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A review by mandalor3960
Star Wars and History by Janice Liedl, Nancy R. Reagin
2.0
This book had some interesting analogies and some dull and far fetched ones. The analogies of the Republic with earth governments was interesting to read while other chapters felt to general and thin. This book points out two topics in that 1) the Star Wars films borrowed a lot of Earth's history and 2) a myriad amount of analogies can be made between the Star Wars universe and Earth. He latter topic becomes redundant to read. Being a history buff, much of this book was dull and boring to read.
Rating Update 3/12/2019 - 3 to 2 stars. Because I found it boring, it doesn't mean I liked it (3 stars).
Rating Update 5/16/2019 - 3 stars to 1 stars. I found the majority of the book duller as I read it. I ultimately was bored except for a few excerpts. There were these mind-blowing comparisons before everything got less interesting.
Update 8 June 2019
With the adoption of my new rating system, a one star rating is befitting. The one star rating is an estimate of how I felt after reading the original review. As a resource book, the amount of valuable information that I enjoyed was little and I found it boring to read most of the chapters. A reread of the book could life the rating to a two star rating if a larger percentage of chapters are found to be interesting.
January 20, 2020
Rating Update
One star to two stars. The original review is not detailed enough to explain if the negatives are one star-rated. I wrote that the "latter topic becomes redundant to read", but I am not sure at what point these later topics begin. I also wrote that "much of this book was dull and boring to read", though these are still characteristics applicable to a two star-rating. A two star-rating for this book is a safe estimate.
June 5, 2020
Update
I have assigned the 2AAAAB rating type for this book. I created the rating type for this book. The 2AAAAB rating type replace the previous 2B rating type. I have assumed that the mentioning of "analogies of the Republic with earth governments" that were "interesting to read", as taken from the original review, constitute as three star-rated content. The 2AAAAB rating type seems most appropriate for this book, even though it is a large generalization. However, this book is colored grey with a grey outline, meaning that there are already issues with the rating choice, which means that the rating type is simply based on a grey and grey outline colored rating. The rating choice is a good choice for the information provided.
Rating Update 3/12/2019 - 3 to 2 stars. Because I found it boring, it doesn't mean I liked it (3 stars).
Rating Update 5/16/2019 - 3 stars to 1 stars. I found the majority of the book duller as I read it. I ultimately was bored except for a few excerpts. There were these mind-blowing comparisons before everything got less interesting.
Update 8 June 2019
With the adoption of my new rating system, a one star rating is befitting. The one star rating is an estimate of how I felt after reading the original review. As a resource book, the amount of valuable information that I enjoyed was little and I found it boring to read most of the chapters. A reread of the book could life the rating to a two star rating if a larger percentage of chapters are found to be interesting.
January 20, 2020
Rating Update
One star to two stars. The original review is not detailed enough to explain if the negatives are one star-rated. I wrote that the "latter topic becomes redundant to read", but I am not sure at what point these later topics begin. I also wrote that "much of this book was dull and boring to read", though these are still characteristics applicable to a two star-rating. A two star-rating for this book is a safe estimate.
June 5, 2020
Update
I have assigned the 2AAAAB rating type for this book. I created the rating type for this book. The 2AAAAB rating type replace the previous 2B rating type. I have assumed that the mentioning of "analogies of the Republic with earth governments" that were "interesting to read", as taken from the original review, constitute as three star-rated content. The 2AAAAB rating type seems most appropriate for this book, even though it is a large generalization. However, this book is colored grey with a grey outline, meaning that there are already issues with the rating choice, which means that the rating type is simply based on a grey and grey outline colored rating. The rating choice is a good choice for the information provided.