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Alliances by Timothy Zahn

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ablakespace's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

adam_z's review against another edition

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[abandoned]

Threw in the towel 40% in. Good production on the audiobook (as I've come to expect from SW audiobooks), but the writing falls flat. The Powers that Be have handcuffed even Mr. Zahn. It's pretty bad when you take the man who many regard as the best Star Wars novelist, and have him write a novel about two of the most interesting characters in the Star Wars universe, and the novel just falls flat. Almost halfway through the book and I just don't give a rip about it.

[rant]Star Wars novels definitely aren't what they used to be - since the Mouse took over, I find the novels to be quite disappointing. I've read most of the new Disney-era canon books, and they're mostly disappointing. The only thing that has come out that has really wow'd me was Claudia Gray's LOST STARS.

Ironically, while many people complain about Chuck Wendig's AFTERMATH trilogy, I actually enjoyed those more than many of the other books that focused on known characters from the the films & tv shows.[/rant]

tuhlisreading's review against another edition

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adventurous funny tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

jsaunders0027's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

katy_ryn's review against another edition

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3.0

3.5✨ a little slow for the first part but picked up in the second half. Nice twists.

beachybookstack's review against another edition

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4.0

Though I did enjoy the back & forth between the past experience on Batu with Anakin and the present struggle with Vader, you could summarize half of the dialogue between them as constant suspicion. Thrawn makes some interesting moves that support 2 different fronts, and Vader is not having it. His understanding is starkly black and white when it comes to playing for the Empire. Thrawn clearly sees things as more complex than that and finds that he can do good for more than just the Empire. By the end they're in an almost buddy cop situation. We'll see where Thrawn Treason takes us next....

The character voices and effects are once again fantastic. My only gripe is with the Anakin voice being a bit too Attack of the Clones LOL he can be super whiney.