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Isard's Revenge (Star Wars: X-Wing, #8)
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This book is especially hard to read after coming off Wraith Squadron's adventures. Character growth! Humor! Dialog! Pranks! Now it's back to Rogue Squadron, where everyone is perfectly logical, the humor is forced or refers back to something we've forgotten, and we'll rehash the first three books' plots.
There is no character development in this book. The dialog doesn't sound like any kind of real conversation; it's like everyone is just a floating plot point. It's very stilted, and even butler and maid at points. Gavin and Asyr's conversation about adopting was particularly painful and pretty much came out of nowhere. Every time we meet a new pilot, they open up and tell their entire backstory and motives, and then never talk again. I shouldn't be blindsided by dialog and monologue that comes out of nowhere. That's lazy. We don't care. Make us care about these people. And for heaven's sake, SHOW, don't TELL.
Instead there's just... plot. And it's hard to follow plot when you don't care about the characters that should be driving the plot. Furthermore, there's plot points here and there that are unrealistic and seem like a pretty big stretch. It breaks immersion, which would really help make up for this book's flaws.
The good? The story actually gets pretty cool when you hit page 200. That's 200 pages of slogging through all the stuff I just mentioned, but everything gets more interesting, the characters start to solidify, and the plot picks up the pace. It's still not perfect, but it gets much better. The action shines here.
Okay, I think I'm done now. This book might be worth skipping if you've made it this far in the X-Wing series.
There is no character development in this book. The dialog doesn't sound like any kind of real conversation; it's like everyone is just a floating plot point. It's very stilted, and even butler and maid at points. Gavin and Asyr's conversation about adopting was particularly painful and pretty much came out of nowhere. Every time we meet a new pilot, they open up and tell their entire backstory and motives, and then never talk again. I shouldn't be blindsided by dialog and monologue that comes out of nowhere. That's lazy. We don't care. Make us care about these people. And for heaven's sake, SHOW, don't TELL.
Instead there's just... plot. And it's hard to follow plot when you don't care about the characters that should be driving the plot. Furthermore, there's plot points here and there that are unrealistic and seem like a pretty big stretch. It breaks immersion, which would really help make up for this book's flaws.
The good? The story actually gets pretty cool when you hit page 200. That's 200 pages of slogging through all the stuff I just mentioned, but everything gets more interesting, the characters start to solidify, and the plot picks up the pace. It's still not perfect, but it gets much better. The action shines here.
Okay, I think I'm done now. This book might be worth skipping if you've made it this far in the X-Wing series.
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June 9, 2013
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June 10, 2013
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June 21, 2013
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