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Lost Tribe of the Sith: The Collected Stories by John Jackson Miller

hidden_squid's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

siobhan15's review

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

aesee's review

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adventurous hopeful sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

bookishnicole's review against another edition

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2.0

Eh, this one didn't hit for me. I liked the idea of it, that it followed the impact of the Sith across many years, but it made it hard to connect with each story.

astenson's review against another edition

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adventurous tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.75

nymeria1090's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional inspiring tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Really good deep dive into Sith culture and philosophy and how culture evolves while completely isolated from outside contact. Some of the stories are more compelling than others but it offers a good amount of lore

aurorabulgaris's review

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4.0

This book gets almost full stars despite not being exactly a stylistic masterpiece and here's why.

The stories follow a Sith ship which suffered serious damage during a battle and which crashlands on a remote planet somewhere randomly our of hyper-space and just about killing everyone on board. The survivors need to do the best they can out of their situation - at least they have just evaded almost certain death. Leaving the planet is a no-go as their ship lays in ruins on a mountain ridge. The only way is down to the continent below.
It's not difficult for the Sith to establish themselves as the new rulers of the land they found what with their power to wield the Force and with the locals already primed by their lore to expect the God-like creatures from their myths to descend from the stars. But the Sith are warriors whose whole existence is grounded in their insatiable desire for conquest and ever growing power. So how long will they be satisfied with being masters of a single piece of land? There's no escaping this planet, but may be they are not as alone on it as they originally thought? Will conquering new continents pawse their self-destruction and unite them to a common goal? May be temporarily...

What I actually loved the most about this book is that about 2/3rds of the way through is I got the sudden realisation that this Sith tribe is in fact humanity. The story is almost verbatim the broad strokes of human history from the past few thousand years and this realisation finally gave me the answer why I was so fascinated with the Sith in the first place. The ability to recognise yourself in the character is the key to almost certain success of the writer and this Miller did brilliantly!

becca99's review against another edition

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challenging dark tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Honestly, this book surprised me a lot. I chose it on random, when I didn't have anything in particular in mind to read. The concept, the writing, the history written down here is truly fascinating, Well worth a read

justin_wong's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

medea_jade's review against another edition

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4.0

As Star Wars book go this one was excellent. It’s hard to write a book from the perspective of the enemy and still create characters that can be empathized with and their motives understood. I’m not really one for comic books but reading this really makes me want to get into the series that sprang from this.