‘Nice That He’s Back’ Score: 4/5 I felt the Star Wars franchise missed a trick when it ignored this author’s Heir To The Empire trilogy, and Thrawn was the ‘big bad’ in those books. Well, he’s back, and probably in a canon-approved format now. But, in an effort to make him the central character and round out the backstory, it seems we’ve got a book of backstory. And it’s interesting enough... Bu…
‘Characters Brought To Life’ Score: 5/5 Loved this book. Except for the painful bits. I really felt for some of the characters and what they had to endure in this book. Even when I saw it coming, I still winced. It’s a rare book that brings characters this alive for me.
‘But Why Didn’t They...?’ Score: 4/5 More time travel! I kinda have issues with some time travel stories, when the problem that time travel inevitably creates can be solved easily with time travel, but the protagonists insist on doing it the hard way. There’s some of that in this book. If I had the technology and resources described here...
‘Unknown In This Country’ Score: 4/5 Wasn’t sure what I was getting into with this. Apparently it’s well-regarded, well-known science fiction, but not in the UK. I’m told the publisher tried to sell this author’s work in the UK with terrible covers, nobody bought them, so they’re not really published in the UK. This paperback had to be shipped in especially for me! And it’s good stuff! One strange qu…
‘Second Half Was Worse’ Score: 2/5 This is the second part of the ‘Seven Rules of Time Travel’. I just started it immediately after finishing the first part. Yes, it really annoys me when stories are split across multiple small books. I made an exception in this case because I got this book on a free Kindl…
