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rivulet027's review against another edition
5.0
Loved this! Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon attempting to solve a mystery!
verkisto's review against another edition
3.0
Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan are between adventures, and find themselves visiting an old friend of Qui-Gon's, Didi, who owns a diner. Once there, they agree to do a small favor for him, which winds up being more than just a favor. Before long, both of them are caught up in a murder involving Didi and his daughter, along with a senator and her aide.
The Deadly Hunter is at its core a murder mystery, complete with red herrings and multiple suspects (though it does avoid the gather-everyone-into-one-room conclusion I almost expected it to have). Watson presents us with an assassin who is one of the few opponents who can stand up and survive a battle with Jedi, though we don't learn much about her in this book. The book ends on a cliffhanger, but I expect the next book in the series will tell us more about her.
This book is a bit shorter than the others in the series, so we don't get a lot of development into any of the new characters, much less the assassin. It appears to be the start of the next story arc for the series, though, so I expect that we'll see more of the characters in later books, and see more of their development there. I hope so, at least; Didi and his daughter are interesting characters, though I kept seeing Dexter Jettster in my mind whenever Didi returned to the story.
I'm a bit out of practice with the series, since I got distracted by the Myth Adventure books for the last month, but I was able to pick it up here without too much trouble. This book marks the halfway point of the series, and it's off to a good start. My expectations are high, but if Watson carries this half of the story as well as she did the first, she won't disappoint.
The Deadly Hunter is at its core a murder mystery, complete with red herrings and multiple suspects (though it does avoid the gather-everyone-into-one-room conclusion I almost expected it to have). Watson presents us with an assassin who is one of the few opponents who can stand up and survive a battle with Jedi, though we don't learn much about her in this book. The book ends on a cliffhanger, but I expect the next book in the series will tell us more about her.
This book is a bit shorter than the others in the series, so we don't get a lot of development into any of the new characters, much less the assassin. It appears to be the start of the next story arc for the series, though, so I expect that we'll see more of the characters in later books, and see more of their development there. I hope so, at least; Didi and his daughter are interesting characters, though I kept seeing Dexter Jettster in my mind whenever Didi returned to the story.
I'm a bit out of practice with the series, since I got distracted by the Myth Adventure books for the last month, but I was able to pick it up here without too much trouble. This book marks the halfway point of the series, and it's off to a good start. My expectations are high, but if Watson carries this half of the story as well as she did the first, she won't disappoint.
naynayreads's review against another edition
1.0
Don't remember much of this book but the series is great for younger people.
irasobrietate's review against another edition
3.0
This book was more straight action/adventure than the last couple of books in the series. The benefit of this was that there were no philosophical questions that were only superficially touched on that I wanted to see more depth given to. There was just a bounty hunter that needed to be stopped and a mystery to unravel that had nothing to do with Obi-Wan's inner struggles. Which resulted in a decently fun time.
dostojevskijs's review against another edition
3.0
We are all creatures who want peace and comfort. Yet we are Jedi. Our own peace and comfort is not what drives us. We are dedicated to a larger good. But always remember that the peace and comfort of just one being is what drives us, too.
I had to take a break from this series, after reading ten of them, they were getting too much alike; and while the eleventh book remains much the same, it was nice to come back to it rather than head straight into it because I feel like I've got a slight different (less fed up) perspective now. While often acutely aware that I've left the target group age long ago, I still find Watson's books entertaining even if they aren't close to anything I'd pick up casually - but I definitely would've ten years or so ago. I think she is a great author, especially when it comes to writing scifi adventures for tweens and below, she combines all the nerdiness with proper life lessons and thoughtful situations that to me captures much of what Star Wars is about.
I had to take a break from this series, after reading ten of them, they were getting too much alike; and while the eleventh book remains much the same, it was nice to come back to it rather than head straight into it because I feel like I've got a slight different (less fed up) perspective now. While often acutely aware that I've left the target group age long ago, I still find Watson's books entertaining even if they aren't close to anything I'd pick up casually - but I definitely would've ten years or so ago. I think she is a great author, especially when it comes to writing scifi adventures for tweens and below, she combines all the nerdiness with proper life lessons and thoughtful situations that to me captures much of what Star Wars is about.
rhaenyratargaryen's review against another edition
4.0
Estuvo muy bueno. Uno de los mejores (o el mejor) de toda la saga hasta ahora.
Me pareció diferente a los demás y mucho más interesante. Todo el misterio que envuelve el problema principal y el personaje tan raro de la villana me gustó aún más.
Que transcurriera en Coruscant me encantó. Lo sentí mucho más cercano que cuando transcurre en otros lugares.
De los más atrapantes de estos libros por el momento.
Y ese final...
Me pareció diferente a los demás y mucho más interesante. Todo el misterio que envuelve el problema principal y el personaje tan raro de la villana me gustó aún más.
Que transcurriera en Coruscant me encantó. Lo sentí mucho más cercano que cuando transcurre en otros lugares.
De los más atrapantes de estos libros por el momento.
Y ese final...
casbah's review against another edition
3.0
Literally the only good things about this book were the "teenage boys eat a lot!" jokes at Obi-Wan's expense and the world-building on Coruscant. The rest was a bit of a write off.
justabean_reads's review against another edition
Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon solve crime! Actually they mostly try to solve crime and get their asses handed to them along the way. This was good for h/c, even if the secondary characters were a bit repetitive. Excellent cliffhanger.
toggle_fow's review against another edition
3.0
The beginning of a new mystery arc starring the one and only Jenna Zan Arbor.
The most fun to be had in this book was seeing Obi-Wan constantly confront the fact that he's been raised in luxury compared to most of the entire planet of Coruscant. What a contrast between young Obi-Wan who barely realizes that Coruscant has lower levels, and young Anakin who sneaks out of the Temple to root around in deadly garbage pits whenever he can.
There was also an interesting side note about a Force-sensitive boy whose mother had chosen not to give him to the Temple for training. I'm hoping as they follow the plot deeper into Jenna Zan Arbor's conspiracy that we get to hear more about him and why exactly he was "lost."
The most fun to be had in this book was seeing Obi-Wan constantly confront the fact that he's been raised in luxury compared to most of the entire planet of Coruscant. What a contrast between young Obi-Wan who barely realizes that Coruscant has lower levels, and young Anakin who sneaks out of the Temple to root around in deadly garbage pits whenever he can.
There was also an interesting side note about a Force-sensitive boy whose mother had chosen not to give him to the Temple for training. I'm hoping as they follow the plot deeper into Jenna Zan Arbor's conspiracy that we get to hear more about him and why exactly he was "lost."
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