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4.36 AVERAGE
4.36 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A very successful ending to the trilogy
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-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
Wow. This was an amazing conclusion to the Ascendancy series. I especially enjoyed how the end connected to Timothy Zahn’s other Thrawn series and explained how and why Thrawn was exiled. Another amazing installation by Zahn into the SW universe.
Although admittedly I did get lost a few times with all of the heavy family politics.
Although admittedly I did get lost a few times with all of the heavy family politics.
adventurous
emotional
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:
Complicated
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-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
On the whole I definitely enjoyed this trilogy. Timothy Zahn got an opportunity to literally carve out his own region of the Star Wars galaxy and what he developed was unique yet still believable as a separate region of the same backdrop for the rest of Star Wars. As background for Thrawn and as a way to learn about the Chiss themselves all three books also delivered. The threat of the Grisks and their manipulation of the Chiss family dynamics works because Zhan’s lore was so well though out and comprehensive. Ar'alani and Thalias were definitely my favorites of the secondary characters. All that being said these books were a bit too complicated for their own good. As someone who could only read them in small bites a couple times a week there were too many characters to easily keep track of who was doing what and why when intercutting between at least seven or eight perspectives in each book. It didn’t help that EVERYONE has to be clever like Thrawn. I get that it’s a part of Chiss culture, but when even the secondary antagonists are doing their best Sherlock Holmes impressions it could get exhausting. So yes definitely worth reading if you love Thrawn, but be warned it’s hardly the lightest of reads.
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
reflective
tense
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
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Did I read this book a little too long after the second book, probably, as the number of characters, complicated alien politics, and military strategies in this one got a little much until I started to remember everything, BUT the character Thrawn and the two new canon trilogies that this book concludes by Timothy Zahn have truly become some of my favorite Star Wars stories and novels, even though we know where Thrawn ends up. This installment in particular also makes me want to read the original legends books, which somehow I missed in my past legends reading...