by Kathy Tyers, Michael Cumpsty
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HAN SOLO and LEIA ORGANA-SOLO work - unwittingly - at cross-purposes to help refugees flooding in to the planet Duro from the Rim worlds where the dreaded Yuuzhan Vong aliens have invaded. The Yuuzhan Vong choose Duro as their next target - one they intend to use to deliver a horrifying message to the people of the New Republic. And JACEN SOLO, working at his father's side, finds himself torn: how to reconcile using the Force as a tool for Good, yet still fight the evil invaders. If he doesn't make the right choice, the future of his family - and possibly of the New Republic itself - hangs in the balance...
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
 Star Wars Book, 2008-02-14
I ordered a paperback book, Amazon's order states I ordered a book, however, the seller sent an audiotape. I returned the audiotape and requested my money back, but the seller refused. I made complaint to Amazon and Amazon gave me a credit on my next order.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 Good Writing Held Down by Bad Plot Constraints, 2007-10-17
I think Tyers did a great job with this novel, but she couldn't overcome the NJO formula.
The NJO formula is where Yuuzhan Vong spend a whole novel taking over another planet, and it's up to the author to make it into an interesting novel. Tyers made this one of the better NJO novels, but at heart, it is still an NJO novel. That means no hint of resolution in sight.
Mara comes off as schizo, and Jacen as whiny and annoying. Then it is explained why Mara is schizo, and Jacen overcomes the whines near the end. Also, the extended Solo family clears up some issues. So we had character development.
Then the uninspired plot, which is not Tyer's fault. Governments act stupid and enable the Vong advance. The new jedi wave the their hands; here's looking at you Luke Skywalker. In a way, I wish they had given Tyers creative license to just finish the NJO series off from this point. Her ideas were good in their limited context, and I thought she had the characterizations down. I'd have loved to see what she could have done with more freedom. Instead we get stuck with the setting of Duros, another NJO novel without much connection to the predecessors, but we do get characterization.
My recommendation is buy it if you love NJO. Otherwise, this is a good one to borrow from the library and read if you plan on skipping through the NJO novels looking for resolution.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
And now back to our program, already in progress, 2007-09-11
With Balance Point, the sixth book in the massive New Jedi Order series, we finally get back to the larger Yuuzhan Vong invasion story, and more specifically the Jedi's role in that conflict. I enjoyed James Luceno's Agents of Chaos books, but they were essentially Han Solo stories, and while enjoyable, I was ready to get back to the main event.
The action in Balance Point takes place on (and above) the planet Duro, which is the latest port of call for the refugees fleeing from their Yuuzhan Vong-ravaged planets. The book focuses on the Skywalker/Solo clan, with Han and Leia working planetside with the refugees, Luke and Mara pursuing a missing Apprentice, and the Solo kids in various supporting roles. The individual details (CorDuro, SELCORE, Randa, etc) don't really seem to matter. The main focus of the book is the further development of Warmaster Tsavong Lah (one of the best Star Wars villains) and Jacen Solo's struggle with just what his role is in this galactic conflict. Their inevitable conflict is epic, and sets the stage for the next several volumes in the NJO saga.
I'm not a huge Kathy Tyers fan, but the The Truce at Bakura (Star Wars) author acquits herself well here. I'd have preferred a bit more action and less soul-searching, but I understand that it was important to Jacen Solo's development as a Jedi. It's frustrating to read about his moral struggles in light of later events in the disappointing (on many levels) Legacy of the Force series. I'm still having a hard time believing that the Jacen Solo depicted in the NJO series is the same as the Dick Cheney wannabe in LOTF.
It's not the best book in the series, but Balance Point successfully shifts the focus back to the larger Yuuzhan Vong storyline and sets the stage for the aliens' push towards the Core and Coruscant itself, not to mention their all-out offensive against the Jedi.
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Balance Point Does Deliver But With a Few Minor Quibbles, 2007-04-05
Well, its been awhile and im back for another review. Lets get right on with it. This one was good overall. I particularly liked the continuing development of the twins. The Vong here are particularly nasty and I continue to hate them more and more. Tyers did well with the prose and overall structure. However, there is one little problem i had with it. Right in the midst of a particularly intense moment of pursuit or escape, the author chooses to have her characters have a serious philosophical discussion. This would never happen obviously in reality. The characters would be too busy tryin to save themselves. That is the only thing. Other than that, I like the direction this series is headed. On to book 7. See ya next time.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Cor Duro is not that much fun, 2006-08-08
I thought this was one of the biggest let downs in the New Jedi Order series so far. I happen to have gotten through it quicker than some of the previous books, but there really isnt anything interesting in this one that got me really excited. There was some interesting speculation with anakins dream in the beginning, but I feel that it really didnt connect to the story at the end. Alot of this book is just the planet Cor Duro about to get wasted. None of the secondary characters in the camps had stories that made me feel bad for them, so that aspect didnt carry much weight. I think mara jade was written for the best however and she had some cool parts with anakin once again. I think this one just needed more mystery. You couuld see everything happening a mile away. Just read it to get to the next book, which is turning out really great.
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