A review by jetteleia
The Clone Wars by Karen Traviss
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).