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kittic's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Science fiction battle stations don't get anymore iconic than the Death Star. In this jaunt through inception, build, operation and ultimate destruction Reaves and Perry flesh out the story which largely occurs off camera in the original trilogy. It is told through the viewpoint of many of the Death Star's inhabitants which makes it an even more interesting read. Fans of the movies and fans of hard science fiction will each enjoy elements of this book. The science of the battle station and the architecture of her build are heavily detailed while the dialogue in later parts is straight from the scripts of the early Lucas screenplays.
jtashoff's review against another edition
dark
emotional
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
reillykid7's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
swazwald's review against another edition
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Star Wars: Death Star is not nearly as good or as interesting as I had remembered it being from reading it years ago. It is chock full of the worst habits of EU novels, without much in the way of interesting ideas to make you want to overlook the flaws. Not badly written per se, functionally speaking it is a perfectly competent piece of prose, so it gets a 3/5 for that alone, but there is very little here that adds to the story of Star Wars. And the novel’s story itself certainly isn’t strong on its own merits. IMO only worth reading for completionists who want to read every EU book out there.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Genocide, Murder, and Death
cosmeretraveler's review against another edition
5.0
An amazing cast of characters. This book has a sort of Pulp Fiction like story. You encounter many characters seemingly in different stories which all intertwine to one set on the Death Star of course. I haven't found another starwars book like it.
sqeeker's review
3.0
- I've always wanted to read a Star Wars book, but I never knew where to start, and I was a bit intimidated. Well, I finally picked one and read it!
- The beginning was very dry and very slow. I wasn't sure if I was going to finish the book, but I kept going, and slowly it became more and more interesting.
- There are a lot of characters, and it takes a long time to learn the characters and for them to start interacting with each other. Most of the book, I wondered why these characters were important, and why I should care about them. Now that I've finished the book, I'm still wondering why I should care about them.
- Darth Vader and Tarkin were the most interesting people to read about. I already knew who they were, and I why they were important. Plus, they are the ones that intermingled with the part of the story that converges with A New Hope.
- I liked getting to know Tarkin better. His character intrigues me, and he was interesting to read about.
- The story really took off for me during Part 2. That is when A New Hope starts, and I loved seeing the Empire's side of the story.
- The writing is very dry, and it took me a while to get used to. Once I was used the writing, the book became more enjoyable.
- Overall, I'm glad and proud that I finished this book, but I probably wouldn't read it again.
- The beginning was very dry and very slow. I wasn't sure if I was going to finish the book, but I kept going, and slowly it became more and more interesting.
- There are a lot of characters, and it takes a long time to learn the characters and for them to start interacting with each other. Most of the book, I wondered why these characters were important, and why I should care about them. Now that I've finished the book, I'm still wondering why I should care about them.
- Darth Vader and Tarkin were the most interesting people to read about. I already knew who they were, and I why they were important. Plus, they are the ones that intermingled with the part of the story that converges with A New Hope.
- I liked getting to know Tarkin better. His character intrigues me, and he was interesting to read about.
- The story really took off for me during Part 2. That is when A New Hope starts, and I loved seeing the Empire's side of the story.
- The writing is very dry, and it took me a while to get used to. Once I was used the writing, the book became more enjoyable.
- Overall, I'm glad and proud that I finished this book, but I probably wouldn't read it again.
fisk42's review against another edition
2.0
I really disliked this book for the first 1/4 of the book. We're giving the POV of over 10 characters which doesn't really work here. In the end I did get some enjoyment out of this book, but ultimately this would have worked so much better as a "Tales of ..." Book like they used to do.