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made_in_dna's review
5.0
When I first read these as a kid, I was enthralled. Reading them again as an adult, and I was excited all over again. Not only does Daley touch the heart of the Star Wars universe with his writing, he imbues with with an innate understanding of adventure.
All three interconnecting stories are family-friendly fare that can make reading nights with the kids enjoyable for all, or just provide some awesome thrills for those in love with SW. Thrills, battles, bad guys, lost armies of robots, and thugs abound, what's not to love about the roguish Han Solo and his faithful companion Chewbacca?
Clean transition from paper to digital copy.
All three interconnecting stories are family-friendly fare that can make reading nights with the kids enjoyable for all, or just provide some awesome thrills for those in love with SW. Thrills, battles, bad guys, lost armies of robots, and thugs abound, what's not to love about the roguish Han Solo and his faithful companion Chewbacca?
Clean transition from paper to digital copy.
srlemons42's review
3.0
I liked these stories well enough. I don't have much experience reading the Star Wars EU books, so I can't judge these stories as compared to the rest. I felt these were solid, yet run of the mill adventure stories. The biggest (and some may say only) thing they have going for them is Han Solo. He is pretty close to how I think he should be portrayed in the book, with no major out of character moments that I can recall.
I'll give it 3 stars because it wasn't anything special but I still enjoyed reading them.
I'll give it 3 stars because it wasn't anything special but I still enjoyed reading them.
ehsjaysaunders's review
4.0
More classics I hadn't picked up before! Fantastic early forays into the Expanded Universe.
4/5 Quick, fun adventures that capture the lovable rogue.
4/5 Quick, fun adventures that capture the lovable rogue.
cain1010's review
3.0
Rated PG
This was one of my favorite books when I was a kid. When the SOLO movie came out, I had hoped that they would use elements from one of these 3 stories in it (in vain as it turned out). I'd probably give it 3.5 stars in reality, but it's a fun read. Han Solo and Chewie are off on adventures to make money, stay alive, and get revenge. Is it the best story ever written? No. But it's the kind of story that made me grow up loving Star Wars.
If you like Star Wars, roguish men, kick-butt women, adventures, smuggling, or think revenge is a dish best served cold, you might enjoy this story.
This was one of my favorite books when I was a kid. When the SOLO movie came out, I had hoped that they would use elements from one of these 3 stories in it (in vain as it turned out). I'd probably give it 3.5 stars in reality, but it's a fun read. Han Solo and Chewie are off on adventures to make money, stay alive, and get revenge. Is it the best story ever written? No. But it's the kind of story that made me grow up loving Star Wars.
If you like Star Wars, roguish men, kick-butt women, adventures, smuggling, or think revenge is a dish best served cold, you might enjoy this story.
thomasroche's review
4.0
I read these back when I was a kid. They were remarkably effective. I was a nerd. I liked that whole Han Solo thing. Luke was a pantywaist. The End.
octavia_cade's review against another edition
2.0
I read and reviewed the three novels collected here separately, so this is basically just for my own records. The rating is an average of the individual ratings: I gave the first book in the series, Han Solo at Stars' End, one star, while the others earned two stars each.
Basically, they're popcorn reads. Action adventure that bounces along and requires absolutely nothing from the reader by way of intelligent input. Look, I'm not knocking it, sometimes you just want escapism and there's nothing wrong with that. I do think that Daley can push his action sequences to lengths so ridiculous they become both boring and eyeroll-worthy (blasting a tower into space in volume one, or the enormously tedious bus-and-limo chase of volume three), but when he's not trying to splatter special effects all over the page, and concentrates instead on plot, these books become basically readable.
Basically, they're popcorn reads. Action adventure that bounces along and requires absolutely nothing from the reader by way of intelligent input. Look, I'm not knocking it, sometimes you just want escapism and there's nothing wrong with that. I do think that Daley can push his action sequences to lengths so ridiculous they become both boring and eyeroll-worthy (blasting a tower into space in volume one, or the enormously tedious bus-and-limo chase of volume three), but when he's not trying to splatter special effects all over the page, and concentrates instead on plot, these books become basically readable.