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3.98 AVERAGE
3.98 AVERAGE
medium-paced
Le supposé retour de Thrawn a réussi a insuffler une énergie nouvelle aux Restant de l'Empire et à briser le moral de la Nouvelle République. Pendant ce temps, Luke et Mara Jade découvrent un complexe de guerre nommé la Main de Thrawn qui est dirigé par l'ancien impérial nommé le Baron Soontir Fel. Luke doit donc détruire le complexe à seulement l'aide de Mara Jade.
Ce que j'ai aimé le plus dans ce livre est que l'auteur fait une mise au point de ce qui s'est passé entre les livres qu'il a écrit et ceux de cette duologie. Il fait beaucoup de correctif par rapport à certaines histoires minables qui ont un peu bousillé la saga. Ceci permet de repartir l'histoire en général sur des meilleures bases. C'est bien de découvrir que Thrawn est de race Chiss.
Un des éléments majeur est que l'association entre Luke et Mara Jade devient une histoire d'amour et qu'elle ne rend pas l'histoire mielleuse. La Main de Thrawn est vraiment une série à lire pour éviter de lires les autre mauvais livres de la saga grâce à la mise-au-point de Timothy Zahn.
Ce que j'ai aimé le plus dans ce livre est que l'auteur fait une mise au point de ce qui s'est passé entre les livres qu'il a écrit et ceux de cette duologie. Il fait beaucoup de correctif par rapport à certaines histoires minables qui ont un peu bousillé la saga. Ceci permet de repartir l'histoire en général sur des meilleures bases. C'est bien de découvrir que Thrawn est de race Chiss.
Un des éléments majeur est que l'association entre Luke et Mara Jade devient une histoire d'amour et qu'elle ne rend pas l'histoire mielleuse. La Main de Thrawn est vraiment une série à lire pour éviter de lires les autre mauvais livres de la saga grâce à la mise-au-point de Timothy Zahn.
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Tender moments with Luke Skywalker in a cave chilling with talking bats. Yep it’s a little goofy, but covers the final chapters of the Empire-Rebellion Conflict.
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
tense
slow-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
“Stupid, stupid, stupid. A big fat diversion—the oldest trick on the list. And I fell for it like some dumb farm kid.”
“Watch your language.”
Vision of the Future is the second book in the Hand of Thrawn duology and as such continues where the first book ended. It was a good book but not great. At the end of the day, this duology just felt overly long. There were so many characters and happenings at different points of the galaxy, that sometimes I found myself having difficulty keeping track of it all. And many of the characters were trying to all do the same things just in different places. I’m really not sure there needed to be two books or perhaps there still could have but they could have been edited down to less pages. After all, this one was nearly 700 pages!
The New Republic government irritated me more than usual here, in their unwillingness to bend or to see how a Republic cannot function well within a galaxy so big and full of different beings. I also couldn’t believe what Gavrisom was willing to do in regards to the Empire all to ‘prevent the New Republic from dissolving into a civil war’. I really missed the Solo children who didn’t appear at all in this duology, being off on Kashyyyk with Chewie. But, it is in this book that we learn about the Dark Jedi who died on Dagobah and left the dark side scar, which was really interesting. The last 40% of the book really takes off and had me more riveted. I loved the reveal for one of the characters and how the confrontation with ‘Thrawn’ went.
But my favorite parts were the moments with Luke & Mara, and the sections with Pellaeon. I knew where this book was going to end up in regards to Luke and Mara’s relationship before I began. And I’m completely happy it did, it was just odd to see it happen so fast, almost seemingly out of nowhere, as Mara was barely in any of the books since the Thrawn trilogy so she and Luke didn’t have much interaction. I know Zahn had always intended them to be together, which also just heightens the weirdness of others trying to put her with Lando. But other than that, Mara and Luke’s growing connection was incredibly cute and sweet as they open up to each other. I love seeing how well they understand each other, and Mara getting Luke to understand the true consequences of his time with Palpatine in Dark Empire, was brilliant. I just wish there had been more of it.
Overall, this duology serves a big purpose in the overall scheme of the Star Wars universe and man is it a thousand steps up from the Corellian trilogy just before. I would recommend it for the Star Wars EU fan. If you want to see how the New Republic and Empire finally reach terms of peace, then this is definitely a read for you.
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
tense
fast-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:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
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:
Yes
The Hand of Thrawn duology should be a movie. Or movies. Or TV-series, animated series or any other cinematographic adaptation you can think of. When I finally put down the book after an almost non-stop read, my first thought was: "Yes. This is Star Wars."
Specter of the Past set up a great premises for a good storyline and Vision of the Future has clearly come to the potential, even exceeding it. The plot was not entirely foreseeable and in places where it was, the characters even implied that something was bound to fail. There is just the right amount of action added to the adventure combined with some good places of suspense and scheming, topped up with realistic dialogues and interactions.
Just as in Specter of the Past most characters are kept into their canonical selves, keeping in mind the great time that has passed since the movies' (and the reader is constantly reminded how many years it has been. The level of character development is moderate, probably most evident in Luke and all of his dilemmas. Several characters were introduced anew, but the plotline mostly kept to the known characters with all the limitations it set in place (no, he's not dead, because that'd break the space and time continuum) and it done so very well.
Now I'm still a newcomer to Star Wars novels, but this book seems to contain a greater deal of romance than the average. It has a great deal of jedi-esque (there is no emotion, there is peace, therefore we must never tell our true feelings and all that) romance and a good deal of Leia worrying about Han and Han worrying about Leia and some other characters either sending loving eyes at each other (or blaster bolts at the bad guys they're against) in addition to several implied situations. While normally I don't like my science fiction sweet, this time it sort of adds to the charm.
However be aware that this book will spoil you in at least two ways:
1. Just like the Thrawn Trilogy, it sets up high expectations for other Star Wars books, expectations that are rarely met.
2. If you haven't read any other Star Wars books, it will spoil a great many events that occur up to the events of the book.
Specter of the Past set up a great premises for a good storyline and Vision of the Future has clearly come to the potential, even exceeding it. The plot was not entirely foreseeable and in places where it was, the characters even implied that something was bound to fail. There is just the right amount of action added to the adventure combined with some good places of suspense and scheming, topped up with realistic dialogues and interactions.
Just as in Specter of the Past most characters are kept into their canonical selves, keeping in mind the great time that has passed since the movies' (and the reader is constantly reminded how many years it has been. The level of character development is moderate, probably most evident in Luke and all of his dilemmas. Several characters were introduced anew, but the plotline mostly kept to the known characters with all the limitations it set in place (no, he's not dead, because that'd break the space and time continuum) and it done so very well.
Now I'm still a newcomer to Star Wars novels, but this book seems to contain a greater deal of romance than the average. It has a great deal of jedi-esque (there is no emotion, there is peace, therefore we must never tell our true feelings and all that) romance and a good deal of Leia worrying about Han and Han worrying about Leia and some other characters either sending loving eyes at each other (or blaster bolts at the bad guys they're against) in addition to several implied situations. While normally I don't like my science fiction sweet, this time it sort of adds to the charm.
However be aware that this book will spoil you in at least two ways:
1. Just like the Thrawn Trilogy, it sets up high expectations for other Star Wars books, expectations that are rarely met.
2. If you haven't read any other Star Wars books, it will spoil a great many events that occur up to the events of the book.
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No