Reviews tagging 'War'

Dark Disciple by Christie Golden

12 reviews

dreareads_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Not me crying in the middle of the night after I finished this book.

This book is for the Star Wars girlies that saw Anakin and Padme and thought “eh not toxic enough” and I love it ✨

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Genocide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and War

space_quenby's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

4.25

This is the second time I have read this book and it's just as good the second time round!

My only small criticism, and the reason this book didn't get 5 stars, is in some places you can tell this has been adapted from incomplete scripts/animation as the chapters can be very short and sometimes the scene changes are a little all over the place.

Overall this is a really really good book and I absolutely recommend this to anyone who likes Ventress, wants to learn more about Quinlan Vos as a character or just likes the Clone Wars show.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Torture, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Genocide

sprintervip's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and War

presco's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Cursing and Murder

aprariedog's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Torture, Blood, Grief, Murder, and War

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, and Toxic relationship

alexalily's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Slavery, Medical content, and Alcohol

melsage1823's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I will try keep this spoiler free but I absolutely loved this book. It generally felt like watching an entire clone wars movie unfold on screen. It also was the perfect closure for Ventress and who she is as a character especially since we never got to properly say goodbye to her in the series. 

The reason why I cannot rate this fabulous book a full five stars is due to the fact that it unfortunately could have done with quite a few more pages I can understand that the intention was to keep every section of the book feeling like a clone wars episodes but alot of the time skips came with out warning and it felt annoying to have read that Vos and Ventress had grown close but not witnessed that full bonding. At least 200 more pages would have left me satisfied. 

Other than that though this book is absolutely phenomenal and I would definitely recommend it to any Clone Wars fan. I truly wish we would have got an animated movie of this or a spin off tv show. The novel has left me craving for more. 

My favourite part of the book has to be Asaji Ventress herself. She absolutely steals the show and her story concludes respectfully and in a way that makes sense. Golden writes her beautifully and adds a lot of nuance to her character whilst also showing the consequences of her dark path. Also because we get to see the consequences of her dark actions it is as a result equally satisfying to read her journey towards the light. 

Quilan if there is an interesting Jedi that has been so under utilised its him. Golden develops and gives him so much more depth than just a rebellious jedi like Anakin. The way his POV parts are written allows us to sympathise with the character through the ups and downs of his journey. His enemies to lovers to enemies to lovers is a really interesting dynamic with Ventress and that heartwarming relationship is the main heart of this book. 

Lastly I think this book greatly shows the failures of the Jedi Order and Council greatly to the point I feel like Obi Wan is the only that had not lost his way. The way Golden writes the council meetings makes you feel tense and uneasy showing how clouded by the dark side they were and how desperate they had become to end the war. 

Overall an absolutely thrilling Clone Wars novel that gives fans the endings they were looking for after its terrible orginal cancellation. Highly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Child death

melancholymegs's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Torture, Violence, Murder, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Genocide, Gun violence, and Grief

I wasn’t really loving this book- BUT THAT ENDING BRUH

nassuada's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I love The Clone Wars, but I'm not usually a fan of franchise novelisations. That said, I really, really enjoyed this, more than I was expecting to. It was a fascinating look at the grey area between the Light and Dark side of the Force, with a lot more insight into the hubris of the Jedi and the desperation to end the Clone Wars by any means necessary. The love story felt a little out of character for Ventress and personally I think a slow burn type of story would have suited her better, but at the same time, I didn't hate it. I just wish that Ventress had a little more agency in the last third of the book instead of following Vos around. 

The ending killed me, though. In a good way. But I'm still dead. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

punkisocks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail