendency against itself and their neighbours also against them at the same time. It's actually only really in the epilogue, where Thrawn and another character discuss the Fall of the Republic and the Rise of the Empire that you really only get a sense of where and when these events happen, which is both the novels greatest strength (it's fresh! it's not beholden to what-has-come-before) and weakness (the setting may be too 'new' for more casual Star Wars fans).
Anyway - and, as before for this trilogy - this is set 'A long time ago, beyond a galaxy far, far away ...' and finally completes the arc/narrative started in [b:Chaos Rising|53112442|Chaos Rising (Star Wars Thrawn Ascendancy, #1)|Timothy Zahn|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1574793053l/53112442._SX50_SY75_.jpg|73637685] (and continued on in [b:Greater Good|55213748|Greater Good (Star Wars Thrawn Ascendancy, #2)|Timothy Zahn|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1603988845l/55213748._SY75_.jpg|86080975]) with the Chiss Ascendency under attack from a shadowy figure who has been pulling the strings all along (now that I type that, sounding a bit like Palpatine (it's not) ) turning the Ascendency against itself and their neighbours also against them at the same time. It's actually only really in the epilogue, where Thrawn and another character discuss the Fall of the Republic and the Rise of the Empire that you really only get a sense of where and when these events happen, which is both the novels greatest strength (it's fresh! it's not beholden to what-has-come-before) and weakness (the setting may be too 'new' for more casual Star Wars fans).
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
My biggest issue with this book is actually an issue with me. I struggle to keep track of large numbers of characters when their names are Mary and Joe. Mitth'raw'nuruodo and his space buddies may as well be alien 1, 2, and 3. But that’s a me thing.
And I did make it to the end of the trilogy, so that must mean a lot as well!
And I did make it to the end of the trilogy, so that must mean a lot as well!