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book_nerd_1's review against another edition
4.0
I see a lot of talk about there being no women in this book and women being marginalized in Star Wars. I could tell you a lot about great female characters in Star Wars(before the Disney era, their female characters are shit), but when I noticed there were no women in this book I kind of thought "Cool, guys night." It was good to see some guys becoming friends and helping each other without the motivation of a princess to save.
I thought the story had a lot of unique ideas and connected several points of the Star Wars timeline well. It sees unfinished because the book Riptide is a direct sequel to it. Kind of annoying that they don't give you any hint of that.
I thought the story had a lot of unique ideas and connected several points of the Star Wars timeline well. It sees unfinished because the book Riptide is a direct sequel to it. Kind of annoying that they don't give you any hint of that.
hstapp's review against another edition
2.0
I really like it when an attempt is made to write a story without any of the main characters in it. Still this book suffers from too many humans, and all male characters.
There's a lot going on in this book. We flit between 5000 bby to 41 aby, and it really took me a while to wrap my head around everything that was going on and to get into the story. There are a lot of really cool elements. I was really excited about the hyperspace element, and wished we'd seen more from that pov.
The story kind of feels like it doesn't know where it wants to go. It's possible to blend multiple genres into one book, but I don't think this book is the best at it. And there's way too much vomitting going on.
It does a really good job at having an epic battle though, so really the book was kind of up and down for me.
There's a lot going on in this book. We flit between 5000 bby to 41 aby, and it really took me a while to wrap my head around everything that was going on and to get into the story. There are a lot of really cool elements. I was really excited about the hyperspace element, and wished we'd seen more from that pov.
The story kind of feels like it doesn't know where it wants to go. It's possible to blend multiple genres into one book, but I don't think this book is the best at it. And there's way too much vomitting going on.
It does a really good job at having an epic battle though, so really the book was kind of up and down for me.
verkisto's review against another edition
3.0
I like Kemp's style (his Deceived is the only book in the Legends category I rated five stars), but the plot here didn't do much for me. I got confused about the two timelines in the beginning, and only made sense of them when it was obvious, and then I felt a little annoyed at the science here. It's not a bad book, but it's no Deceived.
art_cart_ron's review against another edition
3.0
Disjointed and ultimately disappointing. Mostly build-up to sell the book that follows. Also - is time travel something we really need in SW?
waden34's review against another edition
3.0
Decent book. The story is fairly narrow in scope, but it seems that it may be expanded upon more in future books.
I really liked all of the characters, although they don't use contractions as often as they probably should have which read a bit weird.
I really hate the idea of Lignan enhancing only dark side powers. It is almost as stupid as the idea of midichlorians.
I really liked all of the characters, although they don't use contractions as often as they probably should have which read a bit weird.
I really hate the idea of Lignan enhancing only dark side powers. It is almost as stupid as the idea of midichlorians.
birdmanseven's review against another edition
3.0
I did like this, but with reservations. For one, if you're going to break the mold and do a Star Wars time travel story, make it count. As it was, I found that aspect to be pretty superfluous. Next, I think you could probably start this 150 pages in and be just fine. Luckily the second half does pick up with some cool action and a great ending.
We discussed this further in an episode of the All the Books Show: https://soundcloud.com/allthebooks/episode-223-favorite-books-of-the-decade
We discussed this further in an episode of the All the Books Show: https://soundcloud.com/allthebooks/episode-223-favorite-books-of-the-decade
internpepper's review against another edition
2.0
The setup is strange, but it works. What does time travel have to do with what the characters find at the end of the story? It seems like a disconnected narrative and the characters don't feel like people, just generic archetypes. One character descends to the dark side for no real good reason, and the Kell villain is simply awful. I know that Paul Kemp did not come up with the concept of the Anzat, but he used it in his story and as a result, it's completely laughable. There were moments I felt genuine companionship between characters develop, so this is at least better than total trash. Also, what's with all of the gore and vomit? Does Kemp know he's not writing a gritty television show? The characters talk like they're in a screenplay and are often quite interchangeable. On the plus side, Kemp writes good action scenes, but they do nothing to make the audience care or support the story.