Backlash Review/Recap/Rant - Part 2
You know how I promised a month ago to finally update with the rest of my review/recap/rant for Backlash? Well here it finally is. If you need a refresher on what happened in the first 15 chapters, go here.
( You're supposed to be my favorite author. Why are you doing this to me? )
( You're supposed to be my favorite author. Why are you doing this to me? )
Comments 5
...His father grinned. "And when someone asks you to talk to her among the Trees of Imminent Doom?"
"I say yes, and close my eyes and pucker up for a big kiss?"
"There, that's the Skywalker survival instinct at work."
Pretty good. Sometimes Allston's humor is a little heavy-handed for a SW venue and I think this is edging close to that, but on the other hand, he's about the only one who writes any of the Skywalkers as even having a sense of humor, so I'm inclined to let it slide a bit, too.
-Question: How guilty is Tahiri? Guilty as hell. In Invincible alone, she was party to Ben's torture, tried to seduce him (sexual assault of a minor), and tortured Shevu to death; in Revelation (I think), she murdered Pellaeon in cold blood. And those are just the high points of her guilt throughout LotF, and no, she was never "under Jacen's control." Influenced and misled? To some extent, yes. But nowhere near enough to absolve guilt, especially since, if Tahiri's characterization had been correct AT ( ... )
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I figured, but wanted to give her a moment to argue her side. But yes, all of that (especially the sexual assault) is absolutely unforgiveable.
I never called my mother's sisters "aunt" [it's a weird family]
I don't do it either, it's ok.
Please tell me that means you forgot (understandable), not they forgot (not at all). Please.
Sorry, I forgot about the warrant. And even now I can't really remember why there was a warrant in the first place.... oh yes, I think it was for trying to ship frozen Jedi off the planet in that one escape plan where Mirax knocked out someone three times her size and other ridiculous things happened (which is just redundant to type considering the subject matter).
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Seriously. I think the U.S. national debt is currently over 12 trillion. Half a billion credits, for a galaxy, over 18 years? Please.
She thought about it, then shook her head. Her voice sounded miserable, even to herself. "I can't do that. I can't be Wynssa Starflare."
"Who?"
"Before your time, child. A holodrama actress. Beautiful, perky, blond, shiny. I have to stick by my laser batteries and keep firing."
Sigh. 1) If you want to be a politician, you'd damn well better be an actor as well. If you can't do the latter, don't try the former. 2) Well done EU trivia mentions are delightful. This is clunky.
Stupid, indeed. You're on Dathomir, what else is going to happen? Gah.
*giggles madly*
-Third and fourth attacks on the camp. This time a ruse to go after Luke.
A whole chapter for that, huh? LotF's tradition of padding out the story continues.
Jag can now be known as Cheese Boy. Fantastic. *giggles even ( ... )
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That explains so frakking much.
This series sounds not only straight-up bad, but also pretty boring, honestly.
Correct on both accounts. They're apparently wanting to give Star Trek novels a run for their money for the Crappiest SciFi Books award.
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