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Summary: Star Wars needs some help
Review: I am a avide reader of Star Wars and especially NJO, but I was disappointed but this book. The book did not have a great amount of detail on any of the early battles and then at the end it was almost too much detail. Another thing is that the book was way too philosophical. It is nice to understand the ways of the jedi but the idea is to not bore the reader with these facts and then expect the reader to countinue on and on when almost the entire book is about ideaology of the Force.
I did like the book but this was the secound and I hope the last NJO book solely about the philosiphies of the Force. I did like the last battle and the way things played out but they needed to talk less about Luke's role in politics.
I did like the book but it was wordy and did not discuss the battles, which I thought were always fun to read in the earlier novels. I also think that the book jumped too much froom one situation to another in the book.
I think that the book could have been less political and more battle, or the new restience, or even the reintroduction of the loss hero of the New Rebulic.
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Summary: The tides of war are turning fast
Review: Destiny's Way is an exciting addition to the New Jedi Order series. Finally, the tides of war has turned and there are hopes in every front of the war. The conversation between Vergere and Luke Skywalker is probably the most profounding discussion about the force in all starwars books.
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Summary: Yawn
Review: On...the Author admits to never reading ANY of the previous books except for Traitor and a Star Wars who's who book.
It comes in loud and clear while reading the book. Please don't write another Star Wars book if you don't care enough to be consistant. I'm definatly reading part of the next book at the store before buying it.
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Summary: Exciting!
Review: Here we go fans the Vong are about to get their due. Destiny's Way marks the beginning though I do hope the upcoming battles are grand and bloody. Plenty is a foot in this installment but I wont give any spoilers away. We do get to see however the Vong's supreme overloard take a more active role in the war and what a character he is. In short there is no true republic to speak of. The capital world is now the home world of the Vong and all the forces of the republic are scattered throughout the galaxy. However all is not loss. New elections are on the way to select a new cheif of state and luke Skywalker is hard at work to re-establish the jedi council. on the water world of Mon Kalamari where all this is taking place Admiral Akbar who is more or less dying hatches out a plan to ensnare the Vong. However the republic has been working on a secret weapon called Alfa Red which could eradicate the Vong but it would be an inhuman way to do so. Verger also plays a crucial role in this installment as well and Jason's return from the dead is a nice subplot. This book was highly entertainning. I was glued to my headphones for hours. I think its the right time to start dealing defeats to the Vong though I would not mind if the story arc were to have another 20 volumes. Still, there are four more volumes to go and despite the losses the Vong have here anything could happen. The audio prduction as always was top notch. The reader did a fine job especially with the Vong overlord. Sound effects and incidental music were used quite cleverly to add to the excitement of the story. Can't hardly wait till the next Volume but alas it will not come out till after the holidays. Waht to do? I think I'll listen to the first Volume Vecter Prime once more. This book contains 5 CDs and includes sound effects and music from all five star wars films.
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Summary: what happened to the characters!?
Review: After last year's Star by Star, I was expecting a blow you away, totally awesome book. But what I found was a rather perfunctory novel that did advance the universe, but seemed almost reluntant to do so. Yes, I liked all that happened at the end, but that was basically all that happened in the book. It seemed like the whole rest of the book was just build up for one big scene at the end.But I could deal with weak plots, but what really got me was the way the characters fell short. It does seem like Williams ignored all the other novels and the leaps of development that the characters went through in those books. Jaina instead of recovering from her dark path, is in full of denial and suppression of emotions. No spark, just ice. Han and Leia were more like side show entertainment. What I really hated was that Jacen seemed to not have gone through the whole philosophical/spiritual journey that we found in Traiter. I understand that Williams most likely didn't have that whole novel to work off of due to publishing schedules, but to change a character so much is just wrong. Jacen is back to being an almost happy-go-lucky "I love the new republic" kid. None of the resolve at the end of Traiter for teaching the Jedi new things. But I guess that's what "Force Heretic" will be about??? I'm not saying I hated the book. It was in many ways a fun read (it is Star Wars!). It is a must read for the NJO series and I can't wait to see how the universe will play out after this. But it didn't live up to my expectations of a NJO hardback.
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Summary: What a letdown
Review: To be sure, the books of the NJO have been a mixed bag. But, for the most part, the hardbacks have held their own and a few of the paperbacks, like Traitor, have been extremely enjoyable. Destiny's Way changes all this...and not for the better. Why oh why did the editors think that Williams would be a good choice for such an important book? His writing is so simple and blase you'd think he was turning it in as a junior high homework assignment. Entire chapters consisted of narrative dribble: "Jaina got up and went to work. Jacen went swimming." Indeed, simple writing concepts such as climax and plot twists seem as alien to him as the Yuuzhan Vong do to our Star Wars family. Of course, what is truly unpardonable is his obvious lack of familiarity with the characters' personalities. Not a single character is well written and some of them, like Luke and especially Vergere, are just plain terrible. Apparently, Williams believed that the better strategy was just to throw in as many characters as he possibly could, include a few who have been absent for far too long, and then hope the readers would love him for it. Clue in, Walt: lots of characters don't make a good book--truly understanding your characters and helping the reader to does (see Traitor). In the end, you have to read it because it's supposed to be "the turning point" of the series. But, don't expect too much. It's a simple story written by a simple author.
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Summary: Grandiose but Rushed
Review: This novel should have been two or three books. It attempts to deal with too many plot elements and make use of too many of the popular characters, in very little space. As a result, it feels rushed and, at times, sloppy. The only good bit was the interaction between Luke & Vergere. Other than that the story is humorless and confused, attempting to tie every lose end in the story line within 400-odd pages and doing a amateurish job of it. What makes other S.W. books so enjoyable, is the attention to detail ensuring continuity in the series. In Destiny's Way, too many people are behaving inconsistently with their established personalities. So the story is served but not the universe. If you are a fan of the NJO Series, like I am, then you absolutely had to read this book, because the storyline surges forward here and the events of Destiny's Way are indeed the turning point, the top of the arc of the Yuuzhan Vong war. However, fans of the series will also demand more attention to detail and will expect a number of rather esoteric issues to be accurately represented, if not resolved. The author appears to have taken a crash course in the Expanded Universe, but from someone who does not favor T. Zahn or M. Stackpole. For example: Important characters like Wedge Antilles, Soontir Fell, Grand Admiral Pellaeon or Bel Iblis are treated like no more than props, from getting vague referrences for the sake of enlarging the cast to being downright misrepresented What can I say? It feels like the author had a Star Wars Encyclopedia open and kept thinking "hey, I can use this" trying to make us feel at home on a story he had written about something else. It is all a bit off, all a bit out of place, oversimplyfied and misunderstood. This should have been a trilogy and it should have been commissioned to Timothy Zahn
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Summary: Great book......
Review: Turning point is the "name" of this book.
Don't hesitate to by it.
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Summary: Definately a good read
Review: Destiny's Way came as a surprisingly well-written book. For the NJO series especially, the single, 'new to Star Wars' writers have caused several disruptions in the style and flow of the series. Walter Jon Williams succeeded in jumping that particular hurdle, producing a flowing novel with a very good plotline, and some nice additions with character introduction and re-introduction. With the death of Borsk Fey'lya, the vacuum quickly disintigrates into a well-written election, complete with all the political backstabbing and bargaining of life, and without the descriptive-turned-boring way of detailing the process.
The detailed and enjoyably descriptive way that the battles are described hinders the reader from putting the book down. I read the entire book in one afternoon, the same day that I got it. Great reading!
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Summary: Truly Awesome
Review: This book was the absolute best NJO book to date.
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