128 reviews for:

Annihilation

Drew Karpyshyn

3.74 AVERAGE

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book was a great read, and I recommend this book and the rest of the books in its series to any hard-core Star Wars fans out there. I very much enjoyed reading this book.

Drew Karpyshyn is one of my favourite Star Wars authors. His Darth Bane books were fascinating and whenever I see a book by him I am confident in his ability to make the books feel like Star Wars.

From the beginning of this book, I absolutely enjoyed it. Theron Shan is a very interesting character, from his unusual origins to his general attitude. In some ways Annihilation is like a Russian doll. There is a very simple plot, which surrounds a whole range of smaller stories without which the main plot wouldn't work. While the reader is working towards the resolution of the plot, Karpyshyn introduces different characters and different plot lines without which Annihilation wouldn't be as rich and fun as it is. However, Karpyshyn's main focus is on Theron and he seems to love writing about him. Theron is a funny main character who doesn't take himself too seriously in a galaxy populated by Jedi and Sith, but is also very dedicated to what he believes is right. Although initially he may seem to be quite a run of the mill action character, Karpyshyn keeps adding to his character and really giving him more depth throughout the novel. By the end of Annihiliation you'll be wholly on board the Theron-train.

Annihilation is a great read for anyone who is a Star Wars fan. Even if the Old Republic-time isn't one you're the most familiar with, this is a novel that you are bound to enjoy. Karpyshyn's writing is fun and engaging and his characters are fascinating.

My full review: http://universeinwords.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/review-annihilation-star-wars-by-drew.html
adventurous tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

fun dialogs, and it's entertaining for the most part. not much of characterization going on if that's what you're looking for, but it does a good job portraying theron. i think the actual plot was resolved too quickly tho, and the build up felt long and unnecessary because of it.
adventurous dark 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

Not a bad book as Star Wars books go. I thoroughly enjoyed it, despite never having played the game that spawned it. Only took me so long to read because of the stress of the Covid crap.
adventurous tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
adventurous dark funny medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Unfortunately having a bi main character could not prevent this book from being boring.
adventurous 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