From a Certain Point of View (Star Wars)

English language

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978-0-345-51147-8
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4 stars (16 reviews)

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Review of 'From a Certain Point of View (Star Wars)' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

The idea was better than the execution.

As an example of my irritation, the Biggs Darklighter story should've been great because…well, Biggs. Maybe I was just so jaded I couldn't appreciate it enough. But it really bugged me that Biggs made an analogy comparing the number of farming communities under Imperial rule to "the number of sands on a Mon Calamari beach" – when literally EVERY other metaphor in the story was related to Tatooine. Why would a guy from a desert planet use sand from the beach of some other planet in a comparison? (And does Mon Cala even have beaches? I was always under the impression it was surface was entirely covered in water, but maybe I'm wrong.)

Some of the stories were fine, but none of them rose to the level of great. Others were real stinkers. The TK421 story, as seen through the eyes of a …

Review of 'From a Certain Point of View (Star Wars)' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Listened to the audiobook at work, then had to get a used copy of the book for myself. Great mix of stories - some funny, some serious; some I loved, some yeah, I'll probably never read again. My absolute favorite since Rogue One replaced Empire Strikes Back as my very long time favorite SW movie is definitely "Verge of Greatness" with "Fully Operational" as number two.

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