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5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful book!, 3 Jun 1999

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This is my favorite of all the Star Wars books, because it features prominently my two favorite characters, Luke and Callista. Unlike most of the other Star Wars books, whose main focus is on the action and intrigue, Children of the Jedi is at its heart, a love story between Luke and the Jedi spirit he meets on a mission. Their story was very touching, and I was really disappointed to find that subsequent books had chosen not to go further with this relationship. I wish they had found a way to keep Callista and Luke together. It would have been interesting to have a Jedi knight who may not have awareness of the force anymore, but could still be a Jedi.

I'm not sure why so many people hated the book, although I do acknowledge that its style is definitely not your "typical" Star Wars novel. Still, it is beautifully written, and I encourage those on the fence about reading it to go ahead and read it!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Best non-Zahn Star Wars book I've read., 27 May 1999

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Timothy Zahn remains the master of Star ars fiction, but Hambly is a reasonably close second. Unlike some of the other contributors (Kevin Andrson springs to mind), she can actually write. Unlike Anderson, Hambly doesn't keep repeating synopses of what happened 10 pages ago. She writes in a spare, elegant style. She merges romance and suspense in ways that will not appeal to the more juvenile Star Wars fans, who just seem to want shoot-em-ups, but that will appeal to grown-ups. What I especially liked about this book was the picture of Luke as both physically and emotional vulnerable. In too many of the other books, he comes off as implausibly all-powerful. In sum, ignore the bad reviews and decide for yourself.

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3.0 out of 5 stars sound storyline, but incredibly confusing......., 20 Jan 2007

By	leathercharmer "leathercharmer" (jersey, channel islands) - See all my reviews

To continue from the title, this book has a very sound storyline, however, it does become incredibly complex and confusing at times. I found this mainly due to the uber-descriptive and compound complex sentences this book is teeming with.

Barabara Hambly is rightly recognised as a brilliant science fiction writer, what she has forgotten (this is me taking a wild guess) is that the main audience for this book is teenagers who are not keen on such complex narrative. Or it could be the fact that this book is really slow and loses the plot. I found myself going back again and again to remind myself what the hell was going on.

And another thing; it took me 2 months to finish this book. Thats how frustatingly slow it can be. This is partly due to me not being able to find time to read this book. When i did have time to kill, I just couldnt be bothered because I was so bored of it. Over all this book has been terribly disappointing, it does nothing to add to the expanded universe. but my interpretation of this book is that it does show Luke progress from a mere jedi master to a GRAND jedi master. Thats something for all star wars fanatics to argue about.

I would'nt bother reading this book, just jump to the corellian trilogy instead, its hell of a lot better.

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5.0 out of 5 stars the best SW book I've read yet
I've always been fairly disappointed by the books compared with the films but this novel was actually great, with depth, humour, and a great mix of the old characters with the... Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, can't put it down!
The best book in the series so far as I'm concerned. As soon as I began reading it I jusy couldn't put it down. Read more

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3.0 out of 5 stars Good, but incredibly confusing
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1.0 out of 5 stars Lost in Space !
I truly wish I had not bothered to buy this book. At 11, perhaps I'm not old and literate enough to fully appreciate Hambly's work; though I did understand and moderately enjoy... Read more

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3.0 out of 5 stars Good Star Wars novel if it suits your taste....
When I first started reading this book, I had just finished re-reading the Jedi Academy Trilogy by Kevin J. Anderson. Read more

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2.0 out of 5 stars Not The Best SW book for sure
Callista should just go back to the past. Some of it was realy confusing, but it was ok. Since when did jawas speak english????? Read more

Published on 12 Aug 1999

1.0 out of 5 stars Not worthy of the Star Wars universe
Hambly completely destroyed the characters in this book. The way she portrayed almost all of the characters was horrible. Read more

Published on 10 Aug 1999

1.0 out of 5 stars Book? What book?
Now, don't get me wrong... I love Star Wars books, but this one was ridiculous. Here's what I don't like... Callista had her chance to live, she lived. Read more

Published on 27 Jul 1999

1.0 out of 5 stars Please, if you value your sanity, DON'T READ THIS BOOK!!
I don't even know where to begin with what was wrong with this book. It was so boring. Ms. Hambly has somehow managed to make even the most beloved of SW characters annoying. Read more

Published on 18 Jul 1999

1.0 out of 5 stars I was not impressed with this book at all.
I had a hard time staying with this book, because it was so slow. I've read most of the books, except the X-wing series, Hard Merchandise, and I Jedi. Read more

Published on 18 Jul 1999

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