Street of Shadows (Star Wars: Coruscant Nights II)

Guys are stupid. Jax is a dope. But still an awesome book. You'll get the review a the end..

Good so far. Gives soem light into the after math of order 66 and how a young jedi name jax has made new allies and his constatn strugle to help others but alos aoviding vader

I really enjoyed seeing a reappearance of Captain Typho in a different light- one of the most enjoyable subplots I've read in a star wars book.

Well, I finally finished it. And, well.... I thought the first one was better.There were just too many coincidences in this one for me to take some of it seriously. And, yes, I realize that some storylines need to intercept eventually for there to be interest and drama, but in this novel, it seemed EVERYONE was connected to EVERYONE ELSE. I mean, seriously. There's, like, ten characters, out...more

Well, I finally finished it. And, well.... I thought the first one was better.There were just too many coincidences in this one for me to take some of it seriously. And, yes, I realize that some storylines need to intercept eventually for there to be interest and drama, but in this novel, it seemed EVERYONE was connected to EVERYONE ELSE. I mean, seriously. There's, like, ten characters, out of gazillions on Coruscant and they all happen to be connected in some way? Give me a break.Also what happened to Nick? If I remember right, he survived at the end of the first, right? Am I forgetting something? Did he go home to Haruun Kal? It just seems lame to introduce his character, one that I found interesting (even though he make Jax feel kind of weak in the first novel) and then he just disappears for the next one.And, like, suddenly Jax has no problems with his Force connection? Why bring it up in the first novel, then? Dramatic irony? Blah.However, I wasn't a big fan of the Typho/Padme storyline. All seemed very gratuitous to me. Like, the author needed to add in more random characters.And how he just "happened" to run into Aurra Sing and just "happened" to be looking for the same man/Jedi she was.The murdered artist one was a little better. Not great, not wholly interesting, but, hey, the characters had to have something to while waiting for Vader to find them, right?Seriously... I found myself rolling my eyes sometimes while reading this and how ridiculous things were sounding.Hopefully the next one is better.And, maybe it was just me, but I found the timeline of events a bit confusing. I mean, when exactly does this novel take place? I assumed it was just a year or so after Order 66/Episode III. But then some of the characters references events like the Clone Wars and the Trade Fed. embargo as being 15-20 years ago. Just seems like too much time to me, but maybe my math is wrong.   hide

I really liked this book - better than Coruscant Nights I.

This one was better than the first one. I really enjoyed the characters, but still felt the plot was a bit thin.

Some interesting new charcters... exciting twists... a little weak on the ending, but maybe Michael Reaves is setting up a phenominal showdown for the third book of the series between Paven and Vader.