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Summary: Another great book in the series
Review: Enemy Lines II: Rebel Stand was nothing short of what I expected it to be. I expected it to pick up on the heels of the action in Enemy Lines I: Rebel Dream, and it surely did. We finally begin to see the setup of the resistance cells that were mentioned in the first book in this duology. Some characters begin to change their views on the war, such as Luke. And for once in the series something is finally proven that hasn't been proven thus far: the Yuuzhan Vong are NOT invincible, and they do have weaknesses. With battles that keep you on the edge of your seat(or wherever your reading the book) and other elements of suspense, you won't be able to put this down, guaranteed. This is a great read while waiting for the next book, Traitor.
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Summary: allston does it again
Review: Aaron Allston's second installment to the New Jedi Order series is a true winner. Much like Rebel Dream, he once again captures the fun and excitment of the Star Wars universe. He remains steadfast to the characters and relationships he created in the X-Wing series and flawlessly transefers them into the New Jedi Order. His characters are just as daring, courageous, funny, etc as they've ever been. My only disappoint was the death of the series most infamous traitor. I felt, as much as she was a character you love to hate, she should gone out with more flourish.My only other disappointment was the production of the audio book. Random House Audio hit a grandslam with both Anthony Heald and Alexander Adams. This production servely lack the drama in the reading. Heald and Adams both gave the characters "audio personallities" in their voices. They put across stress, humor, deifance, and conflicts with relative easy and believe-ability. I had trouble differentiating between Luke Skywalker, Garrik Loran, and Mara Jade in this production. Something was lacking. Plus the "swooshing" noise that indicated a chapter change was more than annoying.
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Summary: Possibly the best yet in the series!
Review: Ok. simply put, this book was awesome. It had it all: Romance, intrigue, tons of action, humor, and it finally showed the Luke of old: the Jedi master who could kick some ... . This book takes off as Luke and Mara and the Wraiths traverse through Coruscant on a mission to set up resistence cells. Besides fighting Vong, they have a very interesting subplot with an evil ultra-Jedi. Luke and Mara are as cool as ever and Tahiri steps up as a matured Jedi as well. On Borealis, the New Republic finally starts going on the offensive, and the battles that ensue are riveting and page turning. Jaina and Jag's romance is brought up as well. Han and Leia look like their old selfs again, and the plot lines between them are hilarious at times; such as when they get captured on a backwater planet and threatened w/ torture, they both take it lightheartedly, telling their captor how they have both been tortured by Darth Vader how the captor should try to do better. The cockiness of them both is very funny. A new and hilarious part in this book is R2D2's conversations. This little droid is very funny in his logic, and finally we get to see what all those sad, jovial and sarcastic bleeps and whistles mean.
And finally, as the battles at Borealis in both Rebel Dream and Rebel Stand show, the Vong are not as invincible as they seemed while the New Republic forces, w/out the burden of the politicians, finally are showing some muscle and brain.
While the book ends rather abruptly, it does what its meant to: it leaves you thirsty for more. It took me 3 hours to read, and i didn't want it to end. I definitly recommend this book whole-heartedly.
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Summary: Allston brings the excitment back
Review: This second book to Allston's duology was great. It was nice to have an author familiar with the Star Wars universe writing again. I must say that i was a bit discouraged by the last three books, but enemy lines brought me back. Jaina and Jag are awsome, and Kyp has had some great development. FOr those that enjoy Han, Leia, Luke, and Mara there is fun plot lines with them as well. Better space battles are also typical of the two books. A book that any true star wars fan must own.
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Summary: some good, some okay
Review: I really like the first half of this book. I think if you put the last half of Rebel Dream and the first half of Rebel Stand together you would have one really wonderful book and the rest would be okay. Most of what annoys me about this book is the fact that my favorite characters (Jaina, Jacen, and Kyp) are not main characters. It is quite amusing at times, especially parts with Leia and Han, and offers at least one strange insight into life ("Does everybody just get stupid when they grow up?"-Tarc), which are the main reasons I liked this book as much as I did. I believe that if you liked the parts of the X-wing series written about Wraith Squadron, you will like this book.
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Summary: Couldn't put it down!!
Review: The good guys are back on top with this one!!! Luke leads some on a mission to the deafeated New Republic capital while Han and Liea(their hesitation gone) begin organizing resistance networks. Some strong showing from some supporting charecters are also prevalent in this one such as the conversation between C-3PO and R2. There is also some serious soul searching by the former spy from Rebel Dream and numorous other supplots to keep you inteested. I thought the ending was rushed but that doesn't deminish the feeling you get from a great book!!
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Summary: Great Book
Review: In Rebel Stand Mr. Allston does a wonderful job of advancing many of the characters key to the NJO series. He also finds ways to show the readers what became of several other characters from the expanded universe.
Though I gave the book a 5 I did have one small problem with it and Rebel Dream, there could have been some way to tell what happened to a few of the Wraiths not mentioned, but that wasn't important.
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Summary: GREAT!
Review: This book was even better than Rebel Dream. It's definately one of the best books in the NJO series. Aaron Allston did a great job with Han and Leia. Finally, finally, they are being written as the great couple we fell for in the movies. I hope the next authors follow suit and we don't have anymore of that skinky garbage we got in the beginning. Tahiri, Wedge, Jaina, Jag were also super in this book. The action was fabulous, and so was the suspence at the end of the book. I highly recommend this book.
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Summary: Mixed...
Review: At some points I was sleeping through the book or just skimming through all the needless and repetitive content. At other times I was very interested at the edge of my seat. Nonetheless, Han and Leia escaping incredible odds, Jaina Solo's and the rest of the star fighters inventive often highly improbable ways to develop new weapons and strategies to fight off the Vong and the jedi tricks are all getting old and stale. These battles can only be exciting so many times before you get sick of them. Sometimes I feel like I have Jedi abilities when I predict the future and the outcome of the book. Recently the Vong have been portrayed as more or lesser version of the Vong that we all first met in the first book. The dialogue was rather bland, with a few sparks of humor, which I applaud. Overall I think the NJO series could really benefit from some creative writing. The readers need new concepts and new visions to keep this series moving along.
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Summary: WHOA!!!!
Review: This was a quite good novel by Aaron Alltson. Finally we see a big victory for the good guys here, another Yuuzhan Vong worldship going to rubble. A had a few gripes with this oine, the ending was totally rushed (we could have had a celebration here, but we didn't). But it keeps me waiting for the next one to be cranked out, which won't be until July. Jaina Solo is back in action as well as Wedge Antilles. Looks like Kyp Durron has his act straight as well, but judging from "Dark Journey," I wonder if he's the next major character to die. Turns out that things are going to be a bit more difficult for some super-dark Jedi (which makes Darth Maul's double-edged lightsaber look lame). I think we'll see him again sometime soon. Like most of the NJO series, this keeps you hanging for more, and this is no exception here. Well, on July 30th, it'll be "Traitor" time!!
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