The narrator can, of course, be omniscient, and can therefore make these kinds of judgments. Stackpole confuses the narrating voice with that of his characters. He imagines a whole relationship in his head, having only just developed an attraction to her, and when he discovers her husband is alive, he realises that this man he does not know (AT ALL) is obviously a much better fit for her than he could be.Ĭharacters have a sorry tendency of jumping to conclusions in this way, of betraying more knowledge and foresight than they could possibly have at a particular juncture. The most ridiculous example in this instalment is when (MILD SPOILER) Wedge contemplates asking out Iella Wessiri. Stackpole does not know how human beings (and/or aliens) relate to one another. This gets really irritating after a while.Ģ. Women are also consistently described in terms of how much their male colleagues and friends may or may not wish to have sex with them. Stackpole has three descriptive terms for the female physique, and they are “trim”, “lithe” and “slender”. I’ve expounded on the problems with Stackpole’s characterisation in previous reviews, so I will only summarise here:ġ. This book was actually so exciting at times that, had it not been for Stackpole’s continued and obvious ignorance of basic human interaction, I might have been tempted to give this an even three stars. Thankfully, this is a technique he has (largely) put behind him, so that the reader actually gets to experience things as they are happening. In earlier instalments, perhaps particularly the first book, he had a tendency of diffusing all tension by basically skipping all the most exciting parts and summarising them after the fact. In other words, this instalment is rife with excitement, and it has been the most enjoyable of Stackpole’s books so far. On a third front Warlord Zsinj is making his bid for power, striking at their convoys. Simultaneously, Kirtan Loor, secreted away in the city, is striking at the New Republic with his Palpatine Counter-insurgency Front, destroying, among other things, bacta reserves, invaluable in curing the Krytos virus. The Krytos virus, engineered on Ysanne Isard’s orders, is attacking the non-human population of Coruscant, and the death toll is staggering. In the third instalment of the “Rogue One” series, the New Republic must do battle on many fronts. You do get a little better, though, I’ll give you that.
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