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Summary: this book rox
Review: this book was even better than the first one i liked everything about it.
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Summary: A great book
Review: This is a great book but I believe you must play the game to totally understand. I do believe that the characters were undeveloped but altogether it is a good book. I feel he could have described a whole lot better but this is a must own if you own the game.
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Summary: awful Book
Review: This is a horrible waste of time. It makes trashy romance novels by Fabio seem thought-provoking. I like playing Starcraft but I don't play much. I'm not Starcraft background expert but then again neither is the author of this book. I only picked up this book because the first book ("Liberty's Crusade") was good. Do you like Starcraft? Don't buy this book. Do you like good stories? Don't buy this book. This book is only for those people who like to waste their time. Don't usually write reviews but when I saw the rave reviews and 5-star reviews on the page, I felt compelled to let the truth out.
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Summary: Great book
Review: This is a very book but you have to read the first one and it will make more sense.
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Summary: Waste of money and time
Review: This was probably the worst book I've read for a few years. Horribly disappointing. I didn't think the book could be as bad as everyone said it was, especially since the first book was good. My mistake. It really is written amateurishly and doesn't reveal anything about any of the races. Like a really boring comic book, except replace the pictures with more boring words. Wall-to-wall boredom.
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Summary: Bad writing, boring story.
Review: To put it frankly, this book stinks. It's not only the worst Starcraft book in the series, but it's the worst book I ever remember reading. The battles are unexciting and unrealistic - which would be okay if it even resembled a Starcraft battle - which it didn't. Thank god I read the other books first or else I wouldn't have ever read another Starcraft novel again. Read the first and third novel ("Liberty's Crusade" and "Speed of Darkness"). Be wise and skip this one.
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Summary: Boring, but it did tie into the Starcraft world.
Review: Well, this is another one of those books you finish overnight. I was kinda disapointed with this one and felt as though Mesta could really have done a better job. I took one star off for being just plain boring. I really didn't care about the little colony and blah blah blah blah blah. The only real connection I found that connects this book strongly to the world, sorry universe of Starcraft is the themes and three charactors who for the most part, nobody like. Duke, Acturus and Kerrigan. (altough Kerrigan is popular amongst the Starcraft fanboys) I was also hoping that this book would take off where Liberty's Crusade left off, either going with the Zerg or staying with the Protoss which would have been great however the author felt otherwise and made this stinkburger. My conclusion is this book is for collectors or REALLY bored Starcraft fanboys, you should probably stick with the first one since it is better then the other two.
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Summary: INSULTS YOUR INTELLIGENCE
Review: What happened? Blizzard came out with possibly one of the all-time best Real-Time Strategy game with a great story. Then came Starcraft #1: Liberty's Crusade, which turned out to be a great piece of storytelling.
And then came Starcraft #2: Shadow of the Xel'Naga. It's pretty bad. How bad is it? Some of the fan-fictions on the websites are written better than this. It doesn't follow the Starcraft rules and the writer does make up his own races. Some of the old characters do make an appearance, but they might as well named them "John Doe".
The best part of the book is the description they put on the back. The book really isn't anything about the Xel'Naga artifact and doesn't even really explain it. What is it about? That Terran female girl going crazy fighting and running (and defeating a whole bunch of zergs on her own). This book was slapped together - its characters are uninteresting the battles are uninvolving. I hope this doesn't signify the end of the Starcraft franchise, but this book is bad enough to do just that.
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Summary: Good book, but could be MUCH better
Review: When I first saw this book, I was real excited. I thought it would revolve around the protoss (my favorite race) since it had a protoss on the front. But I was wrong. It mostly revolves around the terran, which greatly disappointing me. The characters weren't too great either. I enjoyed the book, but it's basically because it was a starcraft book, and I like the game. The ending was a little wierd, along with the main plot. Honestly, if they put a protoss on the front, shouldn't the protoss be the main characters? This book isn't even based on the game! That was incredibly disappointing. Really, there isn't anything GOOD about the book except the title.
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Summary: Tragic
Review: While I have enjoyed Kevin's work on Star Wars, this is another example of what NOT to do when creating a line of novels based on your game franchise. You should NOT hire writers who have no interest nor familiarity with the subject matter. If Kevin J. Anderson were an avid StarCraft player he would have a much more vested interest in this game and would have learned tons more about small details that make it such a great universe. I would recommend skipping this book unless you want it for your collection and just downloading The Antioch Chronicles, a mod for the games that stays true to the universe without being boring or flagrantly WRONG on what has gone before. You'll find it much more entertaining.
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