Dark Force Rising (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, Book 2)
by Timothy Zahn
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Author: Timothy ZahnEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1993-02-01
ISBN: 0553560719
Number of pages: 440
Publisher: Spectra
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Book Review: Great! except for some minor annoyances
Summary: 4 Stars
This is an absolutely WONDERFUL read!!! Zahn is a MASTER of military strategy.
In the first book of this series, Heir to the Empire, Zahn sets up all the chess pieces. You're not really sure what he's doing pretty much all through the book. Then you head into Dark Force Rising...
Concepts and strategies begin to make sense. Grand Admiral Thrawn hasn't changed much as far as personality goes...but his character becomes MUCH more villanous becuase you begin to realize what he's doing.
Not only does Zahn pack the novel with detailed descriptions of space battles that have meaningful effects on the characters and the story, but he also continues to develop well known and loved characters as shown in Leia's visit to the Noghri. All the characters are SO dynamic.
This is a really awesome book that leaves you reeling after you're through. I had a little trouble getting into it early on...but it grips you a couple of chapters into the book and it's a jump into hyperspace from there.
You can't wait to find out what happens on the next page.
Four stars ONLY because there's this one minor thing in the book that drives me crazy. Zahn has a couple of really cool phrases in the book like, "a pair of heartbeats". That was a phrase I'd never heard before and it's SO descriptive and suspensful...however, he drops it on every other page throughout the book. I found myself self filling in the blank before I had finished the sentence a couple of times...like, "Let me guess...such and such happens between 'a pair of heartbeats'...".
So there's that and the fact that he's not very inventive with the way he states that the character has just said something. It's always, "Han retorted" or "Luke countered"...and that's pretty much it. It's kind of annoying. Like:
"What are you doing?" Luke said.
"I'm reading Dark Force Rising" C'baoth retorted.
"It is really a wonderful book" the Grand Admiral countered.
"I'll rip your throat out" the Noghri countered.
"RRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!" Chewie retorted.
"Well just rip his out first then." Han retorted
"In anycase, Dark Force Rising really IS an awesome read." Leia countered.
"I could read it in a pair of heartbeats" Threepio retorted.
It's not really that bad...but it DOES get annoying.
Summary of Dark Force Rising (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, Book 2)
When Grand Admiral Thrawn takes command of what is left of the Imperial fleet and launches a massive campaign against the New Republic, Han and Lando Calrissian race to find proof of treason inside the highest Republic Council. Reprint.General Books
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