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Customer Review
Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2013
*****SPOILERS IN REVIEW******
I give Scoundrels 4 stars. I thought the pacing was excellent and the characterization of those we are familiar with was pretty spot on. Author Timothy Zahn held back enough of the intricacies of the plot to keep the reader feeling in on the action and yet surprised - for example, Dozer and the decoy Falcon, and the Boba Fett twist at the end were real surprises, I thought. I found it disappointing that, besides Chewie (who I didn't feel was used very effectively in this book) and the Falleen, the main cast felt all too human, and I deducted a point for that. Why let a fantasy world be restricted to the limitations of our world - diversity is so delightfully possible in the GFFA. The book slightly made up for it with all the cool women Zahn featured, however. I was also pleased that the author made sure that he left *something* for Lando to be unhappy about when Han and Leia drop in on Cloud City in TESB. It was a nice touch that it was an Imperial entanglement, and I had a chuckle about that. I also lol'd at the Indy references - the rolling sphere and the whip.
All in all, I thought it was a rollicking good read and it felt like a book the author had fun writing. Not galaxy-changing, but entertaining, and I found myself wishing there were more EU books like this one.
I give Scoundrels 4 stars. I thought the pacing was excellent and the characterization of those we are familiar with was pretty spot on. Author Timothy Zahn held back enough of the intricacies of the plot to keep the reader feeling in on the action and yet surprised - for example, Dozer and the decoy Falcon, and the Boba Fett twist at the end were real surprises, I thought. I found it disappointing that, besides Chewie (who I didn't feel was used very effectively in this book) and the Falleen, the main cast felt all too human, and I deducted a point for that. Why let a fantasy world be restricted to the limitations of our world - diversity is so delightfully possible in the GFFA. The book slightly made up for it with all the cool women Zahn featured, however. I was also pleased that the author made sure that he left *something* for Lando to be unhappy about when Han and Leia drop in on Cloud City in TESB. It was a nice touch that it was an Imperial entanglement, and I had a chuckle about that. I also lol'd at the Indy references - the rolling sphere and the whip.
All in all, I thought it was a rollicking good read and it felt like a book the author had fun writing. Not galaxy-changing, but entertaining, and I found myself wishing there were more EU books like this one.
