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3.7 AVERAGE
3.7 AVERAGE
slow-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
I really, really didn't like Mace being portrayed as the angry, violent black man. Why was that his thing to overcome? Everything else about the story aside, that really bothered me. He is such a great character and to see him with his padawan is so much fun, that tenderness. But he had so many moments of uncaring and violence or the wish to be violent. And I just couldn't handle it.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This book is everything I wanted it to be, dark, mysterious, action etc, of course, the book isn't perfect like at some point I got kinda bored. I liked the exploration in both sides are bad, how people think there the heroes when they aren't. The setting was something different compared to space and I liked that and it's not too confusing as a plot. Liked learning about Mace and Deepa and the ending is very good although it made me cry worth every dollar. But it's legends so it's not canon I would recommend giving this book a chance since a lot of people don't like mace but in the end, I ended up liking him. Not a perfect but a good dark gruesome and mysterious book good for the spooky season.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death, Violence, Blood
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-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
tense
medium-paced
Very dark, but overall enjoyable. Nick was kind of annoying.
Folks should know that this book has very little to do with galactic-scale events. It's almost like a "bottle episode" from TV shows, taking place almost entirely on Windu's home world. I felt like the Force was far more powerful than any representation in film. For example, it's hard to believe that the Force could let Windu perceive that a satellite in orbit processes a specific command in its databanks.
Awesome book. I really enjoyed this one. I read it once as a teenager and didn't like it at all. Much better the second time. Mace is great, but man. It really highlights the tragedy of Episode 3.
Especially the last part when Windu is thinking about Anakin and calling him a new hope, even if there wasn't a single other Jedi alive. All he had to do was be open with the guy, if he had told Anakin how much faith he actually had in him. Instead of playing the hardest. He definitely would've stood by you against Palaptine.
So frustrating, but it has to be a tradegy after all.
Especially the last part when Windu is thinking about Anakin and calling him a new hope, even if there wasn't a single other Jedi alive. All he had to do was be open with the guy, if he had told Anakin how much faith he actually had in him. Instead of playing the hardest. He definitely would've stood by you against Palaptine.
So frustrating, but it has to be a tradegy after all.
Remember reading this back in the day. Heart of Darkness shifted into the Star Wars universe, starring Samuel L Jackson as Mace Windu. So ridiculous you couldn't help but love it. It also had fun with the metaphysical implications of being a Jedi. Not as good as Stover's original novels though, which I wish he would get back to writing.
An excellent addition to the SW literature. It is both an explosive action story and a meditation on civilization, darkness in the philosophical sense, and the contradiction between being a keeper of the peace and a soldier at the same time. This isn't a SW story for kids though. It is filled with blood and guts and unsettling images of genocide. Stover has proven, much as he did in SW:NJO:Traitor, that he is a master of the mind-bending story that no other SW author I have read has matched. I remember reading or hearing that this story was inspired by Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. If so, he has far exceeded Conrad in this story!
I'll be honest, I wasn't expecting much with this. Between both Star Wars and Doctor Who, I've found fandom books to be a mixed bag of either good or awkward stiff writing bad.
Well, I must say, I was pleasantly surprised that this was not just good, but excellent. The book was actually hard to put down, as every time you would think you saw how it was going to go, there would be yet another twist. It was also great reading from a perspective of a lesser-seen character from the movies. All in all, it was a great way to jump back into the Star Wars expanded universe (and yes I'm aware this is probably not part of the new canon, but it was a very good book regardless.)
Well, I must say, I was pleasantly surprised that this was not just good, but excellent. The book was actually hard to put down, as every time you would think you saw how it was going to go, there would be yet another twist. It was also great reading from a perspective of a lesser-seen character from the movies. All in all, it was a great way to jump back into the Star Wars expanded universe (and yes I'm aware this is probably not part of the new canon, but it was a very good book regardless.)
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Nothing too exceptional with the plot, but something about the eerie tone and style of this book really made it stand out for me among the many books in the old Star Wars canon.