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Summary: This was the worst of the series.
Review: I really didn't like this book. So what that Jaina goes to the darkside if for at least a while, and then comes back? Where's the real action? Come on...and I told this to others...I will no longer read any star wars fiction if it has all three Solo children dead.
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Summary: Redeption
Review: In this newest Star Wars, Jaina is struggling with the question of what her path is. She is dubious in what the Jedi can and should do to stop the Vong. With the death of her broher and the loss of another, she no longer knows who to turn to, in her quest to get revenge, she finds help in the Hapes Cluster, by the former Queen Mother, to get revenge on the Vong. She has lost all control of actions and doesn't listen to others when they give her advice. To keep her friends away she says that she will be Kyp's apprentice. She makes a daring plan to fight the Vong.
I thought that this book was well written and very well told. Also in this book Kyp finally gets redemmed, and it tells how Jaina falls towards the Dark side.
I hope that you enjoy the book as much as I did, I could not put it down, until I was finished.
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Summary: havnt read it yet
Review: just got the book and havnt read it yet....the dramatis personae dosnt have luke, mara, jacen or many other jedi, only three vong are tsavong lah, harrar the priest and khalee lah a warrior, and the chiss are back. the back says...jaina and the jedi with her are running from the vong and are in the hapes cluster and the royal family has bad intentions for the jedi and the vong are desperate to capture jaina for a hideous sacrifice and jaina is so grief stricen with revenge that she is blind to all the threats and is about to turn to the dark side. girl on the cover is jaina.
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Summary: Good, but could have been better
Review: After just finishing this book, I must say that it was a bit dissapointing. A book about Jaina Solo falling deeper into the dark side had so much potential, but did not nearly come close to what I expected. Also, at times, the book was a bit unclear a confusing as to what Jaina and Lowbacca were actually doing with the "Trickster". Just a thought, but has Luke officially been dropped from this series? Does it bother anyone else that he appears in about 5 pages of every book now? I know this is supposed to be about the "New" Jedi's, but that doesn't mean you drop the old. The Solo story has officially taken over. The books need to a better job at incorporating all characters, old and new, into the storylines. On the other hand (since I've been mostly bashing this book), the final chapters were entertaining. the book does a great job of leaving you eager to read the next page to see if Jacen Solo is really dead or alive (which I will not give it away, unlike some did in the last books reviews). Also, it was good to see a Solo and a wookie tinkering with their ship again. It brings back fond memories of the past and good thoughts of things to come. Overall, it wasn't a bad book. If you've been reading the entire NJO series, definitely get this book. If you haven't, I do not recommend it because you will not understand 95% of what is going on.
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Summary: Dark Journey is right!
Review: This book is the best! Taking place in the Hapes Constiturium(sp?)Jag Fel is in it and it's got a lot of action and it makes sense.Kyp Durron is in it and he's COOLER THAN EVER!!! I can't sya much else w/o giving away the plot though
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Summary: catch up
Review: i think this book like totally caught you up on the ACTUAL people and events instead of just the battles and war. you see jaine like totally kick some vong crack. you see her get like 4 guys shoved into her face...and it seems like one is already inside her heart....ahh so sweet. jedi love. i wanna figure this jacen stuff out though...i think he isn't dead but the line near the end confuses me.....like even the priest doesn't know. and cud we have ANOTHER high up shamed one that may want redemtion and seek it through the jeedi(vong style baby)?
