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nghia's review against another edition
2.0
I didn't find this quite as engaging as the first book; enough so that I have no real interest in concluding the trilogy.
The entire book is a "race to the starport" with a number of set piece battles along the way as Stark builds up his coalition in short order.
One reason I found this less engaging was simply because the stakes didn't seem to matter. Stark doesn't have some deep attachment to this world or the people on it. And it is hard to imagine the Galactic Union (or whatever it is called) really abandoning its citizens to the dictators of this planet; surely they'd either engage in diplomatic overtures or simply use overwhelming force to rescue Stark.
The relegation of the love interest to an even more secondary role was particularly disappointing. I think she spoke maybe one sentence in the entire book? They didn't have any conversations between one another. Yet she is supposed to be one of the main reasons Stark is doing what he's doing.
The entire book is a "race to the starport" with a number of set piece battles along the way as Stark builds up his coalition in short order.
One reason I found this less engaging was simply because the stakes didn't seem to matter. Stark doesn't have some deep attachment to this world or the people on it. And it is hard to imagine the Galactic Union (or whatever it is called) really abandoning its citizens to the dictators of this planet; surely they'd either engage in diplomatic overtures or simply use overwhelming force to rescue Stark.
The relegation of the love interest to an even more secondary role was particularly disappointing. I think she spoke maybe one sentence in the entire book? They didn't have any conversations between one another. Yet she is supposed to be one of the main reasons Stark is doing what he's doing.
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