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A review by graff_fuller
The Cestus Deception by Steven Barnes
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
After reading Shatterpoint, book one in this arc of the Clone Wars, I was pumped.
When I started this book, it was a let down from the very beginning. I wasn't connecting with ANY of the characters. Not even Obi-Wan Kenobi. What? That should've been the easiest one. Right?
Kit Fisto was fun to read about, but he didn't draw me in. It was just facts about a guy that I've seen in the movies/TV series. Ugh.
Since it's a Clone Wars story, I knew that the clones would be front and center, and they were for the most part...and we got some good stories around them...and I "sort of" connected with A-98 "Nate" and the name he associated with himself. That was cool...and what happens in the story was great (and sad), but I just didn't connect like I wanted to.
What makes me nervous about picking up the next book, The Hive...is that it is written by the same author. Hmm. This book was NOT short, and the plot was slow, and my enjoyment of the book was predicated on loving Star Wars, but I just didn't jive with the author's writing style and how he depicted characters and relayed the story to us (the readers).
I acknowledge that this may be a ME problem (which may be), but it will be ME reading the next book, too. So...it may take a bit for me to pick up the next book...though I'm dying to get further into the Legends books...and I have to go through, and not around this author. Ugh.
I'll end with this. He's not bad, and the story is NOT bad, but after I loved Shatterpoint, I was hoping he'd hold the bar at "that" level...and he didn't. Maybe the next book will work better for ME.
When I started this book, it was a let down from the very beginning. I wasn't connecting with ANY of the characters. Not even Obi-Wan Kenobi. What? That should've been the easiest one. Right?
Kit Fisto was fun to read about, but he didn't draw me in. It was just facts about a guy that I've seen in the movies/TV series. Ugh.
Since it's a Clone Wars story, I knew that the clones would be front and center, and they were for the most part...and we got some good stories around them...and I "sort of" connected with A-98 "Nate" and the name he associated with himself. That was cool...and what happens in the story was great (and sad), but I just didn't connect like I wanted to.
What makes me nervous about picking up the next book, The Hive...is that it is written by the same author. Hmm. This book was NOT short, and the plot was slow, and my enjoyment of the book was predicated on loving Star Wars, but I just didn't jive with the author's writing style and how he depicted characters and relayed the story to us (the readers).
I acknowledge that this may be a ME problem (which may be), but it will be ME reading the next book, too. So...it may take a bit for me to pick up the next book...though I'm dying to get further into the Legends books...and I have to go through, and not around this author. Ugh.
I'll end with this. He's not bad, and the story is NOT bad, but after I loved Shatterpoint, I was hoping he'd hold the bar at "that" level...and he didn't. Maybe the next book will work better for ME.