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A review by saguaros
Master & Apprentice by Claudia Gray
5.0
Okay okay. I admit this should probably be four stars. Under normal circumstances, it probably would be. It has some awkward scenes and is perhaps a bit too long, and slow in places. But. These are not normal circumstances. They are indeed strange times, and I don't know about you guys, but books are just hitting differently right now than they normally would (positively or negatively).
But like I said, even if this wasn't a 2020 Quarantine Book, I would still have loved it.
Obi-Wan is my favourite Jedi (and second fave character) and I'd been dying to read more about him since starting reading SW books earlier this year. To read him as a 17yo and to read about the bond with his Master was just... so much fun. And gave me so many feels. I love that it was portrayed as a struggle at first, that they've spent years not meshing as Master and Apprentice and that this is the story where it all comes to a head. The longing and desire and shame and guilt at not being a better student/teacher between them, and the clash between their philosophies and inability to find ways to understand each other fully, while also just having deep respect and love for the other, had me screaming. It was just great. It was all I wanted.
And I really liked the political intrigue in this. In the movies, it's perhaps what I like less because I'm there for the space adventures, but I do really liked reading about it and sort of really digging into the work Jedi might have to do. It also exposes some facets of the Jedi Council that really come relevant later in the universe. The side characters were fun and I was rooting for them and they didn't feel like clichés or archetypes.
I just really enjoyed this.
But like I said, even if this wasn't a 2020 Quarantine Book, I would still have loved it.
Obi-Wan is my favourite Jedi (and second fave character) and I'd been dying to read more about him since starting reading SW books earlier this year. To read him as a 17yo and to read about the bond with his Master was just... so much fun. And gave me so many feels. I love that it was portrayed as a struggle at first, that they've spent years not meshing as Master and Apprentice and that this is the story where it all comes to a head. The longing and desire and shame and guilt at not being a better student/teacher between them, and the clash between their philosophies and inability to find ways to understand each other fully, while also just having deep respect and love for the other, had me screaming. It was just great. It was all I wanted.
And I really liked the political intrigue in this. In the movies, it's perhaps what I like less because I'm there for the space adventures, but I do really liked reading about it and sort of really digging into the work Jedi might have to do. It also exposes some facets of the Jedi Council that really come relevant later in the universe. The side characters were fun and I was rooting for them and they didn't feel like clichés or archetypes.
I just really enjoyed this.