Rated list of books?

Hi, quick question from a lurker..

I know of the Del Rey timeline.. got that from the FAQ..

I was wondering if there was a list of books that were rated? hopefully by this group, since you guys seem to know your stuff.

I am currently reading a terrible SW book, the New Rebellion.. ugh. but I will finish it because it is star wars, but its clumsy and overly dramatic.

It got me to thinking, is there a list of the novels, with ratings that I would know to avoid certain books, or know that they were not so good going into them.. I saw the Lit Review forum, but it was a smaller subset of books, and am looking for the whole list reviewed.. or something. seems like theres should be something like this.

badger

 

Hi , welcome to the boards.

try this link.

http://www.theforce.net/books/reviews/novels_chrono.shtml

Just paste it into ur url.

Sedryn

 

or try this link.

it's an entire lit. review forum. you should find anything you need.

 

it's an entire lit. review forum. you should find anything you need.

Except the book I specifically referenced is not in that thread. I did check there in the hopes it was, but alas it was not. (book="the new rebellion") There are quite a number of books not in there.. Thanks though...

I've worked my way through most to the more well known EU books (except the NJO series) like the Thrawn books, Correllia trilogy, the X-wing books, and am starting to work my way down the list to others as I find them in used book stores. Not all these are good, and its hard to tell which ones are good with out reading them.. I was hoping for a rated list of books that could help me decide based on which ones others thought were good, passable, or just plain awful.

Sorry if I wasn't to clear on what I wanted..
thanks again.

badger

 

" Hi , welcome to the boards."

thanks!

"try this link.
http://www.theforce.net/books/reviews/novels_chrono.shtml"

good reference, although I disagree with the one review of the book I am reading now.

but its better than nothing..

THANKS!

 

Yeah, the Lit. review forum needs more books to review in it.

As for The New Rebellion in general most people agree that it is a bad book, along with Planet of Twilight and The Crystal Star. I will suggest reading them all and form your own opinions on it.

 

"I will suggest reading them all and form your own opinions on it."

I am torn on that issue.. I love SW books, I love to get into the world one more time..

(Jury's still out on NJO, doesn't feel very star warsie to me, but I've only read the first one so far..)

On one hand I like to learn bits and peices about the SW world.. on the other I hate bad writing, its hard to get through.

But I guess if I know its coming I can be less disapointed when I do read the crud novels? maybe?


thanks

Yeah, New Rebellion is bugging me, its clunky with clumsy references to the other books and movies, and overly dramatic scenes, with everything on edge but not in a good way. And Nadressan's (sp) species is a bit wierd. The aliens don't really seem to fit my image of the SW world order..

badger

 

Here is the link that sedrynvagor wanted to put in.

 

Hmm...I would read The Courtship of Princess Leia if you haven't, it has some excellent character development and we finally get to see Luke fly the Falcon...

But make sure you read the first 7 X-Wing books first. Great reads.

 

I'd hafto agree on the Crystal Star,and Planet of Twilight. The entire X-wing series is excellent though and once you've read those, if you like Corran Harn or want to know more about Jedi training then I, Jedi is a must read

 

I loved the X wing series, those were great.

I finally finished The New Rebellion last night, ugh. it started out ok, but man did it ever go downhill.. I just recently posted a full page rant about in my LJ.

thanks for all the tips, I appreciate it. I'm off to the bookstore today to get another SW to read.

Must.
Have.
More.
STAR WARS!!

badger