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3.7 AVERAGE
3.7 AVERAGE
This was a great audiobook. Sullivan Jones does an amazing job with the characters in this book. He’s not Samuel L. Jackson. But he absolutely is Mace Windu. Very entertaining experience and a very deep and emotional story.
A great legends book and an excellent addition the Essential Collection.
A great legends book and an excellent addition the Essential Collection.
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
sad
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
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
This is badly written in the same way as a lot of media tie-in novels, which makes me suspect that there is a style guide advising writers to overuse cliché phrases and to avoid pronouns etc. The writer may have set himself a challenge to use the made-up word from the title as often as possible. The story doesn't make a hell of a lot of sense (why does Depa Billaba go to so much trouble to call Mace Windu to Haruun Kal when she clearly doesn't want him there?) and the characterisations are shallow. Windu's military tactics also don't make sense, but that's normal for Star Wars. Just read Heart of Darkness or watch Apocalypse Now again instead.
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Genocide, Suicide attempt
Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Gore, Xenophobia, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-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:
No
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
One of, if not the best Star Wars legends books. It's Apocalypse Now meets Star Wars. It explores Mace Windu's background and delves into how the clone wars are changing Jedi and forcing them to question beliefs they've held for millenia. Windu is also forced to reckon with the toll war takes, and this also serves as a social commentary for the war on terror that was just beginning at the time (this was written in 2003).
Stover is an excellent writer-i already loved his revenge of the sith novelization so I was excited to read this. He is at his best getting into the mind of his main character (In this case Windu) and relaying the very real human costs of war.
Stover is an excellent writer-i already loved his revenge of the sith novelization so I was excited to read this. He is at his best getting into the mind of his main character (In this case Windu) and relaying the very real human costs of war.