A review by colinmcev
Assault at Selonia by Roger MacBride Allen

2.0

Meh. I'm really just not feeling this trilogy. Assault at Selonia wasn't terrible, and I've certainly read worse Star Wars novels, but it mostly failed to keep my interest, and at times I found it difficult to motivate myself to finish it. I felt the first book, Ambush at Corellia, was largely lacking in action and mostly focused on setting the scenes for future books, which, while not great, is at least understandable given that it's the first book in a trilogy. But i found Assault at Selonia to be more of the same, and, much like the first book, things didn't really pick up until near the end. (In fact, the final chapter might be my favorite.) I suspect if this was a two-book series, rather than a trilogy, it might be tighter and better paced, and therefore more enjoyable. As it stands, I'd say only die-hard Star Wars nerds (like me) and completionists who want to read all the books (again, like me) need to bother with these. But, that being, I'll obviously read the next and final entry, Showdown at Centerpoint, and hope for the best.