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From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back (Star Wars) by Elizabeth Schaefer

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beccamcostello's review against another edition

3.0

Pretty disappointing compared to the first one. If one more story repeated the line "Rebellions are built on hope" I would have rage quit.

Hank Green's story was perfect.

This line in one of the later stories had me cackling: "I'm choosing the side that doesn't shoot at princesses."

poppyparkes's review against another edition

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2.0

Yet again I'm just not a fan of short story anthologies, however, this is probably the best one in the Star Wars Canon. The stories are in different formats and I appreciate the characters chosen to have stories, unlike in the first FACPV where I felt that the characters were slightly random. I did think that the first few stories felt a little repetitive, focusing on how much everyone hated Hoth because it was cold.

callieisreading's review against another edition

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3.0

I'm a little sad about this, because I absolutely loved the first volume and was waiting for this one to come out for AGES, and it honestly just fell a little flat. I'd say that only a small handful of stories really entertained me, and the others were just ok, if not downright dull. I hope that the next collection is better than this one.

lisathelizard's review against another edition

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medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes

3.75

and here we are

took me a while to read this, like the first one, because although i really like short stories, i think 40 is a lot, and i need my time

i definitely enjoyed the from a certain point of view of a new hope more. i just think overall there were more stories in this where i didn’t really care too much. a couple of stories meant a lot, but most of them were just okay, and didn’t stay with me that much, whilst other were just boring.

i don’t like to admit this, but the stories i enjoyed the most are the ones that have the characters we already know in them, although it’s also kinda normal i think.

as an obi wan lover i always live for his insight on scenes we already know, and his story was very funny and sad and on brand, loved it.

one story i did not expect and that left me speechless is the one with luke and the medical droid. because it gave us not necessarily more of luke’s thoughts in those final moments of the movie, but it straight up gave us some new scenes with the main character, something i don’t remember the first book doing. and it was incredibly sweet and sad and important imo.

i think the thing that worked less in this book is the fact that most of the stories were around two events mainly: hoth and cloud city. and even if the characters and stories were different, it became repetitive after a while im ngl. i did love the story about the space worm asteroid.

so yeah, i’ve not heard great things about the from a certain point of view of return of the jedi, but i’m certainly gonna read it when the paperback version is released

thatscotguy's review against another edition

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3.0

3.5 stars. Not nearly as good as the first in the series. A worthwhile distraction, but a few stories will stick with you when you are done.

litagentsaritza's review against another edition

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4.0

Love the Star Wars books in audio and these omnibus titles are best enjoyed in audiobook. With an all-star cast both in the author crew as well as the narration, this was truly an incredible experience!