Path of Destruction
Ratings77
Average rating4.2
My first venture into the SW book universe and I am not disappointed.
The book portrays Darth Bane as a great anti-hero and actually makes you feel sorry for him early on which makes it surprisingly easy to connect with people who are often portrayed as the villains of this universe and some of the Sith are surprisingly likeable.
This book has the perfect blend of lightsaber and force action in between slow and methodical tactical planning which keeps it fresh and gripping from the outset and throughout. It also goes against most versions of the Sith as simple villains who just want to kill everything and everyone by explaining their extensive archives and methodology to their being.
Excited to read the sequel and hope it is just as gripping as this book.
5/5
My first venture into the SW book universe and I am not disappointed.
The book portrays Darth Bane as a great anti-hero and actually makes you feel sorry for him early on which makes it surprisingly easy to connect with people who are often portrayed as the villains of this universe and some of the Sith are surprisingly likeable.
This book has the perfect blend of lightsaber and force action in between slow and methodical tactical planning which keeps it fresh and gripping from the outset and throughout. It also goes against most versions of the Sith as simple villains who just want to kill everything and everyone by explaining their extensive archives and methodology to their being.
Excited to read the sequel and hope it is just as gripping as this book.
5/5
Star Wars at its full potential.
This novel ticks everything that I like from star wars. Reading this novel got me back excited by the wonderful World of Star Wars. In a world of mediocre adaptations and TV shows I could not care less for this book was a breath of fresh air.
1. This book is fully dedicated to exploring the Sith philosophy and how did we get here in the first place. I've always found the Sith a lot more interesting than the Jedi. The Jedi are the vanilla white heroes, where they are wright because they got blue swords... They actually never explored what makes the Sith evil, and this book fulfills that itch I've had so many years. Now I understand why the Sith are evil and they should be stopped.
2. Reading this novel has answered so many questions and expanded on the world building from the movies. If Darth Vader's signature move is the force choke, why didn't he use it in any of the fights against the Jedi? Even further, why don't Jedi and Sith fight at a distance using the force? Well turns out that during battle force users deploy a force shield impeding any force attacks to the user, that's why they have light sabers... It just makes sense, but it was never explained to me until this book. The force shield is just an example of answers we get in this novel of why are the thing like they are. i won't go into further detail since other revelations would be considered spoilers.
3. The Battles are just incredible. During the story we are faced with some lights saber duels and they are just amazing. We Star Wars fans haven't got a good light saber fight adapted to the screen in a long time, but the battles here are just simply beautiful and a joy to read through.
All in all, if you liked the old star wars and feel underwhelmed by what Disney is releasing, you should read this book. I will most certainly continue reading in the Star wars EU (or legends how is now called...) in order to find great stories from the franchise of my childhood.
I had been recommended this book by many of my Star Wars friends. They really hyped the book up, so I bought it, read it and really enjoyed it.
Once I picked up the book I couldn't put it down until I had read another chapter.. then another and so on.
After watching The Mandalorian, I had a strong desire to consume more media set in the Star Wars Universe. As a lover of sci-fi, fantasy, and all things nerdy; Star Wars is always something that's been near and dear to my heart. Amongst the first video games that my young impressionable brain came to love is Knights of the Old Republic. If you haven't played it, it's a phenomenal game, and a phenomenal Star Wars story. One of the things that I love about Kotor is that it's essentially insulated from the Star Wars movies. You don't need to know or understand the events of the movies because the game is set in a totally different era. It's just a dope ass story set in the universe created by the original movies. And that's why I really like the Darth Bane books as well, they're just a set of really interesting stories that take place in this awesome world.
