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3.33 AVERAGE
3.33 AVERAGE
It took 140 pages to get to the basic premise of the book, Fett was unconscious a lot, and the nonlinear storytelling was so choppy. Not that I think the flashbacks weren't valuable in their way, I just feel that the book could have been told chronologically and the narrative would have been much smoother.
adventurous
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I grabbed this because I want to know more about the Madalorians/Bounty Hunters. The audiobook is only 3 hours and really, not all that much happened in this first book of the trilogy. (It was pretty much just introducing characters/setting things up.) Especially with how short they are, I went to check out the next one immediately, but my library doesn't have them.
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
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I read this for the first time well over a decade ago and didn't remember much about it other than an acid-eaten Boba Fett clawing his way out of the Sarlacc's stomach at the beginning. I find myself foraying back into the "Legends" material recently, already some years after the tighter new canon was established around the Skywalker saga timeline, simply because I used to have a great time reading these.
Canon issues aside (this was published in 1998 before even the release of The Phantom Menace) - like the three-way conversation between Vader, the Emperor, and Prince Xizor that could only have held water *before* the prequel trilogy expanded upon the beginnings of the Palpatine/Skywalker relationship - the characters hold up remarkably well against the 20+ years of world-building that has happened since the book's release. The Hutts are Hutts (if you've never had to visualize a Shell Hutt before, be prepared for a good laugh), Tatooine is Tatooine, and Boba Fett is Boba Fett. Jeter blends the seriousness of true science fiction with the fantasy of Lucas' galaxy quite well, bringing to life reptilian bounty hunters that devour their siblings only moments after birth and an arachnid middleman who produces nodes of separate yet connected sentience that scurry about its web as its assistants. Maybe you won't always believe your eyes, but you'll enjoy yourself regardless. That's just good science fiction.
Canon issues aside (this was published in 1998 before even the release of The Phantom Menace) - like the three-way conversation between Vader, the Emperor, and Prince Xizor that could only have held water *before* the prequel trilogy expanded upon the beginnings of the Palpatine/Skywalker relationship - the characters hold up remarkably well against the 20+ years of world-building that has happened since the book's release. The Hutts are Hutts (if you've never had to visualize a Shell Hutt before, be prepared for a good laugh), Tatooine is Tatooine, and Boba Fett is Boba Fett. Jeter blends the seriousness of true science fiction with the fantasy of Lucas' galaxy quite well, bringing to life reptilian bounty hunters that devour their siblings only moments after birth and an arachnid middleman who produces nodes of separate yet connected sentience that scurry about its web as its assistants. Maybe you won't always believe your eyes, but you'll enjoy yourself regardless. That's just good science fiction.