Dark Force Rising (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, Book 2) by Timothy Zahn
|
List Price: Our Price: $4.27 You Save: $3.72 (47%) Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Buy Used: from $0.01 (click here) Category: Book See more book details and other editions |
|---|
Book Reviews of Dark Force Rising (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, Book 2)
Book Review: the series that revived the Star Wars empire [no spoilers]
Summary: 5 Stars
"Dark Force Rising" is the second novel in "The Thrawn Trilogy" approximately five years following "Return of the Jedi". The originality and creativity in the series is deep, filled with strange creatures and compelling heroes and villains.
Grand Admiral Thrawn is an ingenious, calculating and efficient villain, someone the New Republic should fear. The patient approach Grand Admiral Thrawn employs by building a formidable force with the Empire to challenge the New Republic is clever. While Star Wars hasn't been overly political, politics play a part in the developments and brings more depth to an otherwise action oriented plot. The author wisely invested sufficient time developing character and cultural histories to tie nicely with the existing history thereby enriching an already compelling genre.
I highly recommend this series above all others to any fan of the Star Wars universe.
Thank you.
Book Review: Good books
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm not a big Star Wars fan. I do like all the plots and stuff but the only reason why i read this book was because i was bored and my brother gave it to me to read. Having said that i would like to add that i really enjoyed this book. I'm not up to date with any characters that weren't "stars" in the movie but with the descriptions of the people provided i was able to use my imagination. I enjoyed the way that Zahn wrote the book and i enjoyed reading the other Star Wars books written by him. I can't analyze the fight scenes or dialouges like other reviewers but in some cases that never helps people anyway. So i would like to say that I find myself reading the books over if i feel bored or need something to read on a long trip. I would go around saying they are stupendous but enjoyable and entertaining. Overall i would recommend these books to other people.Book Review: A masterpiece
Summary: 5 Stars
I first read this book 15 years ago, and it hasn't lost its magic. While much of the rest of the Star Wars Expanded Universe has become bogged down with irrelevant characters and unrealistic plot twists, Timothy Zahn's Heir to the Empire Trilogy actually manages to recapture the feeling of the original Star Wars trilogy. The original characters all play great roles and the ploy is well paced. More important, this book introduced several of the Expanded Universe's most beloved characters, from Mara Jade to Grand Admiral Thrawn. The assassin aliens, the Noghri, are the coolest new aliens in the Expanded Universe, and possibly all of Star Wars. Like the other characters in the book, they have interesting, well-developed personalities and cultures. Overall, this trilogy is required reading for any Star Wars fan (the other books - not so much).Book Review: Very Good Indeed
Summary: 5 Stars
This piece is a magnificent sequel of the Heir to the Emire. It just can't be better. At least I didn't find anything that I'd like to change. Here are all well known characters Chewbacca, Leia, Luke, Han, Calrissian, Grand Admiral Thrawn, Karrde, Mara Jade, C'Baoth. Well the last four of them are from Heir to the Empire and if you hasn't read it yet (what are you doing here? - get Heir to the Empire first), do that now. I also agree with someone who said that there should be a movie. I hope that will happen someday, because I'd really like to see Mara and all new characters live, in movies. I've been wondering for a time now, why I always give 5 stars to all books I review. Maybe I'm just lucky and I buy all the best books.I think everyone will agree with me, that Timothy Zahn really knows how to write a good book.
Book Review: An awesome book for any Star Wars fan
Summary: 5 Stars
This book was great, definitely one of the best Star Wars books I have ever read. It was very exciting and moved quickly, and the writing made the characters seem almost real, so that I truly felt for them. All the original characters were cooler than ever and true to themselves, and all the new characters were awesome too, especially Mara Jade. I like the way her character is turning out, in that she is a really strong, tough female, who can take care of herself. She still seems to hate Luke a lot, but even that is gradually fading. I think it shows the strength of Luke's character, in that no matter how much of a jerk she is to him, he is always nothing but nice to her. I would recommemd this book to any Star Wars fan, and even to someone who's seen the movies and would kind of like to know what happened next.