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kizvjmoncrieff's review against another edition
3.0
I really enjoyed this book and its storyline, I immediately liked Aryn and already knew Malgus for SWTOR, however, I struggled a little, to begin with, with the two other POV characters: Vrath and Zeerid. While it felt slow, to begin with, the book overall is very fast paced. My favourite part is the fight scenes which are very well written.
lorenzoluciano's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
tisreece's review against another edition
4.0
I am somewhat surprised by the amount of negative feedback this book has gotten. I find the book so well written that, if the author had decided not to tell the reader which character they were focusing on, you could tell by the way certain things were described who was thinking it.
The only negative is that the whole book seemed somewhat redundant with very little in the grand scheme of things changing from after the sacking of Courascant to the end of the book. The only thing achieved really, was a happy ending for all characters, even Malgus in his own twisted way. Which in itself was somewhat unexpected, as happy endings for all, tend to be quite rare among Star Wars novels.
Overall a very good book, and a serves as a nice side-story that couples as a timeline during the sacking of Courascant which I would recommend anyone to read if they are interested in playing, or have played, the Old Republic game.
The only negative is that the whole book seemed somewhat redundant with very little in the grand scheme of things changing from after the sacking of Courascant to the end of the book. The only thing achieved really, was a happy ending for all characters, even Malgus in his own twisted way. Which in itself was somewhat unexpected, as happy endings for all, tend to be quite rare among Star Wars novels.
Overall a very good book, and a serves as a nice side-story that couples as a timeline during the sacking of Courascant which I would recommend anyone to read if they are interested in playing, or have played, the Old Republic game.
johnbreeden's review against another edition
4.0
I enjoyed this novel better than I did Revan. Malgus fit better as a sith character, and the conflict in all three main characters was decent.
kb_208's review against another edition
3.0
Based on other reviews I thought this wasn't going to be that great, but I liked it quite well. The story is well written and there are a few twists here and there that keep it interesting. It's the not greatest of Star Wars novels, but it's a good read. I will admit, though, that Darth Malgus looks a bit too much like Vader to be considered an original character. But his character qualities are pretty good, though, as well as the others in the book. I took quite well to them.
goodverbsonly's review against another edition
3.0
u know what i think though? i think that no one cares about the jedi order the way i do!
*MC (zetrid?) is cool, like him, but i don't think i'm digging the ~romantic element btwn him and aryn
*speaking of aryn, she's the kind of character i like, but personally not into it, and her choice to leave the order
*i'm not sure these one off star wars books work particularly well for me; they're fun but jumping around generation to generation is making it hard to care about any of them.
*hello??? i do not care about mandalore! stop it! i don't want to hEAR any more about mandalore (this book is light on mandalore but what if you don't even mention mandalore; that would be sooo cool for me and no oneelse because everyone else cares about mandalore for some reason)
*MC (zetrid?) is cool, like him, but i don't think i'm digging the ~romantic element btwn him and aryn
*speaking of aryn, she's the kind of character i like, but personally not into it, and her choice to leave the order
*i'm not sure these one off star wars books work particularly well for me; they're fun but jumping around generation to generation is making it hard to care about any of them.
*hello??? i do not care about mandalore! stop it! i don't want to hEAR any more about mandalore (this book is light on mandalore but what if you don't even mention mandalore; that would be sooo cool for me and no oneelse because everyone else cares about mandalore for some reason)
sarahmixie's review against another edition
3.0
"peace was atrophy. only through conflict could potential be realised"
michaelesch's review against another edition
3.0
I really struggled whether to rate this two or three but since I liked the last couple pages I ended up with 3. The story was bland and I did not find it very exciting. If this was a roller coaster it would be in the children's section. Not because the content is childish but because the story never builds. The opening was spectacular. But I kind of felt like Darth Malgus and wanted to see more conflict. Favorite character was the side character and her death was tragic.
hidekisohma's review against another edition
3.0
Long story short? Everyone in this book is a weenie. That's pretty much the extent of it. There's a few main characters here and they're all weenies.
1st main character: Zeerid. he has to run illegal spice to coruscant which is currently under imperial control but has moral issues against drug running. but he's going to do it because of his daughter. Yeah. he's one of THOSE characters. You know, the one where having a child is the only definable trait about him. Every time you think they're about to go into his backstory they have to bring up the fact that "his daughter is super important to him and that's all that matters." That's why i hate characters with children. They can never just be "people who happen to have children." The children apparently HAVE to be the focal point of every decision they make and are used as crutches to move the plot along when they feel their characters wouldn't do it themselves otherwise. Then at the end, after making nothing but light side choices he makes a super dark one. just...i don't know, because. It was stupid.
2nd: Darth Malgus: Tries to be badass, however throughout the entire story he's worried about his twilek slave/lover. he's constantly slapped down by his master and every scene he's in he seems to be worried about his twilek. she gets shot, he's worried. she gets kidnapped, he's worried again. then after all of this, he kills her. Character growth? I guess?
3rd: Aryn. a jedi who gives up everything to hunt Malgus for killing her master. then she realizes that leads to the dark side, loses to malgus and goes to live on a farm with Zeerid. Nope. not making this up.
