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2.71 AVERAGE
2.71 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I think this was the book that made me hate Star Wars during those brief Dark Years of 1998-2004. But then again, I'm not sure; I read so many terrible Star Wars tie-in novels before 1998 that it's hard to pinpoint which one did it.
adventurous
I enjoyed this more than I expected based on the reviews, but I wasn't a fan of how some of the characters were portrayed.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
I love Star Wars books. They're somewhat of a guilty pleasure, the extended universe is a fun escape to a place where a bit of excitement is always happening.
Except in The Crystal Star, good gravy this book is terrible. Do you remember Q from Star Trek? The guy who could travel through space-time with a thought and possessed omnipotent, omniscient abilities? Well, imagine a Star Wars version of Q that is an amorphous foul-smelling blob with a series of severe mental handicaps.
Seriously. Except the situation keeps getting worse. Luke mysteriously loses control of his force powers, but inexplicably only sometimes; and, unimaginably, Threepio stands out as by far the most level-headed character throughout contrived crisis after contrived crisis.
You know what, forget the one-star rating. This book is a must-read, solely as a benchmark for terrible sci-fi/fantasy. Maybe I'm biased; I read it smack-dab in the middle of a one-hundred-book Star Wars EU binge, and it was the worst by an incredible margin. My verdict stands:
This book is awful.
Except in The Crystal Star, good gravy this book is terrible. Do you remember Q from Star Trek? The guy who could travel through space-time with a thought and possessed omnipotent, omniscient abilities? Well, imagine a Star Wars version of Q that is an amorphous foul-smelling blob with a series of severe mental handicaps.
Seriously. Except the situation keeps getting worse. Luke mysteriously loses control of his force powers, but inexplicably only sometimes; and, unimaginably, Threepio stands out as by far the most level-headed character throughout contrived crisis after contrived crisis.
You know what, forget the one-star rating. This book is a must-read, solely as a benchmark for terrible sci-fi/fantasy. Maybe I'm biased; I read it smack-dab in the middle of a one-hundred-book Star Wars EU binge, and it was the worst by an incredible margin. My verdict stands:
This book is awful.
adventurous
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
A convoluted, uneven story of kidnapped children and a dangerously being from another universe