A review by lanko
Rule of Two, by Drew Karpyshyn
5.0
Ten years have passed from the previous book and Bane's apprentice is growing, specially her power. Right in the beginning she is manipulating her lover for both pleasure and power.
There is a massive lightsaber battle, probably one of the best one in the entire saga.
Bane continues his studies, which is something I like characters to do. Also, the two Sith get in a lot of trouble as well. So much for secrecy, but it that fails, nothing that cunning and brute force can't solve.
The Jedi were a bit lacking, though. They seemed stupid at times, like going on a critical secret mission without telling anyone where it was, for example. And the dude in battle meditation who needed to be right in the middle of the fight? In the previous book there was someone using that skill from numerous battleships away.
Sometimes Bane and Zannah also put too much their ideals before anything else, which sounded a bit surreal as well. I know it's Star Wars, but I actually expected them to at least flirt a little. You know, young hot woman in her best age and loner power hungry guy.
But this didn't do anything to diminish my rating of the book. The ending is also great, that feeling something big and bad is gonna happen in the near future.
There is a massive lightsaber battle, probably one of the best one in the entire saga.
Bane continues his studies, which is something I like characters to do. Also, the two Sith get in a lot of trouble as well. So much for secrecy, but it that fails, nothing that cunning and brute force can't solve.
The Jedi were a bit lacking, though. They seemed stupid at times, like going on a critical secret mission without telling anyone where it was, for example. And the dude in battle meditation who needed to be right in the middle of the fight? In the previous book there was someone using that skill from numerous battleships away.
Sometimes Bane and Zannah also put too much their ideals before anything else, which sounded a bit surreal as well. I know it's Star Wars, but I actually expected them to at least flirt a little. You know, young hot woman in her best age and loner power hungry guy.
But this didn't do anything to diminish my rating of the book. The ending is also great, that feeling something big and bad is gonna happen in the near future.