Kevin J. Anderson
Paperback | Pages: 240 pages Rating: 3.57 | 1593 Users | 19 Reviews
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| Title | : | Return to Ord Mantell (Star Wars: Young Jedi Knights #12) |
| Author | : | Kevin J. Anderson |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 240 pages |
| Published | : | May 1st 1998 by Berkley |
| Categories | : | Media Tie In. Star Wars. Science Fiction. Young Adult. Fiction |
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This starts off very strong, with a lot packed in.My biggest issue was in writing Jaina's "unladylike" snort. Good hell, just let her snort.
We finally get a date range! The twins are 16, a year older than I was thinking they were. The passing of time isn't really done well within the books so I thought it was only a year or so after the first book. This makes the events of the last book and my shipping (and Anderson & Moesta's too) all the more reasonable.
Kyp and Streen are back on Yavin 4 with news for Luke - news the reader isn't told. But Luke uses them for a random meeting with a great message: "challenges and diversity make us strong." I that truth.
But the twins call their father to the planet to see Kyp; a trip he was already making for different reasons. He and Anakin bring the twins to the Blockade Runner's Derby on Ord Mantell - a race Han won three times and is now working in official New Republic capacity as a Grand Marshall. Han shares events from before ESB and Ord Mantell, stories I don't recall. After looking at Wookieepedia, I see this is because Cypher Bos appears/is mentioned in children's books I didn't read.
Czethros, a former bounty hunter, is only in the YJK books though.
I love seeing Han and Jaina work together, and then Han allowing Jaina to take over the Falcon at times. It's like watching a parent help teach their child to drive, and they are beautiful moments between the two.
Czethros greets the Solos. Unfortunately, the reader is quickly led to believe that he didn't go 100% legitimate like he claims. I do wish to see such people be true to these changes.
There is an assassination attempt on the Falcon and the other kids join up with the Solos (gotta get the Young Knights together).
Anja Gallandro - a surname I know! - comes into play. She's a sad character with a very sorrowful past. Life has not dealt her a good hand, and she hasn't handled it well. We learn of how bad her world of Anobis is and how minor worlds suffer as bigger names get the focus. And also of the half-truths she's been fed.
Only now am I wondering how Anakin doesn't even mention Tahiri being on Yavin 4, nor even time he's spent there. It's very odd that he doesn't have a lightsaber and that there seems to be such a huge disconnect between the YJK and JJK series.
This is a sad but good representation of how easily evil grows in already hostile situation.
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| Original Title: | Return to Ord Mantell (Star Wars: Young Jedi Knights, #12) |
| ISBN: | 0425163628 (ISBN13: 9780425163627) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Star Wars: Young Jedi Knights #12, Star Wars Legends |
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Ratings: 3.57 From 1593 Users | 19 ReviewsJudgment Appertaining To Books Return to Ord Mantell (Star Wars: Young Jedi Knights #12)
Still love this series overall, but this particular chapter fell a little short for me. I think it's mostly due to personal preferences, but I'd like to hear what others have to say.All that build-up across 11 books between Jacen and Tenel Ka, and they toss Jacen at Anja like it is nonexistent. I get that they are trying to provide an in for Anja as the new girl, but they just had to ditch it all because they need help getting the audience to empathize with her. Don't. Do it across the narrative, even if we don't like her in this first book of the trilogy. Don't force-feed it to us. Jacen himself has "no idea why he felt that way" and we're supposed to like this whiny brat
I read this whole series several times when I was a kid. These were a lot of fun and easy to read. They really helped me along my way to enjoy reading and becoming obessed with Star Wars. We meet alot of charaters that became close frinds to the reader. I feel Anderson was able to identify what a young adult would be lookig for in characters and hit it bullseye. Kudos for a great series.
This is the first of the final trilogy in the series and it was probably the weakest so far. Plot was slow and the new characters were flat.
Han's past catches up with him and puts Han and his children in a dangerous situation.This book is too short for the story in it to be properly fleshed out, which leaves the minor characters flat and unrealistic and the climax, because it hinges on those characters, is abbreviated and completely unbelievable.The writing is adequate and the first half of the story is more entertaining. Definitely will not read again.
Not bad, but clearly the series needed to end a bit before this.
this is another good book by Kevin J Anderson. Anja's character is very well thought out and defined, and her spice addiction is very well written. Also, I like the way that each of the books in this series is a self-contained adventure as well as being a part of a larger whole. That makes it very nice for folks like me who blunder into the series and start with the second to last book in the saga.
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