Shield of Lies (Star Wars: The Black Fleet Crisis, Book 2)

Shield of Lies - Michael P. Kube-McDowell The story was narrated very well, and it was mostly interesting to read. However, the biggest problem with this story was the format. In pretty much every novel with one or more sub-plots that I've read--even including works outside the realm of science fiction and fantasy--it went between characters. Many times, it ended up that the characters' actions, although separate, ending up causing the resolution of the story. The writer of this book, though, didn't do that. Instead, he had three plots--one with Luke and Akanah, one with Lando and the droids, and one with Leia and Han--and had them in three different sections. Seriously, did this book's writer not realize that novels with sub-plots are written they way they are for a reason? If I were the editor of this book, I'd keep the story as it was; I'd just rearrange the chapters so that one plot is in the first chapter, another in the second chapter, the last plot in the third chapter, and keep switching plots until the end. That's how novels should be; unfortunately, this guy didn't seem to realize that.