jmeyers888's review against another edition
4.0
More like a 3.5
I did like this book. It kept me interested. I really liked the characters, and the adventure was great. With all that being said, I think it could have been much better if the author would have filled in the missing parts.
My main issue is how much the book skips forward. It's like everything is on fast forward. An example of this: I hated how mushy gushy the man got when talking about his love interest. He knew her for a month, but we didn't get any insight into that month at all. It's so frustrating. Maybe if the author wouldn't have skipped that whole month, I could be down with this. But seriously! They meet, then like the next page is a month later and he kisses her for the first time. ??? how does the author think that makes sense? At least get me interested in them being a couple. There are many more examples of stuff like this. I understand it's hard to fill in big spaces of time. I just feel this book would have been MUCH better if it wouldn't have skipped around so much. It may needed to be split up into two books, but I would have preferred that.
Like others have said, I got a lot of reminders of Star Wars while reading, which was annoying because the similarities are easily avoidable. The biggest reminder is the weapon they use. It sounds very similar to a lightsaber. I even started imagining it as one because it sounds so similar. Also the way they sneak onto a ship, the droid on the ship, the bar they go into, etc etc etc.
I did like this book. It kept me interested. I really liked the characters, and the adventure was great. With all that being said, I think it could have been much better if the author would have filled in the missing parts.
My main issue is how much the book skips forward. It's like everything is on fast forward. An example of this: I hated how mushy gushy the man got when talking about his love interest. He knew her for a month, but we didn't get any insight into that month at all. It's so frustrating. Maybe if the author wouldn't have skipped that whole month, I could be down with this. But seriously! They meet, then like the next page is a month later and he kisses her for the first time. ??? how does the author think that makes sense? At least get me interested in them being a couple. There are many more examples of stuff like this. I understand it's hard to fill in big spaces of time. I just feel this book would have been MUCH better if it wouldn't have skipped around so much. It may needed to be split up into two books, but I would have preferred that.
Like others have said, I got a lot of reminders of Star Wars while reading, which was annoying because the similarities are easily avoidable. The biggest reminder is the weapon they use. It sounds very similar to a lightsaber. I even started imagining it as one because it sounds so similar. Also the way they sneak onto a ship, the droid on the ship, the bar they go into, etc etc etc.
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