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From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back, by Elizabeth Schaefer

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mirichasha's review against another edition

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adventurous hopeful reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I might go through later and name my favorite stories... I just don't remember what they were called! Also my favorites are going to mostly just be the queer ones (A Good Kiss was SO CUTE)
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ehmannky's review

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challenging hopeful
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

As with the previous installment of this series, the stories that really stood out were those that took a break from the human characters (whether Rebel or Empire) and took a look at the story from the creatures, the droids, and the aliens that just are truly alien from humanity. The wampa, the tauntaun, the exogorth, the medical droid who patched up Luke--all of their stories were so interesting and fun and often incredibly sad and moving to read. That's not to say that I didn't enjoy the human stories. For instance, Alexander Freed, CB Lee, RF Kuang had really stand out stories. The stories surrounding the evacuation of Bespin when the empire arrives were great, especially The Witness and The Man Who Built Cloud City.

I didn't care for just how many bounty hunter stories there are, but that's just a personal preference. Overall, a really fun read, lends itself well to the slow pace I take with anthologies, and I'm looking forward to the many, many Ewok stories in the next book!
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