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gapagrin's review against another edition
3.0
I would hate to be an adult in charge of looking after Anakin and Tahiri. Thanks to a combination of them getting themselves into mischief and also just being trouble magnets, it would not be a fun job. This time, it's Peckhum, the pilot who flies a supply shuttle between Coruscant and Yavin 4 who's in charge. Poor guy. He doesn't stand a chance.
This book sees them travelling to Yavin 8 to help a friend go through her species' change to adulthood safely, since there are a lot of predators that attack during that time. Also, they've discovered that clues to solving the puzzle of the golden globe they'd discovered in the Massassi Temple on Yavin 4 in the previous book. They risk their lives to get that information, getting attacked by alien birds that want to eat them and spiders that poison them. Fortunately, they've got the Force at their disposal. Luke Skywalker would be proud. And also will probably never want to let them out of his sight again for fear of Leia's wrath. At least the risk seems to have been worth it because they're one huge step closer to solving the golden globe problem and to saving a lot of people.
This book sees them travelling to Yavin 8 to help a friend go through her species' change to adulthood safely, since there are a lot of predators that attack during that time. Also, they've discovered that clues to solving the puzzle of the golden globe they'd discovered in the Massassi Temple on Yavin 4 in the previous book. They risk their lives to get that information, getting attacked by alien birds that want to eat them and spiders that poison them. Fortunately, they've got the Force at their disposal. Luke Skywalker would be proud. And also will probably never want to let them out of his sight again for fear of Leia's wrath. At least the risk seems to have been worth it because they're one huge step closer to solving the golden globe problem and to saving a lot of people.
cyris_reads's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
twilliamson's review against another edition
3.0
Lyric's World, the second novel in the Junior Jedi Knights series, is a major improvement over its predecessor. Whereas the first novel seemed to struggle with pacing and plot direction, this second junior novel manages to present something that feels much more like a structured adventure, with a clearer beginning, middle, and end, all while taking greater strides to connect to the developing lore of the Star Wars expanded universe canon.
The most critical narrative developments in this one pertain to the mystery left over from the first novel: the origins and function of the Golden Globe left in the ancient Massassi temple on Yavin 4. Fischer gives Anakin and Tahiri a reason to travel off-world in this novel, and uses the plot points of the first book as a functional call to adventure for this second one. The new adventure contains its fair share of sudden dangers, and while those dangers don't feel authentically original (birds, snakes, rats, and spiders are the major actors here), they fit the novel's plot a lot better than the dreams and rafting of the first book.
Anakin and Tahiri aren't fleshed out too much further in this slim volume, though, and we're introduced rapidly to two characters who receive little attention in light of all the rest that the novel tries to do. Pacing remains a major issue with the book, especially in the chapter structures, which don't serve to help propel the book's plot further or engage readers with meaningful suspense.
Still, in spite of all its flaws, Lyric's World is a much better volume than the first book in the series was, a sequel that absolutely surpasses its first volume.
The most critical narrative developments in this one pertain to the mystery left over from the first novel: the origins and function of the Golden Globe left in the ancient Massassi temple on Yavin 4. Fischer gives Anakin and Tahiri a reason to travel off-world in this novel, and uses the plot points of the first book as a functional call to adventure for this second one. The new adventure contains its fair share of sudden dangers, and while those dangers don't feel authentically original (birds, snakes, rats, and spiders are the major actors here), they fit the novel's plot a lot better than the dreams and rafting of the first book.
Anakin and Tahiri aren't fleshed out too much further in this slim volume, though, and we're introduced rapidly to two characters who receive little attention in light of all the rest that the novel tries to do. Pacing remains a major issue with the book, especially in the chapter structures, which don't serve to help propel the book's plot further or engage readers with meaningful suspense.
Still, in spite of all its flaws, Lyric's World is a much better volume than the first book in the series was, a sequel that absolutely surpasses its first volume.
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