Category: Book review

Darth Tyranus. Count of Serenno. Leader of the Separatists. A red saber, unsheathed in the dark. But who was he before he became the right hand of the Sith? As Dooku courts a new apprentice, the hidden truth of the Sith Lord’s past begins to come to light. Dooku’s life began as one of privilege—born within the stony walls of his family’s estate, orbited by the Funeral Moon where the bones of his ancestors lie interred. But soon, his Jedi abilities are recognized, and he is taken from his home to be trained in the ways of the Force by the legendary Master Yoda.

This book has to be easily one of the top best books I’ve read during this year. I love star wars and I loved this book.

However its important to say that this book is more of a full script rather than a regular book. But I still loved it a lot. Reading this book I could easily image how a movie based of this script would look like, and because of this I gave this book some extra point.

The plot was were interesting, enjoyable and very very attention grabbing. The plot is very unique and it brings a lot to the history of Count Dooku, because it involves a lot of memories from Dooku’s past when he was training to be a Jedi knight, when he was a padawan to Yoda, when he became a Jedi Knight, when he became a member of the Jedi Council, when he turned to the dark side and his family relationships. Which was really interesting to learn about in detail.

From the moment I started reading this book, I became clued to this book and I couldn’t put it away because I was completely sucked into the plot and the characters. 

I personally think that Dooku is one of the underestimate and under hyped characters in the star wars universe. And this book really proves that he truly is an underestimated character and that we for sure need to see more of him and should have more books and a tv show about him.

If you ever wondered how Dooku got to be the character he was in the movies, then this book will give you all the answers because this whole book is all about him and you will revisit all of his past memories to how and why he got to be who he is in the movies.

I cant say much about the writing style in this book, since its a script rather than a normal novel. And I don’t know how or if it is even possible to review a writing style in a script.

If you are a fan of star wars then you should read this book. If you want to get into reading star wars books than this book is one of the best choices to start your journey with when it comes to star wars book. Because it will give you a good example of how good star wars books can get. But at the same time it will suck you into the star wars books.

The ending here was a little bit unexpected and it really gives us a huge plot twist, and because of the ending am a little mixed up about this book. And I dont know what I should feel about the ending because it was so good. 

I Give This Book 5 / 5

When Padmé Naberrie, “Queen Amidala” of Naboo, steps down from her position, she is asked by the newly-elected queen to become Naboo’s representative in the Galactic Senate. Padmé is unsure about taking on the new role, but cannot turn down the request to serve her people. Together with her most loyal handmaidens, Padmé must figure out how to navigate the treacherous waters of politics and forge a new identity beyond the queen’s shadow.

This book is the first book in the Padmé  book trilogy. And I gotta say that I didn’t like this gook as much as I liked the second book in this trilogy. And yes I began reading this trilogy from the second book and then jumped back to the first book.

Of course this book fills in the gaps which the movies had, in the timeline of before, during and after The Phantom Menace movie. But it filled in the gaps in a very boring way and mostly very very slow way.

It could be just me, but I felt like this book was going much slower than it needed to. It would have chapters about insignificant things which wouldn’t even matter in the following chapter. 

The writing style was okay in this book, but it was very very far away from the best writing style in the galaxy of Star Wars.

My edition of this book is 345 pages long, and there is no action (battle, or anytime of fighting) until the page 320. Which really speaks for itself at this point.

The this book as this whole trilogy takes place in any less favorite era of star wars which is between the Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones. Which I was never a big fan. So the reason it may be reason why I give this book so low rating. 

Characters here are very good, and I liked Padmé much better in this book than while watching her in the movies. Because in this book she shows much more personality than in the movies. But also this book shows us her struggle and that she constantly needed to prove herself to other people to be taken seriously and not as a kid.

When it comes to the other characters, they were as good as Padmé, there weren’t any character I didn’t like in this book. Because they all had a lot of personalities to them and it was almost impossible for me to not like the characters. Because in real life I would not have any problems becoming friends with them.

The plot in this book is about the transition from being a queen to being galactic senator which Padmé went through. And I personally liked the fact that she didn’t transition in one day but rather used to entire book and the fact that she needed to prove herself that she could be as good of a senator as she was a queen.

I like this book a fair share but since it is a star wars book and there was almost no action in it until the 2 last chapters made me very disappointed in this book just as the whole era to be honest. So it is the reason behind the low rating. 

But at the same time the mix between almost no action and the slow pace of this book really made me not appreciate this book as I wanted to do.

I Give This Book 2 / 5

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