[Report This]Date: 15 Dec 2020 15:22 Title: Chapter 1
It looks like Star may have been promoted a bit too soon. A commanding officer has to put aside their gut likes and dislikes for individuals as those can lead to critical errors in judgement. Seems like she's coming into it with some shady history as well.
All of which make for a fun, interesting character. Flawless people are boring.
Intriguing start.
Thanks!! rbs
Author's Response: Agreed and the main reason Tazla Star was written into Star Eagle Adventures. Yeah, I know her name is a bit on the nose, but I ended up really liking it. And you can't get much more flawed than Tazla Star. The other great thing about flawed characters are their redemption arcs.
Date: 24 Sep 2014 21:23 Title: Chapter 1
Oh, with a crew like this you don’t need enemies. I like that you didn’t make Star perfect – a bad girl with quite a checkered past and questionable decisions. Her contempt for the Galaxy hot shot and irreverent attitude bode for trouble. And the Ariolo is great!
Author's Response: Star is most definitely not a good girl, or anywhere near perfect. I like her for the same reasons. However you might change your mind about her before all is said and done here. Thanks for reading and commenting.
Date: 23 Jul 2014 17:37 Title: Chapter 1
See now, that's an opener of a line. It tells quite a bit about how Star is going to come across because even if she has good cause to dislike the man her up in the face of the reader telling of it works to unnerve us and make us expect there's going to be a lot of drama, a lot of fire and a lot of attitude from this less than stellar Star. She's got a handful of issues on her own boat but atop of that she has Melvin to contend with interfering with the mission and now there appears to be some raggedy assed Border Patrol veseel and captain wanting in on the action?! Huh, this does not bode well.
It's a terrific introduction to Star as we see that she has quite a few rough edges and that despite having a command of her own she seems to have screwed that up on a number of levels. Not winning over your crew would be one of them! You also hint at some of the darker complexities and backstory to Star. Again, it all serves to demonstrate just why she's among my favourite to read. This is going to be a messy, messy affair and it looks from the outset that no matter who might have been given this task, they'd manage to get into trouble given the cross purposes and agendas of having too many chiefs not enough indians. The delight will be in following just how this all ends up going south.
Author's Response: Thanks for the review and I'm glad you're still a Star fan, even though we have to see if this remains true after this story. This woman does have a few issues and most of them will come haunting her in this tale.