Revelation (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, Book 8) by Karen Traviss Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Revelation (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, Book 8)
Book Review: Excellent!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Just finished the book...couldn't put it down...loved it!!
While I wish perhaps the main story arc was a little more fleshed out at the expense of some of the side arcs, the book was quite typical of Karen Traviss' excellent work and most enjoyable. I loved the way the Clone Wars era was tied into the Legacy era. Can't wait to someday here what happened to the rest of the Clone Commandos from her books...
I think perhaps the other reviewers are not considering the bigger picture with regard to some of the story arcs...the author may be setting up events to be discussed in later novels/series.
Book Review: star wars legacy of the force revelation
Summary: 1 Stars
What a disappointment!!!! This is how the GA finds out Jacen is a Sith?! What about the other Jedi?! How about a real story of how Ben finds out who his mother's murderer is (Jacen) and how all involved react?! Who cares about Boba Fett. This whole book was Fett finding his ex-wife with spurts of Jacen and Jaina becoming a Jedi Bounty Hunter - again poor development This series has been building to the Revelation, and really could have gone somewhere. Anywhere - but where we ended up - Extremely disappointing.
Book Review: Disappointing Penultimate Novel
Summary: 2 Stars
I have read every book of the series so far, and usually within a day or two of its release. I have overall enjoyed the series, and Traviss' work has been the strongest of the series, especially the pushing forward of the Boba Fett/Mandalorian arc which has been handled primarily by Traviss. I have fixated on the Mandalorian story and Traviss adds to the lore of the bounty hunters like no one I have read before.
(Going to try and do this spoiler-free)
However, when Traviss adds to the other ongoing arcs, the story begins to fall apart. Revelation is more crime drama then anything, and there is no tension in the story since the reader knows 1) who did it and 2) why he did it. Having the characters in the story "figure this out" is unnecessary because in truth, it makes no difference to what the protagonists must do in the end. The seven novels preceding this one have painted the character of Jacen Solo as a combination Vader/Palpatine with most of the galaxy realizing what he is becoming. The fact that one more act was committed by this man, from the characters point of view, makes it more necessary to capture and or kill him?
Also, there is the inclusion of the Imperial remnant that seems like it is out of left-field. A bulk of the novel deals with Admiral Paellon and his dealings with the Moffs. I think most of what the Empire could have been stated with far less exposition. In fact, the overall theme of the Legacy series is beginning to be wittled away with all of the niggling side arcs which appear out of reference. Yes, there needs to be other events to move the story forward, but I think the Empire storyline is not necessarily important in the grand scheme of things. This could totally change in the last novel, but I think what the readers are looking for in the last novel is a very focused story about the Skywalker/Solo family struggle and do not want to be distracted by the GA, Imperial Remnant, Confederation, GAG, etc.
I really feel that Revelation is unnecessary and a lot of exposition is thrown in to make this a nine-part story. I won't throw any additional spoilers out, but I really feel that the authors of the entire series are given specific plot points that are to be included in every novel, and the revelation of this plot point had already been done in earlier novels. And again, the characters have the same choice to make whether or not the plot point was revealed to them at all.
Kudos on the Boba Fett/Mando story. Neatly done, and as much as the Mandos are the anti-heroes of the Star Wars universe, you can't help but empathize and understand what their cultural philosophy is and where it fits in with the Galaxy. Since no other novelist really went into the Mando world, I fear that this is the last we will necessarily see of this arc.
I don't recommend this novel to anyone other than readers of the preceding novels. I think you will have the same sense of "wow, this isn't very good" and "was this novel really necessary?" that I did, and I am a complete and utter fool when it comes to everything Star Wars.