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Mastadge
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1/29/04 2:15pm
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The JC Lit Reviews Special: SURVIVOR'S QUEST (SQ spoilers)
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Yes, it's that time again!
Rate SURVIVOR'S QUEST on a scale from 1 to 10. Please don't rate the book until after you've finished it. Thank you.
Also, please supplement your rating of SURVIVOR's QUEST with a few words (or a lot, as you see fit).
Links to previous review threads, in case you missed 'em:
Shatterpoint: A Clone Wars Novel
Galaxies: The Ruins of Dantooine
Tatooine Ghost
The New Jedi Order: Enemy Lines I: Rebel Dream
The New Jedi Order: Enemy Lines II: Rebel Stand
The New Jedi Order: Traitor
The New Jedi Order: Destiny's Way
The New Jedi Order: Force Heretic I: Remnant
The New Jedi Order: Force Heretic II: Refugee
The New Jedi Order: Force Heretic III: Reunion
The New Jedi Order: The Final Prophecy
The New Jedi Order: The Unifying Force
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ReaperFett
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1/31/04 8:36pm
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No, to include them is short sighted. People can come out of a book thinking "WOW, BEST BOOK EVAH!!!", and realise on reflection it wasn't. THe older books never got this push, so is unfair.
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J_K_DART
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2/1/04 7:28am
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Understand what you're saying, Reaper, but it's a nice place to collect ppl's immediate reactions to the books; and the older ones didn't get it 'cause it wasn't thought of...
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2/1/04 3:08pm
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If you think that it's the best book ever, you should have a reason for it. Somehow, I don't think taht we'll be disapointed with it.
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2/2/04 2:34pm
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Alright . . . I've got the book in my hands. Hopefully my review will be up tomorrow evening.
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2/3/04 8:14am
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Bringing this up because the book came out today.
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I'll hopefully finish by tomorrow.
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I give it a 5.
While it was less htan I expected, the references to the Prequels and the look into Chiss culture was neat.
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any chnace luke finally took out a dark jedi or sith
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2/4/04 10:53am
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Counting 1 review: 5/1 = 5
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I'd rate it as a 6.
Why? Too many unanswered questions...I love the book, but after reading it, and remembering all the NJO...I have so many questions now about what Zahn wrote and why a lot of it SHOULD of come up in NJO and NEVER DID. I know it was written afterwards, but ya know...it's like I, Jedi with all the ignoring of established books that came before it. But it's written way better.
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2/4/04 1:26pm
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Counting 2 reviews: 11/2 = 5.5
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Good overall premise and generally good, but the author takes too much "liberty" with his own creations at the expense of the norm of the GFFA.
Not to mention my sickening feeling that the Yuuzhan Vong will be "continuity spackled" into the Outbound Flight project.
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2/5/04 8:34pm
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Dp4m, can you please explain those two cryptic comments above? What do you mean by continuity spackle?
That the Vong aren't the unspecified Unknown Regions threat? (Cunningham erased that possibility in DJ). And what do you mena by too much liberty at other continuity's expense?
Some of these reviews are too vague for the norm, then who can understand them . . .?
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Well I have just read the book and so will give a review. Overall I would give it an 8 but no more.
The Good
Mara dealing with her past. Finally some recognition from Zahn that she was supporting a bad guy even if she did not know he was a Sith Lord.
How Luke and Mara are written is probably the best thats been done out of all the books about them as a couple. Great stuff.
Nice pace the book moves really smoothly and the action does not stop.
The inclusion of Chak Fel and the 501st was not only great from a fan boys stand point but also from the fact that there is tension on whether they die or not since we know Luke and Mara will not be.
The Empire of the Hand. What can I say I would follow these people if I could.
General Drask what can I say I like this guy.
No more of the "blue eyebrow raised looking super cool with a tall stance" discription which is quite welcome.
The Bad
To many unawnsered questions.
Why do the Vagraai want to kill the Chiss and why go to all that trouble to get droid parts?
Why did Thrawn blow up the outbound flight?
Why do the Outbound Flight hate the Jedi?
Why hate the Republic? It cannot be cause of Palpatine since at the time he is just this great guy who every one loves ??????
The whole mystery at the start seemed a bit obvious ?
Overall a good book but to many unawnsered questions????
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