Rating: 
Summary: If you have a long time to put into an O.K novel.
Review: Its not really good or bad. This novel(and all others in the series should have been a third as long.) I just picked up the book because I already read all the Weber, Heinlien, McCafferey, Moon, and other Sci fi authors newest works and was getting kinda desperate. As space operas go its strickly run-of-the mill. After reading the afformentioned authors works this was a big let down. The relationship between the two main characters never really goes anywhere until the very end. If you want to put that in college student terms that's 20 bucks and 1800 pages until anything significant happens between them. I have to admit that I had to finish the whole series, but that's just how I am. I hate leaving anything unfinished. Things just keep happening and Deathstalker has to develop another damn power to stop it. Even the Greeks didn't use that much Deus ex machina. All in all the series is good for just passing the time waiting for Weber's next Honor Harrington novel or McCafferey's next Pern novel. In the long run this money would probably have been better spent doing something else. Sorry I can't agree with everybody else. The stuff was just boring and long without any trully dynamic characters or really cool battles. Just "he boosted and used his maze given powers to beat back the beast that nobody could defeat and everybody looked at him in awe and so on and so on." He gets the extra "star" for effort. He did after all write some really long books.
Rating:
Summary: If you have a long time to put into an O.K novel.
Review: Its not really good or bad. This novel(and all others in the series should have been a third as long.) I just picked up the book because I already read all the Weber, Heinlien, McCafferey, Moon, and other Sci fi authors newest works and was getting kinda desperate. As space operas go its strickly run-of-the mill. After reading the afformentioned authors works this was a big let down. The relationship between the two main characters never really goes anywhere until the very end. If you want to put that in college student terms that's 20 bucks and 1800 pages until anything significant happens between them. I have to admit that I had to finish the whole series, but that's just how I am. I hate leaving anything unfinished. Things just keep happening and Deathstalker has to develop another damn power to stop it. Even the Greeks didn't use that much Deus ex machina. All in all the series is good for just passing the time waiting for Weber's next Honor Harrington novel or McCafferey's next Pern novel. In the long run this money would probably have been better spent doing something else. Sorry I can't agree with everybody else. The stuff was just boring and long without any trully dynamic characters or really cool battles. Just "he boosted and used his maze given powers to beat back the beast that nobody could defeat and everybody looked at him in awe and so on and so on." He gets the extra "star" for effort. He did after all write some really long books.
Rating: 
Summary: unmitigated tripe
Review: Simon R. Green takes all the pieces of any space opera you have ever read, stirs in more cliches than you would have thought possible, bakes, and writes it all down badly. Whenever he doesn't know what to do next, he adds more aliens, each one alledgedly new and different and yet described so badly that they blend into one another. Descriptions of people are not only reused between books but sometimes reused word for word in the same book! Finally, the characterizations are flat and virtually identical - if it weren't clearly indicated, you'd never know who is talking.This is pretty much science fiction at its worst. Space opera can be good, even great, but this isn't it.
Rating: 
Summary: extreme fun, but some parts BORING
Review: Some of the book was good. Some was bad. Owen was boring. What I did like was the scenes at Court, Silence and Frost, and Toby Shreck. Toby Shreck was the best part, probably because my choice of humor is on the sarcastic/gruesome side. I literaly screamed with laughter when I read that. What else is there, the book was not real character-wise (except for Toby) and the good guys were blaand. Personally, I like characters that are crazy and have a little spice. Still, I liked the book and wholey enjoyed it.
Rating: 
Summary: there's no getting enough of this stuff!
Review: Space opera doesn't get any better than this. With his grand, sweeping style, his memorable characters, his complex and involving storyline, his suspenseful and riveting action sequences, and his absolute mastery of the art of drama, Simon R. Green has truly shaped a masterpiece of modern fiction. Deathstalker Rebellion is the second in a series of five, and continues to build up the complexity of the series. The more Deathstalker you read, the better it gets.
Rating:
Summary: Outstanding.
Review: This book and the others in the Deathstalker series are a must. Green is a true genius, he posses the ability to place the reader in the roles of any member of the text. Owne Deathstalker must build a force to overthrow the currupt empress who live only for herself. This book is brilliant and I can't only recommend it enough.
Rating:
Summary: go buy it now!
Review: this book is a must for anyone you will ever call themselves a sci-fi fan, I recommend all of the books in the deathstalker series., why are you still here? I told you to go buy the book.
Rating:
Summary: better than the first book
Review: this swashbuckling epic is better than the first book!Owen Deathstalker and his fellow rebels are still the evil empress. they are making alliances
with others who eager to overthrow her imperial
highness Lionstone.This series is the closest thing I've ever read to Star Wars! I also like the
fact that it doesn't take itself serious all of the time. the female characters are also the more
bloodthirsty than the men!
Rating:
Summary: better than the first book
Review: this swashbuckling epic is better than the first book!Owen Deathstalker and his fellow rebels are still the evil empress. they are making allianceswith others who eager to overthrow her imperialhighness Lionstone.This series is the closest thing I've ever read to Star Wars! I also like the fact that it doesn't take itself serious all of the time. the female characters are also the more bloodthirsty than the men!
Rating: 
Summary: A good sequel...
Review: To be brief, this book was not as good as the first in the Deathstalker series, but it was good enough to make me buy the third book, Deathstalker War. Therefore, I still recommend it.
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