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Summary: Little You Would Predict
Review: Firstly, Author Elaine Cunningham has done an admirable job of following Troy Denning's book, "Star By Star", which I feel is one of the best of the Star Wars books. This book is only about half as long as the book that precedes it, yet the author manages to deliver a great deal of continuing story line along with a host of new players. She also introduces a variety of major changes for very familiar characters, and creates alliances of varying size that I think most readers will find surprising. Some readers may find the growing list of casualties a bit hard to take, but they are consistent with the dark nature that has been the nature of this series since book number one. The dark nature of the story crosses definitively to specific characters in this novel. Lightsabers are pulled and used in anger by Jedi of long acquaintance, and Force Lightning, a staple of The Dark Side, is used on many occasions. There is also little hesitation to use friends and wipe their memories so they can be used without their consent. The use of Dark Side Powers is utilized with surprising frequency, and the fundamental rules that have for so long governed the Jedi, are used or discarded, as the need requires. The younger generation of Jedi continues to occupy more and more of the center stage and the decisions that are made upon it. Formal oversight is virtually gone, and what the force is, and how it should be used is open to as many interpretations as there are users. While there is one who seeks to bring some order with a new Jedi Council, the Jedi who suggests it almost discredits the concept before it has been stated. Master and Apprentice relationships are broken and rejoined with other partners that raise all manner of issues, and events from a book called, "The Courtship Of Princess Leia", from several years ago, once again make important appearances. This is a great book, although you may feel a bit frustrated that so much that was unresolved in, "Star By Star", remains unclear, and numerous new issues are raised. On the positive side, the anticipation for the next book should be all the greater.
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Summary: I'm glad Cunningham only wrote one book.....
Review: My first two thoughts upon finishing this book were: "That's it???" and "I'm glad this author only wrote one book and not a trilogy, I don't think I could stand 2 more of these." Disappointed doesn't even begin to describe how I feel about this book... This book was hyped as a Jaina-goes-to-the-dark-side book, and it is sort of, but all she really does is take Kyp's view and expand it a little. She doesn't turn into Darth Vader or anything. Just goes on the offensive. And by the end of the book she sees what she has done and comes back to Luke's POV. Oh, yeah, the reason I didn't give it a 1 rating is that you get to see more about Jagged Fel and the Chiss. Kind of cool in those parts. Otherwise, not worth the $$$.
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Summary: A welcome change of pace...
Review: With the previous book of the New Jedi Order series, Star by Star creating so much havok in the Star Wars Universe, Dark Journey is a welcome reprieve from the massive undertakings described in Troy Denning's novel. Written mostly from Jaina's perspective, but allowing for Kyp, Jag, Tenel Ka and Lowie to also develop, the novel basically tells of Jaina's wandering towards the dark side after the loss of both her brothers. Becoming nearly obsessed with playing out the role of Yun-Harla the Yuuzhan Vong goddess of trickery, she continually baffles Harrar, the Warmaster's favorite priest, and the commander of Harrar's naval force. Though the characterization of Jaina was better than most, it still seemed a bit construed and misguided at times, and for a book with a very obvious central character (much like Jacen's, Traitor, by Matthew Stover) it seemed to meander through too many other character's own personal motives. In the end though, Jaina's travels seem well documented, and add a good focusing point for other characters as well, most importantly Kyp and Jag Fel. Extra points go to Elaine Cunningham for finally pointing out what most readers of the Young Jedi Knights series knew all along - Tenel Ka and Jacen were in love and are meant to be together. I personally enjoyed seeing Lowie and Tenel Ka recieve some more important roles, which they deserved after Kevin J. Anderson's great portrayal of them in the Young Jedi Knights books. All in all not a bad book by any stretch, though not a great one either. 3.5/5
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Summary: I wonder if any of the NJO authors have ever met a teenager?
Review: Because, with a few exceptions, there is now way a 17 year old will be a witty, urbane, master martial artist, master technician, master tactician, master of an all-powerful force; a master pilot--Lt. Colonel, no doubt; and, the only hot girl in the Universe, that every man wants.
Bah.
What is with these authors? I have no problem with powerful, deadly women--but this is too much. Even if I could believe a kid like Jaina was capable of all that, I still wouldn't like her. She is constantly written as a spoiled rotten brat. She's essentially a slightly less talkative version of Mara.
God, I'm getting angry just remembering this book!
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