Category: Book review

Branded as rebels and traitors, the members of the Alliance worked from the shadows, gathering information and support from across the galaxy to bring an end to the Empire’s tyranny. Concealed within a secure case, their most vital and sensitive information was collected by one of Mon Mothma’s most trusted aides and kept hidden until now. Discovered in the ruins of an abandoned rebel base, these files have been passed among members of the Resistance, who have added notes, updates, and new insights to the documents. A repository of Alliance intelligence, The Rebel Files weaves together classified documents, intercepted transmissions, and gathered communications to trace the formation of the Rebel Alliance. Within the case, an imbedded projection unit — activated by the push of a button — displays the Death Star plans plus a reconnaissance image of Death Star II. Unlock the secrets of the Rebel Alliance!

This book is the third book I’ve read from the series of “Secrets of the Galaxy Guidebooks Series”. And I gotta say that this book was less impressive and less interesting than the previous 2 books I’ve read from the series.

I found this book less enjoyable but being more of a university lecture type of book about the Rebels in the star wars universe. 

I think that the main reason why I didn’t like this book as much as I wanted to do was because I never were a big fan of the rebel aspect of the star wars. In fact the rebel aspect in star wars are one of the less interesting aspects for me of the star wars universe.

I dont know if it is just me but this book seems disjointed. And the characters notes in the margins of this book are not done so well as in the previous books in this series. Which really didn’t make it easier for me to like this book. 

But at the same time the character notes in the margins of this book seems like the characters talking with each other rather than one character making a note and then another character making a note commenting on the previous characters note which was done in the previous book. In my opinion that aspect of the character notes worked in the previous books in this series but just didn’t work for this book because it was made so differently.

The thing which also bothered me with this book was that, all the rebel interruptions weren’t descried but rather talked about in the retrospect on why they worked or didn’t work. Which really annoyed me because I wanted to see more of the prep work before the interruptions rather than having notes from characters talking about why they didnt work or work.

I Give This Book 2 / 5

When fourteen-year-old Padmé Naberrie wins the election for Queen of Naboo, she adopts the name Amidala and leaves her family to the rule from the royal palace. To keep her safe and secure, she’ll need a group of skilled handmaidens who can be her assistants, confidantes, defenders, and decoys. Each girl is selected for her particular talents, but it will be up to Padmé to unite them as a group. When Naboo is invaded by forces of the Trade Federation, Queen Amidala and her handmaidens will face the greatest test—of themselves, and of each other.

This book is the first book in the The Padmé Trilogy by E.K. Johnston, and I have to say that this book is far from the best star wars book I’ve ever read.

Even thou it isn’t the best star wars book to be ever written, it is still a fun and enjoyable book to read. 

I never was a big fan of Padmé so thats why I might not have liked this book so much, but I still it was very interesting and enjoyable reading about her being a 14 year old girl from Naboo who was interested in politics to becoming a 14 year old Queen of Naboo. 

This book takes place a little bit before The Phantom Menace, but at the same time 35% of this book takes place parallel to the movie. So thats a nice treat, which I wasn’t expecting. 

The plot in this book focuses on the first few months of Padmé being the queen, and because of it a little bit of this book runs parallel with The Phantom Menace.

The plot itself wasn’t masterpiece, it had couple o problems here and there throughout this book. But it was still enjoyable, interesting and entertaining to read this book. 

The characters here were okay, Padmé wasn’t as likable as she was in the movies. But dont get me wrong, I liked the characters in this book, but they were less impressive than what they were in the movie. 

Of course we get some characters we didn’t get in the The Phantom Menace. But let me put it that way, most characters were on the edge of being good but weren’t fine and the rest of the characters were meh to to put it in a nice way.

To be very honest here I liked all of the characters in this book, but I didnt bother to make place for them in my soul, or to remember them for years, as I did with characters from books I truly loved.

