Thread:Sakaros/@comment-31421-20180320200521

Finally finished this after being very distracted IRL. Overall, I like them a lot. The Sith parts were somewhat hard to follow in terms of who-was-who, but I blame that on my own reading comprehension and levels of distraction while reading. Technical complaints are minimal&mdash;there was one "Republic rockets troops" in Second Chance. On a narrative part, I liked the character development in Narasi and Tirien, though I think the story would have been stronger if he'd had more opportunity to work to have Shadeez's group join them, or else have Pylo (or another of his group) show up at the end. There were also some Sith torture scenes that seemed unnecessarily graphic, and while the reader understands well what Alecto cost Tirien, she only cameos in the third act without teasing a sequel, which is somewhat less than ideal. Moreover, the Sith characters are relatively straightforward evil villains, so even if Alecto has more dramatic potential, it's not tapped into. I'm not suggesting every villain needs to be a highly-complex character like Revan or even Malak, but all of the Sith are that way. They all have very minimal backstories, enough to make Supreme Leader Snoke seem fleshed out. I would say 5/5 technical, 3.5/ narrative on this one. I enjoyed the trilogy, I enjoyed the characters, and I would enjoy reading more, but the villains were a little bland.

Cheers! 