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Coruscant Nights III:Patterns of Force
THE GOOD:
Well first off, this one was a good deal more interesting than the first two. That's not saying much, but it was an improvement. Some of the characters who had previously been insufferable were now tolerable, although that worked both ways. I liked Kajin fairly well, at least personality wise. Rhinnan had an amazing death, and totally redeemed him in my eyes. And the whole Bota thing at the end, with the Vader expolsiony-ness was a beast!

THE BAD:
Again, I think Mr. Reeves should have kept Nick Rostu in this series instead of dumping at the end of the first one, but that's just me and my crush on him. XD On to the more serious stuff! As I said, I like Kajin, but having him be this crazy-powerful teenage kid with so much Force energy that it makes him have fits and ceizures was just...overdoing it. A lot. He would have been just as cool, and it would have worked just as well had he had an average level of Force-sensitivity. Next item of business: Dejah! What the heck?! Come on, her and Jax were supposed to hook up! Instead she was some creepy rapist manipulative schutta who sold them out for an inquisitor?! That's just low. LOW, I TELL YOU! Speaking of characters who turned out to be less than nice, Den and I-5 really picked up bad adittudes. Actually I think the only people who weren't more obnoxious than in Street of Shadows were Jax and Rhinnnan. Last, the ending. I have nothing against, Jedi, really. I like them. but when a Jedi ends up in the kriffing heart of the Empire with Vader on his tail 24/7, I'm going to expect him to die at the end of the book. Jax didn't. He didn't even get off Coruscant! He just stayed there. Are they all going to just dodge the Inquisitors for the rest of thier life? And what about Den and Eyar? What happened to that? I just felt like there were a lot of things that weren't teid up at the end.
THE OTHER:
Haha, I had a serious Ferus love moment when the Inquisitors were mentioned. I was all like "OMG Ferus doubled as an Inquisitor! I know who these guys are already!" Oter than that, no really random thoughts. I guess I don't know what I think about I-5's sentience.

Overall, slightly below average. Go read Death Star or Shadows of the Empire instead! (review for them coming soon!)

CDS