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bluemc's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Moderate: Death, Torture, Violence, and War
Minor: Suicide
jerrysaywhaaa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This book really explores what it feels like to grow up feeling different and being bullied/punished for those differences in a religion and finding freedom and acceptance outside of that life.
A great read, however: it did feel like it got a bit repetitive with Iskat’s emotions at times to really hammer into you how she felt; at one point I swear they magically switch locations from the Jedi Council Chamber to a garden in the temple; and the death toll on Thule was phrased little confusingly throughout that chapter.
Otherwise, I loved this book and think a lot of issues would be solved in the galaxy if Jedi went to therapy.
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Violence, Murder, and War
Moderate: Bullying, Misogyny, Torture, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Suicide and Death of parent
Decapitationssamagader35's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Overall though, what a ride. So much calling out of the hypocrisies of the jedi order and I was here for it.
Graphic: Death and Violence
Minor: Suicide
marveledspectre's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Genocide, Gore, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail
sarinaslibrary's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
So when I heard of this book I immedtly purchased it (along with other Star Wars books) and immedtly read it - and I did not disappoint.
'Padawan Iskat Akaris dedicated her live travelling the galaxy with her Master, taking Sith objects back to the Jedi Temple, and how to be a good Jedi from an accident that happened when she was a youngling that is kept over her head. But when her Master is killed in the 'First Battle of Geonosis' and the Jedi join the Republic, everything changed. She is made a Jedi Knight and helps the Jedi try to win the war, but she struggles with her own questions and power.
As the years pass and the war continues, Iskat's faith in the Jedi decreases - if they could grant her freedom, if they stop holding her back, if they just trusted her then she could do more for the galaxy. When the Jedi Order finally falls, Iskat embraces it.
Now an Inquisitor, Iskat finally has the freedom she has longed for, her questions answered and no longer having to hold back, she is close to calming her new destiny - whatever the cost.'
I loved how the story followed Iskat from a Padawan all the way through Order 66 and the Rise of the Empire. It gives us great exploration of her character and understanding of her feelings towards the Jedi, how they are afraid of her full power which causes them to distrust her - funny how Jedi always say not to fall to fear, but they let it control them.
There's always a mention of an accident she caused when she was young which sent one of her classmates, who was one of her friends, to hospital and far away where her friend could never be a Jedi. This accident is the reason why many of the Jedi (including Padawans) don't really trust her despite Iskat not meaning the accident and feeling so guilty about it. Mace Windu especially was distrusting of her which continued throughout the story.
There was the mystery of her species as as far as everyone knew, she was the only one of her kind - something she always wanted to know about and travel to find more information, which of course the Jedi refused to do. Only when she becomes and Inquisitor does she actually gain freedom to finally find the answer of her species which I quite enjoyed and wished she stayed with them.
I enjoyed reading about her becoming an Inquisitor and her mentions within the Darth Vader comics were written into the book which was quite nice. Tualon Yaluna, a good friend of Iskat and became her lover, survived Order 66 and became an Inquisitor, though it seems it wasn't as willingly as Iskat was. It was interesting watching their relationship change and come together from Jedi to Inquisitor.
There were great appearances from Palpatine/Darth Sidious, Grand Inquisitor, Darth Vader and a great mention of Ahsoka Tano.
There's so much of this book that I enjoyed and I was sad to finish it, but all great things must come to an end.
Moderate: Death
Minor: Suicide
madamenovelist's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and War
gelatinousdessert's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Bullying, Death, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and War
maeverose's review against another edition
2.75
This review might have some minor spoilers but nothing major.
This book felt very slow to me. The first 60% of it takes place during the clone wars, before Iskat becomes an Inquisitor. And while that’s my favorite era, it was very slow and repetitive. It felt like nothing much happened. A lot of it was Iskat’s internal monologue about how much of an outcast she is. It made sense to see how she became an inquisitor, but it felt really drawn out. And this is supposed to be about the inquisitors, so I found it odd that most of the book took place before they existed. We did learn a tiny bit more about them and how they came to be, but I wanted more.
I also didn’t realize that Iskat was from the comics until Tualon was introduced, then I remembered their story when I recognized his name. I don’t care for romance, so those parts annoyed me. Especially because their relationship often felt like petty YA angst. Iskat felt like an angsty teen throughout the whole book actually, so if you like YA you might like this more than I did.
I do think it was cool to have an adhd-coded main character. I’m a bit on the fence about how it was written though. Because Iskat isn’t familiar with her species she attributes her adhd-like traits to just being a feature of her species. This isn’t corrected at any point, even when she finds her home planet, so I’m left wondering if it’s true? In the author’s note Delilah S. Dawson said she herself is neurodivergent, so when I caught those traits in Iskat that was my first thought. It would’ve been nice to have more explict adhd representation, rather than it being kinda vague. Either way, it was neat to relate to the character in that way and see how that could effect her role as a jedi and inquisitor. Ironically though, I think part of the reason I struggled with getting through this book was because of my adhd… it was just too long and repetitive for me.
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Mental illness, Violence, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Suicide, Torture, Blood, and Death of parent
Minor: Bullying
A warning if you have harm ocd: you’re in the main character’s head throughout the whole book and she gradually develops homicidal / violent thoughts, which she eventually acts on. These are described in detail in the last third of the book.jackiepreston's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Bullying, Suicide, Death of parent, and Abandonment
morgangd's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Suicide