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Summary: good book
Review: When it comes to Star Wars book my only criteria for reviewing them is did I enjoy the read. Well, I usually enjoy them and this one was a good as most in this series have been. If you've been reading this series, I think you'll enjoy this book.
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Summary: Destiny's Way (Star Wars: The New Jedi Order, Book 14)
Review: Consistency seems to be a major issue in this series. When we last left Jacen he had become a sort of super Jedi whom we expected to do great and marvelous things. Instead he becomes almost a side note in this book and appears to have become a wimp again. Furthermore, one of the characters that had great potential is squandered and killed (you will have to read it I an not going to spoil that) needlessly. Please have these authors read the series before committing to actually writing on it. Maybe then, be more pleasing to the fans. A good read none the less but it had the potential to have been a great one.
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Summary: One of the Better NJO Books
Review: I have bought most of the books in the series, and they all seemed like relatively nice summer-on-the-beach page-turners until Traitor, where the series hit a turning point [a key term in Destiny's Way, actually...].Questions begun being asked and sometimes answered, though not always. Vergere was a mystery from her introduction, but Traitor had made her even more interesting. Jacen had seemed like a bit of a whiner during this series, as compared to how he had been like in the Young Jedi Knights series, which I also read and liked. Traitor helped fix him a bit too... Which brings us to Destiny's Way. There were many detail-filled conversations that actually moved the storyline along and opened my eyes for a moment or two and made me think about where it was all going, which I couldn't say for most of the books before Traitor. There were also a lot of characters, which made things distracting, but not nearly as distracting as in the beginning of the series where 10 things were going on at once within a chapter. There are developments and details that will effect the rest of the series in this book [which I will not reveal] which made the book worth reading. I rather enjoyed this book, and read it over the course of two days, which is fast for me in this series.
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Summary: An epic struggle.
Review: No, I'm not referring to the battle with the Yuuzhan Vong, but with my fight to finish this book. Having read Vector Prime when it first came out I was so put off by Salvatore's writing style that it took me until recently to catch up with this series. Fortunately Tyers, Alston and most recently Stover restored my interest in the NJO universe, but then I started Destiny's Way. Oh dear. I can only assume that Williams was told that his target audience was about 15. The best Star Wars novels (e.g. Zahn) never write down to a particular age group; good writing is accessible to anyone who wants to read it whatever their age. Williams on the other hand returns to a problem I had with the first novel - he never met an exclamation mark he didn't like. There are many good ways of conveying excitement but punctuation isn't usually one of them.
Much has already been said about the lack of empathy the author has for these characters. This was highlighted for me by a sentence that began: "Frantically, Mara...". Excuse me, but "Frantically"? "Swiftly", maybe. But "Frantically"? I don't think so. Which leads me to think I shouldn't be so harsh on the author exclusively. There are editors and reviewers and continuity people who all deserve some of the blame. Don't get me wrong. Like me you probably have to read this book and yes it will move the plot along. I just hope that the quality ticks back up to the level of some of the previous novels.
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Summary: It wasn't the best....
Review: Personally, I didn't like Destiny's Way all that much. While the space battles were good, Williams made a serious mistake when he separated the fabulous trio of Jaina, Kyp and Jag. He set Jag's characterization back a few steps in Destiny's Way as well. Also, Jacen's journey through a different way of the Force didn't mesh well with Traitor, to the point that you wondered if Williams even READ Traitor. Also, the Jedi knighting ceremony [didn't measure up]. 3 stars for the general spirit of Star Wars, great politicking scenes and awesome space battles.
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Summary: Destiny's Way (Star Wars: The New Jedi Order, Book 14)
Review: This book is worth the read even if you are not a star wars fan. It explains long awaited answers to questions and problems with the Jedi and Yuuzhan Vong. This has re-intiallized my love for the Star War Universe. I just love Sci-fantasy. May the force be with you all.
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Summary: Destinys way
Review: I think the Destiny's way was very well writen book. The author related ideas in the book with impecable efficiency and in a clear way that anyone could relate to.
Although this book wasn't as action packed as "Star By Star" it still had a massive battle scene that took up 1/5 of the book. You also found that the book developed the characters more than some of the other books and you also got the impression that the tides of war were changing in the new republics' favour.
Destiny's way also developed the Yuuzhan Vong more than the others did and got higher up in the chain of command.
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Summary: It was a disappointment to me
Review: While I would say that the book is necessary to read because of major plot advancements, I am highly disappointed at how Williams wrote some of the characters in this book. First off, one of my favorite characters, Pellaeon, has a complete change from how he is normally portrayed. He went from being the Imperial Admiral who desired peace, and pushed the Imperial Worlds into helping the Republic, to being an overweight warlord type whose only concern is himself and his own power. It appears that throughout the book, Williams is trying to tear down whatever friendship the New Republic has with the Empire. Secondly, the Bothan Admiral Kre'fey(sp?) goes from being a commander who could care less about politics and is only concerned about his duty, to being a genocidal lunatic who wants to wipe out a whole species. I mean, what is this whole jihad thing about. It's not like that there is enough trouble with the Vong destroying worlds, now we have a group that wants to eradicate them to the very last being. Those are just a few of the character flaws that I saw. Unfortunately I do not have space to write them all down. One other disappointment was the portrayal of the death of a major Vong character. However, the author apparantly has missed the import of this character and wrote the Vong's death as if it was just some normal warrior. I had to reread the page to make sure it had actually happened. In short, you need to read this book because of major plot occurances, but once is enough for me. Hopefully future authors will be those who have read the stories and portray the characters properly.
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Summary: Slow, but finishes strong.
Review: Having read a few of the other reviews. I agree a little that some of the characters behave a little differently in the book. It starts out a little slow, but the end of the book was very good. I do recommend this for those who have read the previous 13 books and plan on reading the rest.
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Summary: Well written until the rushed ending
Review: Through the first 400 pages I couldn't put this book down. The story line moved along well. At that point I felt it was one of the better NJO books. But it was as if the author reached page 400 and said "I have to finish this book in less than 50 pages!" The final dual between Jaina and Warmaster Tsavong Lah was very weak. He has been such a huge part of the story arc, yet his death was treated like and afterthought. Also, the death of Vergere seemed a bit anti-climactic. I just felt that the final 40+ pages could have been expanded to 100 and more detail given into the final thoughts of Tsavong Lah and Vergere as they met their ends. Well written until the ending.
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