For me, if we're not getting that story from Phasma's viewpoint, then we're not getting the story. Its more efficient to read that from the wiki, since while its still basically someone telling you the story its shorter, its better written and you can avoid all the BS with the pointless side characters.
You have conviction, I will give you that.
Yeah, I definitely misunderstood what books you were talking about, but since I like both series and consider them pretty good my point still works of them being better then a lot of the new canon.
Fair enough. Cannot relate, but fair enough.
They are totally valid arguments.
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Again, the book isn't about her...
Repeating that won't make it any less false then it was the half dozen other times you've stated it.
...its about two morons that will never be mentioned outside of the book (unless the author of Phasma writes another book, which I hope doesn't happen but Disney has very low standards when it comes to employing authors for SW books so they probably will hire this author again).
Funny you should say that...
(As far as Disney having low standards for their tie-in authors, consider that they have the likes of James Lucino, John Jackson Miller, Ben Acker, and Ben Blacker on their payrolls, and have had guest authors like Paul Dini and Matt Fraction.)
If the two morons had just been characters in Phasma's story, then it would have been fine (well, they still would have been crap, badly written characters, but from a story structure standpoint it would have been acceptable). As it is, its false advertising and just a terrible decision. I want to know why I should give a shit about less interesting boba Fett analogue, and I want to get inside her head and experience her story. I don't want to read about two idiots telling crappy stories in a book called Phasma.
I do not understand your problem with her not being the POV character inasmuch as it means she's not the main one.
It isn't about her, period. Unless it is told from her POV, including her thoughts and with her being the story, its not about her.
That is factually wrong, and I'm speaking as someone who got a degree on this subject. You don't like it fine, but it is a legitimate form of storytelling. You want to diss it, explain why the technique failed in this instance, but leave the false arguments out of it.
It was deceptive, the book should have been called Random Imperial and Random Resistance Cliches have a Chat about things that kind of (sometimes) relate to Captain Phasma.
Nope, not even close.
As it is, its just a worthless waste of paprer, money and everyone's time that can easily be skipped by reading the wiki and losing nothing by experiencing the information that way (Its actually even better, since you don't actually have to read a bad book to get the few relevant pieces of information from that book).
You miss the flavor of the book and the artistry of the presentation.
Also, none of this addresses that the book is just shit regardless. Like I said, I forgave Thrawn for having most of the same problems as Phasma because it was well written and had a compelling story.
Afraid I can't address why the book is "shit," because you haven't given a reason why that is (false claims about the writing craft do not count) and never even finished the book, and so are arguing on incomplete data. (Frankly, I think a good case can be made about it being quite good, but pearls before swine and all that.)
With how horrendous Inferno Squad is, there is nothing to miss but bad writing.
Given how little you've shown you understand the craft of writing, I find you to be a very unconvincing witness, esp. since everything I know about it says otherwise.
Also, none of my conclusions contradicted the novel.
Everything you've said is contradicted in the novel, and, unlike you, I actually know what I'm frakking taking about since I read the thing cover to cover.
Idiot Cultish Pilot begins and ends the book as a brainwashed Imperial toady with no real motivation except "What does the Empire want me to do". Even characters like Darth Vader and Tarkin had motivations and thoughts outside of blindly serving Palpatine (in the tie in material at least), because most writers know you can't have a compelling main character that is just basically a tool for the Empire with no outside stuff. Hell, in the EU Mara Jade was literally called the Emperor's hand and in books taking place before Palpatine's death even she, at the time a literal tool of Palpatine, had her own thoughts and motivations.
Thank you for proving my point.
Once again, its fine if you like Inferno Squad and its characters. I just happen to find it an infuriating, badly written book that only isn't the worst book ever published under the SW brand because Lost Stars exists. We all like different things, and I'm getting tired of arguing about a book that doesn't even deserve to exist, much less take up so much of my time. I'd prefer to go back to never thinking about it, outside of the times where I'm specifically thinking about the worst SW books.
Hey, I've got no problem if you don't like the book. Heck, I don't like the ROTS novelization that much. What I'm holding you to is having arguments that work. Twisting the book's narrative and making up rules about how writing does or does not work to justify your own opinions on the product does no one anyone good. Nothing wrong with not liking something just because it doesn't appeal to you.
Besides which, I use the public library for most new canon books, and the ones I own I bought used. The new canon books are going to have to become way more consistently good for me to be willing to buy them new, that's way too much of a gamble at this point.
Also, being "the biggest name in YA" is like being the most popular cow manure provider. There is definitely a reason for their work to exist, but in the end they're still just producing crap. 
