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cmoorebooks's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
fast-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
3.0
Fast-paced Star Wars goodness. This series wasn’t groundbreaking, but it sure was fun.
wesleyboy's review against another edition
3.0
Yeah, this was good I suppose.
Fun story but the author must have inexplicably never seen a Star Wars movie because he has no idea how the characters should talk, and in some cases even act.
A lot of the reviews say this series has diminishing returns but I feel like I’ll just power through. At the end of the day, I can always skim because it’s not like they’re going to kill off any of the major characters or anything.
It’s just a fun little story about the continuing adventures of your old Star Wars buddies, what more do ya want?
Fun story but the author must have inexplicably never seen a Star Wars movie because he has no idea how the characters should talk, and in some cases even act.
A lot of the reviews say this series has diminishing returns but I feel like I’ll just power through. At the end of the day, I can always skim because it’s not like they’re going to kill off any of the major characters or anything.
It’s just a fun little story about the continuing adventures of your old Star Wars buddies, what more do ya want?
fantastiskfiktion's review against another edition
3.0
http://fantastiskfiktion.wordpress.com/2013/07/02/star-wars-iii-jedi-academy-trilogy/
juperez's review against another edition
2.0
This was a horrific thing to read. Characters were wooden, the premise was—you guessed it—derivative (surprise, surprise: another planet-destroying piece of tech), and the dialogue reeked. But am I determined to mine through the no-longer-canon Solo/Skywalker kid mythos? Hell yeah.
kb_208's review against another edition
4.0
I personally thought this was a pretty good start to the trilogy. I hope the rest keeps me as interested at this one. There's a decent amount going on. Luke is starting his Jedi Academy and is searching for force sensitive students, Han and Chewy are captured and put to work in the spice mines on Kessell and discover a brand new danger after they escape, and Leigha has to deal with all the new troubles of being a mom and a New Republic higher up.
Overall I liked the story. My biggest complaint is the addition of the knock-back effect Luke feels when probing another force-sensitive mind. Seems a little odd to have shoved that in there. I was also taken aback with some of the events that seem to have come from a comic story line where Palpatine's clone comes back and Luke serves the dark side for a spell. I was confused at first, thinking I had missed something big from a prior book.
Worth checking out.
Overall I liked the story. My biggest complaint is the addition of the knock-back effect Luke feels when probing another force-sensitive mind. Seems a little odd to have shoved that in there. I was also taken aback with some of the events that seem to have come from a comic story line where Palpatine's clone comes back and Luke serves the dark side for a spell. I was confused at first, thinking I had missed something big from a prior book.
Worth checking out.
mmorrisohio's review against another edition
2.0
The first half of this book was truly awful and nearly made me want to give up. The plot and storytelling improves dramatically when the Maw Installation is introduced, but KJA’s abysmal writing still makes this a slog to get through. I’m hoping the next two books are better.
wantonjohnson's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
artemisreads's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
fast-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
3.0
not like a super life changing book and i had a lot problems with it but it was very much a fun and silly sw story and i enjoyed it a lot!!
twilliamson's review against another edition
2.0
Jedi Search isn't a good novel. Its story takes a bit too long to actually come together, lacks substantive momentum or focus according to the stated goals of the novel, and the novel contains some terrible prose. For a novel that should be about Luke Skywalker finding new Jedi apprentices and establishing a new Jedi academy, it's surprising that the novel dedicates so little actual space to Luke's search. Instead, the book is weirdly split along several lines: Leia's struggles as a mother to raise children while being a diplomat; Han and Chewbacca's unfortunate capture on Kessel and the revelation of yet another Imperial superweapon that threatens the Rebellion; Luke's efforts to find a home for his Jedi academy and recruit new Jedi; and the rebuilding of the New Republic on Coruscant.
The fact that Luke takes a back seat to virtually all of the novel's other subplots doesn't bode well for the development of Anderson's trilogy. Because his focus is split over so many B-plots, the actual purpose of a book titled Jedi Search seems entirely muddled. To make issues worse, Anderson's prose is absolutely abominable. I haven't read a book this poorly written since The Amityville Horror, and I wonder if Anderson and Anson had the same creative writing teacher--or if they studied creative writing at all.
It's painful to read a story with such obvious potential struggle so much with establishing its main ideas. There's a lot of good to be had in Jedi Search, but that good is oftentimes buried beneath some objectively terrible writing. Anderson's ideas for Kessel and the Maw, for Luke's search for new Jedi, and even for Leia's struggles as a mother are all good story beats that could help Star Wars continue to evolve. Nevertheless, the book is simply an incoherent mess of a novel, with a plot that feels weak in stakes and takes far too many stupid detours to be of great value to the ongoing saga. If the story were perhaps delivered by a more talented writer than Anderson, I think I could actually even learn to love Jedi Search.
Alas, the book simply misses the mark by a wide margin. It's a real shame that a book with such potential ends up being so predominantly mediocre.
The fact that Luke takes a back seat to virtually all of the novel's other subplots doesn't bode well for the development of Anderson's trilogy. Because his focus is split over so many B-plots, the actual purpose of a book titled Jedi Search seems entirely muddled. To make issues worse, Anderson's prose is absolutely abominable. I haven't read a book this poorly written since The Amityville Horror, and I wonder if Anderson and Anson had the same creative writing teacher--or if they studied creative writing at all.
It's painful to read a story with such obvious potential struggle so much with establishing its main ideas. There's a lot of good to be had in Jedi Search, but that good is oftentimes buried beneath some objectively terrible writing. Anderson's ideas for Kessel and the Maw, for Luke's search for new Jedi, and even for Leia's struggles as a mother are all good story beats that could help Star Wars continue to evolve. Nevertheless, the book is simply an incoherent mess of a novel, with a plot that feels weak in stakes and takes far too many stupid detours to be of great value to the ongoing saga. If the story were perhaps delivered by a more talented writer than Anderson, I think I could actually even learn to love Jedi Search.
Alas, the book simply misses the mark by a wide margin. It's a real shame that a book with such potential ends up being so predominantly mediocre.