The biggest problem was i didn't like a single character. They were all whiny idiots. Everyone was crying about something whether it be their wheelchair bound daughter (yes, they actually put the girl in a wheelchair to try to gain sympathy), their master, or their twilek slave. I didn't enjoy the inner machinations or thoughts of ANY of the characters and kind of wanted them all to die.
Zeerid was the worst offender though as his story was all over the place. The exchange gives him this huge shipment of engspice (basically superdrugs) to deliver to coruscant, only it's under imperial control temporarily as they blew up the jedi temple. They even give him 100,000 credits after wiping his debts clean to deliver this stuff. So they spend the first 1/3 of the book telling you how important it is that he delivers his stuff of the exchange is going to hunt him down and kill him. Then the shipment blows up. and we never hear about it again. Zeerid runs off to be a farmer at the end of the book and...well that's it. No repercussions from the exchange, no nothing. just "Welp, that didn't work out." But of course he's 'glad' because he never wanted to run drugs and blahdy blahdy light side garbage. I would be more on board if at the end he didn't kill a dude in cold blood because "of his daughter's future safety". i'm telling you. i can't stand characters like this.
The biggest problem with this book was that it was unnecessary. It didn't even tell an interesting story. Every single plot point was nullified and nothing made a difference.
-Jedi padawan goes to avenge master. doesn't
- Zeerid goes to deliver engspice. doesn't.
- guy gets hired to kill Zeerid. Doesn't.
- Malgus tries to protect Twilek slave. kills her.
The story might have been interesting, but there was no weight. no nothing. the only character from the game was Malgus and the rest was just pointless fluff. it discussed the sacking of coruscant that happens before the game but other than that, that's it. At least the revan book had characters you know. This one was just kind of....there. The battles were pointless and had too much text that i ended up skimming through them.
Still, i have to say, it was a fast, easy read and that made it okay. if it had been longer it would have been not good. as it was, i give it a 2.5 rounded up to a 3. it's a big fat, MEH.
1st main character: Zeerid. he has to run illegal spice to coruscant which is currently under imperial control but has moral issues against drug running. but he's going to do it because of his daughter. Yeah. he's one of THOSE characters. You know, the one where having a child is the only definable trait about him. Every time you think they're about to go into his backstory they have to bring up the fact that "his daughter is super important to him and that's all that matters." That's why i hate characters with children. They can never just be "people who happen to have children." The children apparently HAVE to be the focal point of every decision they make and are used as crutches to move the plot along when they feel their characters wouldn't do it themselves otherwise. Then at the end, after making nothing but light side choices he makes a super dark one. just...i don't know, because. It was stupid.
2nd: Darth Malgus: Tries to be badass, however throughout the entire story he's worried about his twilek slave/lover. he's constantly slapped down by his master and every scene he's in he seems to be worried about his twilek. she gets shot, he's worried. she gets kidnapped, he's worried again. then after all of this, he kills her. Character growth? I guess?
3rd: Aryn. a jedi who gives up everything to hunt Malgus for killing her master. then she realizes that leads to the dark side, loses to malgus and goes to live on a farm with Zeerid. Nope. not making this up.
The biggest problem was i didn't like a single character. They were all whiny idiots. Everyone was crying about something whether it be their wheelchair bound daughter (yes, they actually put the girl in a wheelchair to try to gain sympathy), their master, or their twilek slave. I didn't enjoy the inner machinations or thoughts of ANY of the characters and kind of wanted them all to die.
Zeerid was the worst offender though as his story was all over the place. The exchange gives him this huge shipment of engspice (basically superdrugs) to deliver to coruscant, only it's under imperial control temporarily as they blew up the jedi temple. They even give him 100,000 credits after wiping his debts clean to deliver this stuff. So they spend the first 1/3 of the book telling you how important it is that he delivers his stuff of the exchange is going to hunt him down and kill him. Then the shipment blows up. and we never hear about it again. Zeerid runs off to be a farmer at the end of the book and...well that's it. No repercussions from the exchange, no nothing. just "Welp, that didn't work out." But of course he's 'glad' because he never wanted to run drugs and blahdy blahdy light side garbage. I would be more on board if at the end he didn't kill a dude in cold blood because "of his daughter's future safety". i'm telling you. i can't stand characters like this.
The biggest problem with this book was that it was unnecessary. It didn't even tell an interesting story. Every single plot point was nullified and nothing made a difference.
-Jedi padawan goes to avenge master. doesn't
- Zeerid goes to deliver engspice. doesn't.
- guy gets hired to kill Zeerid. Doesn't.
- Malgus tries to protect Twilek slave. kills her.
The story might have been interesting, but there was no weight. no nothing. the only character from the game was Malgus and the rest was just pointless fluff. it discussed the sacking of coruscant that happens before the game but other than that, that's it. At least the revan book had characters you know. This one was just kind of....there. The battles were pointless and had too much text that i ended up skimming through them.
Still, i have to say, it was a fast, easy read and that made it okay. if it had been longer it would have been not good. as it was, i give it a 2.5 rounded up to a 3. it's a big fat, MEH.