jetteleia's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I am so grateful and happy for every Padmé mention I can get and this book didn‘t lack those. Love Anakins thoughts about her („Padmé. My wife. Hey, that‘s my wife.“). Also Traviss gave the theme of saving for Anakin so much thought, especially his complicated relationship with it („Save; he did so much saving now but it would never be enough to make him whole.“) and towards the end he thinks that he wasn‘t able to SAVE him but Ahsoka and then eventually after Padmé comes to resue he thins that she SAVES him evrytime. Just amazing.
Karen Traviss most certainly gave the Clone Wars movie adaptation her own touch which I appreciated so much. Like the thought she gave Ahsoka and her species as former predator and how she described Ahsokas demeanor due to it. And her signature can also be seen in the understandability of the „bad guys“ because Ventress and Dooku all have understandable motivations which empathises that the Seperatist never really were the bad guys but both sides were just outwitted by Sisious, so there was never the possibility of an understanding between the Republic and the CIS.
Sadly, it the messed up timeline (due to The Clone Wars) became clear when battles like the Battle of Jabiim (which originally took place some years later in the Clone War) even though the book takes places relatively soon after AotC (solution was that Jabiim and every other media from the Multimedia Clone Wars Project was squeezed into the time period between AotC and the Clone Was movie).
Karen Traviss most certainly gave the Clone Wars movie adaptation her own touch which I appreciated so much. Like the thought she gave Ahsoka and her species as former predator and how she described Ahsokas demeanor due to it. And her signature can also be seen in the understandability of the „bad guys“ because Ventress and Dooku all have understandable motivations which empathises that the Seperatist never really were the bad guys but both sides were just outwitted by Sisious, so there was never the possibility of an understanding between the Republic and the CIS.
Sadly, it the messed up timeline (due to The Clone Wars) became clear when battles like the Battle of Jabiim (which originally took place some years later in the Clone War) even though the book takes places relatively soon after AotC (solution was that Jabiim and every other media from the Multimedia Clone Wars Project was squeezed into the time period between AotC and the Clone Was movie).
hstapp's review
3.0
The book is actually a little more entertaining than the clone wars movie. I love the clone wars series as a whole, but the movie is definitely not the best part. An acceptable book. Reasonably entertaining.
hstapp's review against another edition
4.0
This is by far the best version of the Clone Wars movie that I've encountered. It makes me wonder why I don't like the movie, because this book is really good. Exciting, filled with action, and the only book that goes into Obi-Wan's Surrender negotiations.
katewans's review against another edition
DNF’d. Not particularly a fan of how biased this is against the Jedi so far, and I don’t feel as though this story will provide enough new information to push through.
Each scene from the Siths’ perspectives are heavily critical of the Jedi, and there aren’t any subsequent chapters in which the Jedi are able to contradict or offer alternate perspectives.
There are also some parts that seem odd in the greater context - for example Obi-Wan is always referenced as just ‘Kenobi’ in Anakin’s PoV chapters.
Each scene from the Siths’ perspectives are heavily critical of the Jedi, and there aren’t any subsequent chapters in which the Jedi are able to contradict or offer alternate perspectives.
There are also some parts that seem odd in the greater context - for example Obi-Wan is always referenced as just ‘Kenobi’ in Anakin’s PoV chapters.
lorien13's review
4.0
While I enjoyed reading this novelization of the movie, perhaps the most distracting is the inconsistencies with Asajj Ventress. It actually makes sense these are there, however, as the movie is before we learn anything canon about this servant of Dooku's.
But overall I really liked reading Anakin's internal battle of not wanting to reveal his past, and more than heavy dislike of Jabba. Also getting inside one of the creepiest villains of my childhood was really cool, and seeing him as a father was straight up awesome.
But overall I really liked reading Anakin's internal battle of not wanting to reveal his past, and more than heavy dislike of Jabba. Also getting inside one of the creepiest villains of my childhood was really cool, and seeing him as a father was straight up awesome.
rebecanunez's review
4.0
Me encanto! Súper amplia el universo y le da mucho más sentido a lo que vemos en las películas. Esta muy bueno tener más contexto para las cosas que pasaron y van a pasar. De hecho hay personajes que no aparecen en las películas y sin embargo son sustanciales para el desarrollo de la historia. Viva el universo expandido!
f3nne's review
4.0
I finally finished it... After 5 years of owning it and starting it back up again I did it. The only thing that got me through this were Ahsoka and Rex
cheshiredownunder's review
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
thebooktwins's review
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
nikshelby's review against another edition
2.0
My son and I read this together...neither of us were impressed.