Revelation (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, Book 8)
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Excellent writing style/sub-par story/abysmal focus
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***SPOILER WARNING*** Karen Traviss has undoubtedly written the best out of the past 3 books in this series - though this isn't saying much. Her writing style and characterization is very good - even if the situation reeks of implausible, but hey - it's Star Wars so I guess implausibility can be forgivable to a point.
I was very disappointed in the last outing in the series (I expect better from Allston), and doubly so by Troy Denning's last abortion of a book - leaving me dreading the finalization of the series by him rather than Traviss.
Each author plugs their own favorite characters within the storylines, but Karen takes plugging Boba Fett to the point where about 2/3 of this book could have been dealing solely with the mandalorians. She hypes the awesomeness of Boba Fett to levels only comparable with Denning's worship of Luke Skywalker. Both of these authors fail in this regard to draw an adult reader's interest, but I suppose the trifecta works well with Allston bringing the characters down to earth in his own writing style.
There are several *stupid* plot lines going on in this book.
1. There is a section of Ben Skywalker investigating "like a cop" his mother's death, searching for forensic evidence to levels that even CSI wouldn't go so that he can "prove" Jacen is a bad guy. Despite the fact that Jacen force-broke a woman's neck in full view of his bridge crew with multiple witnesses throughout the fleet - she doesn't matter though because she isn't Mara-Jade-Skywalker. The hypocrisy of the jedi is very clear in this regard... you don't matter at all unless you belong to their religion.
2. Jaina has to learn from Boba Fett how to beat a Jedi. Self-explanatory and this was the most retarded direction to take her character (thus far - here's looking at you Denning).
3. Jacen gets retarded after a planet surrenders to the GA (Hey... Jacen's crazy plan actually worked... quick make him retarded) and decides to 'make an example' of the planet by scorching it from orbit.
4. Admiral Daala returns... ta da! Lucky for her she has some secret weapons she brought from the Maw cluster to turn the tide against Jacen. This kicks off a civil war within the Empire - leading to more death and destruction. (Go good guys! You really showed them by prolonging the conflict!)
5. Another character gets the drop on Jacen... but instead of killing him decides to wound him to make a point that they could kill him at any time because he's such a tool. Yay - prolong the conflict! Sell more books!
This series has been a tragedy. The story took a disappointing dive somewhere around 4 or 5. After that it has been downhill where sympathy for Jacen has been replaced with horror at the depths to which the jedi are willing to sink in order to defeat him - leading to the deaths of millions/billions by engaging in a family feud that affects everyone.
I might as well finish the series - so stay tuned to the finale of my reviews. Awaiting with anticipation Troy Denning having Luke use the force to replace Jaina's image with his own so that he can have Luke finish off Jacen despite what the other author's planned.
What a tool.
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