Razor's Edge

Star Wars: Empire and Rebellion, Book 1

By: Martha Wells

Narrated by: January LaVoy

Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins

Publisher's summary

Times are desperate for the Rebel Alliance. Harassment by the Empire and a shortage of vital supplies are hindering completion of a new secret base on the ice planet Hoth. So when Mid Rim merchants offer much-needed materials for sale, Princess Leia Organa and Han Solo lead an Alliance delegation to negotiate a deal.

But when treachery forces the rebel ship to flee into territory controlled by pirates, Leia makes a shocking discovery: The fierce marauders come from Leia's homeworld of Alderaan, recently destroyed by the Death Star. These refugees have turned to pillaging and plundering to survive - and they are in debt to a pirate armada, which will gladly ransom the princess to the vengeful Empire...if they find out her true identity.

Struggling with intense feelings of guilt, loyalty, and betrayal, Leia is determined to help her wayward kinspeople, even as Imperial forces are closing in on her own crippled ship. Trapped between lethal cutthroats and brutal oppressors, Leia and Han, along with Luke, Chewbacca, and a battle-ready crew, must defy death - or embrace it - to keep the rebellion alive.

©2013 Martha Wells (P)2013 Random House Audio

Couldn’t stop listening

Loved this whole audio book. Could not stop listening to it. Had my attention right away. I was absolutely hooked

Very Meh.

The book was very average. The story line was very uneventful and the characters, with the exception of Leia, were very boring as well. Also, a warning, you will be very annoyed by how often Han calls Leia “Your Worship”. Almost every single time he addresses her. After the first 50 times, I was done.

great

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

yes it was great starwars read

What other book might you compare Razor's Edge to and why?

dont read much

Which character – as performed by January LaVoy – was your favorite?

han solo cause hes amazing

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

no

Any additional comments?

great book

LaVoy is no Marc Thompson

Would you try another book from Martha Wells and/or January LaVoy?

One written by Ms Wells perhaps; but not one narrated by Ms LaVoy

How could the performance have been better?

Narration was weak, lacking the performance I have grown acustom to as a result of listening to dozens of Marc Thompson narrations. Instead of dialog between the characters, there is this clumsy "he said", "she replied" without any real need or adding flavor to the text. Other narrations just gave the voice without the needless text unless it added flavor or context to what was said. Han Solo making his witty retorts doesn't require a "he said" before it.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

yes

Any additional comments?

The story kept my interest, but it took hours to get past my dissatisfaction with the narration performance. I am happy to see the second book in the series has Mr. Thompson back at the microphone.

Story was a bit weak

I had hoped for better. Story was a bit like playing chess. Slow most of the time with an occasional interesting turn.

Great Book, Adequate Narrator.

Where does Razor's Edge rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

I have no earthly idea.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes, but I can't due to my busy schedule.

Any additional comments?

Great Book, very entertaining, and brings a new light to the destruction of a certain planet and Leia Organa. I love the why they had written the characters Han and Leia, but their interactions seemed... odd and not in the odd way it should; uncomfortable, skirting around these feelings they've got, etc. No this just felt... well odd. Aside from that the characters were well written and the plot was interesting and drew you in but... the narrator isn't perfect.

Now I don't know if it's something to do with vocal depth or not but all of January LaVoy's men sounded like she was doing one of the those random deep voice impressions of someone. Again I'm not sure if it's just me or maybe the Narrator isn't the best choice for a female narrator but I don't see Marc's or Johnathan's female characters as those random high voiced interpretations. Maybe it's harder to make a deeper voice than a higher voice? I'm not sure.

In the end, though, i had fun with this book, it was interesting, it drew me in, and the overarching story was once you reach the end ties together. I will suggest this to any and all Star Wars fans!

Good book

Nothing against female readers however this book should be read by a guy good book though I probably wouldn't recommend

Horrible Narration

Her narration put me to sleep. I could barely focus on the story. I might just have to read it.

good story, well read. I enjoyed listening to

it . it was enjoyable but as most things in life it could jabe been better and does not add to saga. kind of a one off story

Great Adventure

This was a great adventure to listen to! It was fast paced and kept me interested throughout the whole story.