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Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy: (Book 2: Greater Good)

Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy: (Book 2: Greater Good)

byTimothy Zahn
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K. G. A. Alavi
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5.0 out of 5 starsEnemies inside and outside the gates
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 May 2021
A great book. Once Zahn delivers on Thrawn. I had one complaint of this book there was not enough Thrawn in the book. Though this can be forgiven as it did give more insight into the Ascendancy and the other Chiss characters. As well as the mysterious puppet master who has declared war on the Chiss. Even the "memories" section of this book is about the villains, rather than about Thrawn in the last book.

Thrawn has made some high ranking enemies within his own people, who send him on a mission destined to fail. However as Thrawn says "the odds are never impossible, just unfavourable". Though there is an even bigger threat, that the Chriss are not even aware of.

I liked this book, but I did prefer the first book. Though this one does set the stage for an attack on the Ascendancy. I am really looking forward to see what happens next. What is it that causes Thrawn to finally leave his people, and what family secrets are hinted at the end of thus book?
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3.0 out of 5 starsFiller thriller
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 June 2021
Far too much filler. Whole chapters could have, and should have been left out. Apart from that, a nice story.
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K. G. A. Alavi
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5.0 out of 5 stars Enemies inside and outside the gates
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 May 2021
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A great book. Once Zahn delivers on Thrawn. I had one complaint of this book there was not enough Thrawn in the book. Though this can be forgiven as it did give more insight into the Ascendancy and the other Chiss characters. As well as the mysterious puppet master who has declared war on the Chiss. Even the "memories" section of this book is about the villains, rather than about Thrawn in the last book.

Thrawn has made some high ranking enemies within his own people, who send him on a mission destined to fail. However as Thrawn says "the odds are never impossible, just unfavourable". Though there is an even bigger threat, that the Chriss are not even aware of.

I liked this book, but I did prefer the first book. Though this one does set the stage for an attack on the Ascendancy. I am really looking forward to see what happens next. What is it that causes Thrawn to finally leave his people, and what family secrets are hinted at the end of thus book?
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BRADLEY
5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Follow Up Novel
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 April 2021
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Like the previous novel in the trilogy, "Greater Good" is a slow-burn political thriller that dives into the backstory of Thrawn and the Chiss. This novel gives us a deeper look at Chiss lore, and introduces us to other families that aren't part of the 9 ruling families, in particular the "Xodlax" family. This book also introduces some interesting new characters. One of these being "Lakinda", a member of the Xodlax family, and another being "Haplif" a deceptive "Agbui". We also get some intriguing glimpses into the future of the trilogy. In conclusion, this is a great follow up novel, and I can't wait for the third book.
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4.0 out of 5 stars What a tangled web we weave
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 June 2021
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The first book of the trilogy sets the reader up nicely to learn how the families and patriarchy works. It taught us the ways of the Chiss. This book starts weaving the story that I hope will lead to the point where Thrawn is found as an outcast in Thrawn, but we shall see. There are plot twists, betrayals and murders throughout this book, along with the political play seen in the Ascendancy. Thrawn is as brilliant and yet politically flawed as always, but the question Is, will he become unstuck this time?
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4.0 out of 5 stars As many 2nd out of three…
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 January 2022
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OK, so as per title, like many 2nd book in a trilogy, there is a lot of setting up for the big ‘tada’ and moving the pieces around the board.
We get some of Thrawn, a far bit of political fiddling around and another new alien from the Chaos region. This book, like the last does nod to some of Thrawns other adventures.
Overall enjoyable and worth reading.
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Lillian Bush
5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of politics
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 November 2021
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I love the Thrawn books, personally, the space battles, strategies and mystery surrounding the plot that Thrawn follows is what I enjoy the most. Reading about the families subterfuge, manipulation and their silly little ways of getting higher political standing was hard to get through. It was by no means written badly, just my own personal preference, I like the fighting and blowing up of ships, it's exciting.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Too much politics
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 June 2021
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I think there was too much talking between 2 Syndics Thurfian and Zistalmu. I fell asleep twice reading the dialogues.
Apart from that it seemed good, interesting.
I am surprised that Thrawn did not complain about the trap set on him and Springhawk. It looked obvious that the info on Thrawn's mission was passed to the enemy by someone high in the Chiss power structures. There are other unwrapped plots yet so I hope they will be concluded in the next part.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Filler thriller
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 June 2021
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Far too much filler. Whole chapters could have, and should have been left out. Apart from that, a nice story.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Thrawn Ascendancy Review
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 March 2022
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Another excellent book by this author would highly recommend and I will definitely be getting the next book in the series.
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3.0 out of 5 stars It seemed like half a book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 August 2021
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I like Thrawn as a character: the Empire version of Mr. Spock.

But this book just stops without any attempt at a resolution for any of the characters.

It's not nearly as interesting as the first volume: Chaos Rising.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Star Wars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 31 July 2021
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Purchased for a family member , so he hasn’t said anything bad about it . So we can presume he’s happy and the book is good
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