A review by jenny_librarian
Hard Contact by Karen Traviss

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

3.75

I’m not a big fan of war books, but this being a clones adventure I figured I’d give it a try. And it was surprisingly a lot better than Battlefront (which I found devoid of emotion and character growth). Or maybe I shouldn’t be surprised. It’s a Karen Travis’s book after all, and some of my favourite Star Wars books are hers.

I loved the clones. Commandos are completely different to the troopers and ARC we’re used to see in the animated series and the canon books, so it was nice to get a fresh POV. And I haven’t read a lot from the clones POV in general, so that was nice too.

Etain was the big disappointment of this book, in the sense that she didn’t feel like a Jedi at all. I get the whole feeling unworthy thing, but it almost felt like she’d never even gone through the basic initiate training at times. I appreciate her care for the clones, but that’s about it. 

I also wasn’t a big fan of the slurs, racism and sexism, but I guess that comes with the fact that this was released in 2004. I’m so glad the new books are more inclusive now.

I’m going to keep making my way through Legends, and I’m excited to get more Commando stuff (hopefully without Etain). 
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