3.98 AVERAGE

adventurous medium-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: Complicated
adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Ever wanted to know how the war between the Rebellion/New Republic and the Empire ends? Here ya go. It's pretty good.
adventurous medium-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: Complicated

2.5. Despite a really interesting third act, this book is mostly a slog with lots of unnecessary distractions, lacking a singular driving conflict. With fewer subplots and a less useless role for Luke, it would be a really good book. As it is, it's a middle of the road book with a few good ideas that gets too bogged down to be truly effective.
adventurous slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

4/5

mara and luke >>>

disney u will pay for your crimes

wish there was more character development, definitely more plot focused. but i still had fun.

VISION OF THE FUTURE, book 2 in the Hand of Thrawn duology, may be my all-time favorite Star Wars book. It's definitely in my top three. It's my favorite because -- SPOILERS here --

Luke & Mara. Every moment on the page with them is fabulous.
Talon Karrde and Shada -- love the way the work together.
The resolution between Karrde and Jorge Car'das (great scenes).
Plotting Moff Disra and fake Thrawn.
So many clones.
Wedge & Corran & Rogue Squadron.
Fantastic space battles.
Unexpected peace.
Threats from the Unknown Regions hinting at what's to come.

Okay, so this may not be one of my typical reviews but I will tell you this, VISION OF THE FUTURE is one of those books that I've read multiple times and still swoon at specific parts (yes, Luke & Mara) and I laugh -- loudly, and I always cheer at the end with Admiral Pellaeon, and I get all the warm fuzzies on the very last pages, because again -- Luke & Mara.

This book reminded me of how great the EU is and how great Zahn is at writing it. Great story with fantastic characters. Loved it.

Probably more like 3 and a half stars, but it was about 300 pages too long which really made it hard to finish. I'm glad I did, because it was an awesome story, but genuinely nobody needed that much of the caves. It's too many caves, Timothy.