Isard's Revenge (Star Wars: X-Wing Series, Book 8)

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Summary: the worst star wars novel than slave ship
Review: slave ship is better thasn isard revenge michael stackpole should write more better star wars novel than isard revenge

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Summary: the worst book than the heir to the empire
Review: I found this book to slow micheal stackopole was trying to get backin form i did not like how guy died at rogues party from a drug this is not Tekwar this Star Wars. it is very interest to see isard back from dead. don't buy it just borrow it from the library heir to the empire is the Best Star Wars Book i have read.

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Summary: Really Good
Review: This is another hit from Micheal A. Stackpole. As it always is in his books, there is trouble in the galaxy and who goes to save the New Republic? Tantanana Nanana Nan nana Rouge Squadren. But i just dont think they would trust Isard. And the part were Mirax falls on her knees when she sees corrans s-foil floting in space is ridiculous. Anyway there is this knew prince guy and he is trying like all the others in the imperial remenant to get "absulute power." and is getting Isards help for it right? Wrong. Read and find out what exactly i mean.

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Summary: Seems to reuse ideas, a little slow.
Review: I really can't understand why Stackpole wrote another X-Wing book. Why do we need to have another story about the Rogues? The Bacta War was a good enough ending, and this book just seemed to be a rehash of previous plots.

I had a few problems with this book. The plot is really thin, low on character development, and reuses ideas we've already read about. How often does Mirax need to think that Corran is dead? Plus, the addition of Ysanne Isard's clone was just terrible. It seems like Stackpole decided at the last minute to write another X-Wing book, and couldn't come up with any new ideas. It's disappointing, because his other 4 books were great. He also can't seem to decide if he wants Iella and Wedge to get together. Slow, and uneventful. I loved the ending, however.

If you've read all the other X-Wing books to this point, go ahead and read this one, if you must. I would reccommend borrowing it from the library, as it's not good enough to spend six dollars on.

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Summary: Bre's
Review: Because Isard's Revenge was only my second X-wing book I didn't catch on at first (that happens when you read books out of order) but it wasn't too long before I did. I enjoed this book mainly because of the exciting plot. I like books that don't stop until the end. Having read it for a second time (as well as all the other books) I understand it better. I felt it carried on well after Thrawn Trilogy, as well as letting fans catch up on Wedge and co.

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Summary: Finishing touches
Review: This book brings all the previous books and the comic series to a successful and enjoyable climax. I have to admit that if you have not read the entire comic arc and the books than this may not make all that much sense. A lot of the references to the past refer to the latter half of the comic story arc. This is a good book that completely finishes off the series and shows you how things go down on the average man's point if view in the Thrawn crisis.

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Summary: One of the better from the series.
Review: This is the first book in the X-Wing trilogy that had a somewhat feasable plot. I was a little uncertain as to where Isard got all of her TIE Defenders, and the pilots to fly them. There are still too many characters to keep track of well. Also, characters who return from the dead seriously bothered me, particularly in the end sequence. Star Wars can do better, but the X-Wing series rarely can. IF you liked the others in the series, then buy this book, otherwise read Heir to the Empire.

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Summary: Worst of the Series but still pretty entertaining
Review: _Isard's Revenge_ is, when you get down to it, unnecessary. After the tightly intertwined plot of Stackpole's first four X-Wing novels, this one is *very* tacked on; I couldn't care at all about this silly moff or that silly admiral or whatever, because he's lost the epic scale of the thing. Characterization? Well, Corran's gone from a pretty entertaining ex-cop type to a stud-muffin who takes himself *far* too seriously for anyone else to be able to enjoy him as a character. The best scenes, in actuality, revolve around Booster Terrik and Borsk Fey'lya. Read Aaron Allston's books--"Starfighters of Adumar" does a 'small story' very well, in a way that "Isard's" was unable to do. Still, it fits into the larger pieces of the SW timeline (picking up at the end of Zahn's _The Last Command_), and is a fun read if you've read all the rest.

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Summary: Very good, but not his best
Review: I think Mike is better than Aaron, no offense. I think this book was one of the weaker ones. As others have said he used Isard again. That was a bit strange since in Aaron's previous book, solo command, the rouges were dealing with Zinsj (sorry if I misspelled that) and they didn't quite finish him off yet. But Isard is brought back in cleverly. I think the ending was weak since, without giving too much away, all the dead people started to come back to life again. One of the strange thing about Mike's books is that his pilots hardly ever die. And bringing back dead ones that he probably won't use again is a bit silly. I also regret that Wedge gets promoted. So all in all a good read, i recomend it if you've read the others and if you haven't, buy it anyway.

PS if anyone knows if there will be anymore books in the series tell me. [e-mail]

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Summary: AWESOME!
Review: I have to strongly disagree with any fool eho gave this book five stars or less. It is an excellent book. I would highly reccomend this book to any Star Wars fan.