Clocking in at a little over 400 pages was a bit much. It tells me the author just tried to throw everything in, including the kitchen sink, then tried to wrap it all up in the end. Feeling that I had to scan is usually not a good sign. After three quarters of the way into the book, I just scanned the rest to see who lived, who died, and how things turned out. Some suspense is good, but after a while, you can do so much stretching of your plot before a reader gets tired of waiting. The event of Order 66 is pretty much the driving force you know as a reader (especially if you are familiar with the events in the Star Wars universe) that the hammer is about to come down. However, Traviss just keeps spinning sidelines and adding more characters and details, and after a while, it just gets long. So for those reasons, I really wanted to like this book. The characterization in the book is pretty good as well. The premise for a Star Wars novel is excellent: the point of view of the clones fighting for the Republic and the fall of the Republic as it gives way to the Empire all from the view of the minor characters, so to speak. I wish I could rate it higher because I really wanted to like this book. ![]() Traviss apparently needed a better editor because this story could have been told with about 100 pages less. ![]() ![]() The main problem with this book was length.
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