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Great

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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 11-07-17

Couldn’t shut it off, this book is very funny. Spade reading it was more like him talking to you than an interview with the constant interruptions from a host.

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I didn’t know half as much about VH as I thought I did

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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 10-21-17

This is a must read/listen for anyone who considers themselves a Van Halen fan.

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Pretty Good

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4 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 02-22-17

The ending was 'meh', it felt like the author ran out of time and threw together a quick ending. If it wasn't for the unsatisfying ending I would have given the book 5 stars, it's a good story, and it felt like Star Wars without all of the hacky pull quotes from the movies. This is well worth the money, buy it, read it, become one with it....

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Boring

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3 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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2 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 12-21-16

Catalyst is the 3 paragraph crawl that was stolen from Rogue 1 and turned into a boring novel. This book does indeed add some depth to the characters in Rogue 1, but I bought this book for adventure, not another telling of where everyone comes from wrapped around a boring story. If filler backstory is all you're looking for out of this book, then jackpot, it's for you, but if you are expecting excitement, and adventure, you'll need to focus on your Jedi training and convince yourself that you don't crave these things. It takes half of the novel before anything happens, and even then it's really not very engaging.
Luceno is a great author, he writes "Star Wars" very well, and the narration is great, along with the sounds effects, it just wasn't enough to buff a shine into this toilet tree.

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zzzzzzzz.....

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3 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 05-18-16

I really liked Lost Stars, and was looking forward to this book, sadly it was painfully boring. Maybe if I was a young female I would have been able to get into a little more, but it felt like an agenda to push strong female characters was over the top and a distraction. I have NO problem with female characters at all, but in this book the men are wimps, or they don't know their own butts from a thermal exhaust port. Han makes a nice Han appearance but ends the day snuggling and talking about Leia's day. No wonder they eventually end up divorsed, I just hope he remembered to grab his testicles that Leia keeps on her nightstand before he left.
Overall the story was decent, but Claudia would have had to name a planet after me for me to read/listen to this again.

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Star Wars: Lost Stars Audiobook By Claudia Gray cover art

Really, really, good.

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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 11-12-15

This book was well written by an author who clearly understands the Star Wars universe. The narrator was excellent, and the sound effects were spot on. I especially like that the narrator DID NOT do the Wookie growls himself, and they used the stock Chewie voice from the movies, unlike Aftermath, which stinks so bad you'd want to stick your head inside a Taun Taun just to catch your breath. This author will hopefully write the sequel and save the series.
The only reason I don't give this 5's is because of the humanizing of the Empire. I grew up believing that Imperials did not socialize at the cantina on the death star, nor was there a cantina on the death star. I still think this is a really good read/listen, and I enjoyed it very much.

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Spoiler Alert! This book stinks.

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1 out of 5 stars
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1 out of 5 stars
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1 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 11-05-15

This was by far the worst Star Wars novel to be published. The author made a point to make the listener/reader aware of multiple characters sexual orientation when he should have been developing the actual story, or why I should be routing for the hero instead of wishing a Rancor would step in and bite his head off. Clearly Wendig had an agenda. As a SW fan, I am able to suspend my disbelief, but this book was ridiculous, a young boy clings on to the hull of a ship while it's taking off, and instead of just leaving the atmosphere and letting nature take its course, a few stormtroopers are sent to open a hatch and dispatch the clinging boy. Yeah, that made sense. The narration bothered me too, the voice of Temmen sounded like Fry from Futurama, and Admiral Ackbar sounded just like Doc from Back To The Future. They should issue an apology to the poor suckers who spent money on this hunk of crap, and let someone else rewrite what could be an interesting story.

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