The writing style here were actually good, I really liked it. Because it was like the author knew what words to use to grab me and make me read until the very end.

I Give This Book 3 / 5

Obi-Wan Kenobi really wants to be a good Padawan. The best Padawan, even. But that’s feeling more and more impossible with his new master, Qui-Gon Jinn. All of Obi-Wan’s friends are off training to be real Jedi, getting mission experience, while he’s still on Coruscant, practicing his forms and sitting in silent contemplation. Ever since Qui-Gon’s former master, Dooku, left the Order, it feels like Qui-Gon has been too busy trying to connect with the Force or arguing with the Jedi Council to properly train his Padawan.

After reading this book I started to belive that the new star wars cannon isn’t for me because Disney doesn’t know how to wrote good star wars books which we had before Disney bought star wars.

This book is about young Obi Wan Kenobi sonly after he became the padawan of Qui-Gon Jinn. And somehow the young Obi Wan Kenobi we get in this book doesn’t feel like the same Obi Wan Kenobi we get in the movies. I know that in this book he is young and he isn’t the same person he is in the movies. But still there is something off about him, and he doesn’t have the same feeling and character if you will as the on-screen Obi Wan Kenobi.

And the same thing is also relevant for Qui-Gon Jinn. In this book Qui-Gon Jinn feels very much as a misfit in the Jedi order and not like the intelligent Jedi knight we get in the movies.

But when it comes to the plot itself, it was okay but nothing good nor bad it was firmly in the midle. I dont have any strong feelings about the plot in this book because I’m very neutral to this book. It wasn’t as bad as some of the new era star wars cannon (after Disney bought it) movies and books. 

The plot was hard to get though at times because at times it didn’t make any scene. The plot also doesn’t talk about the relationship between Obi Wan and Qui Gon, it rather talks about how insecure young Obi Wan was in his early days as a padawan, and that he felt like his padawan friends were much ahead of him. Which really bored me a bit, because I wanted to see more of the Obi Wan and Qui Gon relationship as they had in the early days as padawan and master and how it could have changed to what we see in the The Phantom Menace.

This book doesn’t really gives us anything that we dont know about Obi-Wan from the movies, but as a stand alone book its okay book. 

I Give This Book 3 / 5

The intrepid spies, pilots, and sharpshooters of Wraith Squadron are back in an all-new Star Wars adventure, which transpires just after the events of the Fate of the Jedi series! Three decades have passed since Wraith Squadron carried out its last mission. Taking on the most dangerous and daring operations, the rogues and misfits of the elite X-Wing unit became legends of the Rebellion and the Second Galactic Civil War, before breaking up and going their separate ways. Now their singular skills are back in vital demand—for a tailor-made Wraith Squadron mission.

And yet again we are talking about another amazing book from the Star Wars universe. This particular book is a part of a 10 books sub-series in the star wars universe. And this series is about the x-wing fighters unit, which turns out to be very interesting and not like boring as I was expecting to be before starting this sub-series. Which is a very pleasant surprise.

There are a lot of great characters in this book, which really made give this book some extra points. Most of the characters feels like real human being and I wouldn’t have no problem being friends with them.  Most of the characters had a personality, it was easy to like them and they had their own opinions, thoughts etc. which made them feel like real human being. But some characters were not that great, because they were shallow, and they felt like they simple created to fill up the void and nothing more than that.

The plot in this book is very good because there is a lot of action in this book. And there is always something happening in this book, which means that you wont get bored reading this book. Which of course made me give this book some extra points for a lot of action which this book has.

The plot feels very unique even thou that adding new things to the star wars universe can be easily get to be a very big miss which can make the star wars fan hate you. But the author doesn’t miss with this book and expands the star wars universe in a very good way. 

The writing style in this book is okay, it had some good moments but it also had some bad moments. Simple the writing style in this book wasn’t the greatest but it was okay and not as bad as it could get.

I Give This Book 4 / 5