I liked the Mandalorian parts, even though I've read a lot posters who weren't into them and I understand their points.
What really irks though, is that "Invincible" completely ignores the fact that "Revelation" exists. It's like Denning didn't read "Revelation", talk to Travis, or look at a synopsis. The friendship between Mirta and Jaina was well thought out, believable and added to the story. Dropping it is like Han and Luke acting like they had never been friends.
Jaina's whole point in going to Mandalore was to prepare herself mentally, emotionally and tactically for confronting Jacen, with Luke's understanding and approval before she left. So in "Invincible" they act like they just came up with the idea.
Ben and Leia going to meet Shevu on Coruscant at the start made no sense. This seemed to just be a way to include them in a story they already had finished their roles. They didn't need any more evidence, Jacen was either a dark-sider or he wasn't, that was already established and there was already enough reason to take him out.
The whole book bugs me with crap like this, backtracking, rewriting, ignoring, retconning, and then it doesn't really have any redeeming features of it's own, it's not exciting or satisfying or clever. There's no emotion when jacen goes down, he just falls and that's it, the story's over. Who cares about the rest of the galaxy? The galaxy was apparently just a prop to set up Jacen's story, and then we end Jacen's story with a whimper instead of a bang.
The last book really killed it for me, the rest of series varied from decent to exciting, but reading "Invincible" was like reading angry fan-fic, like someone hated the published novels and wrote themselves some crap to retcon everything.
