jenny_librarian's reviews
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It seems disjointed at first, but by the time the third part comes around it comes together well. Still, the thrill of reading this is seeing the Jedi Council’s shenanigans. They’re a bunch of idiots and it’s hilarious to see.

A few twists were also worth it. The last chapter was *chef kiss*

I hate having to rate this less than 4 stars. Canon pansexual Merrin should have been enough to give this 4.25 at least. Unfortunately, the writing is… shaky at best.

Maybe it wasn’t edited properly, maybe they ran out of time before publication. Whatever the reason, it’s bad. To the point that I sometimes had to reread a paragraph 2-3 times to understand what was going on. There was also a lot of repetition, sometimes from different characters basically saying the same thing, other times the same character repeating their thoughts from one page to the next. It’s really not that good.

And that’s a shame because this book is for the lesbians! Merrin being described as pan ON PAGE!! Having a very steamy relationship that burns just as quick and bright as her fire! An open discussion about a possible polyamorous relationship! (They don’t say as such explicitly, but it’s one of the few times there is subtext in that book…) It could’ve been great. Should’ve been great 😔

Don’t base your expectations on the cover. The publisher put something that draws the attention, but doesn’t really fits the story. The Fifth Brother takes a lot of room on the cover, but he’s there maybe 20 pages in total? There’s no picture of Fret, but she’s way more important than he is. Also Cal is centred (probably because he’s the main character in the video game) but Merrin is the central character in this story. Of all of them, she’s the one who has the most character development. Dare I even say, the only one who has some serious development…

I’ve read worse in the GFFA, and if it weren’t for the writing this could have been really good. As it stands, I advise you read only if you want some lesbian Nightsister action.

It was an okay finish, but I’m glad this run is over. It was a bit too convoluted by the end. Too many near-misses and times Vader faced the rebels for it to be believable.

It concludes well enough though, and I liked the little short stories at the end. Was nice to see Poe’s parents.

The High Republic, turning caring teen girls into evil masterminds!

THR middle grade novels continue to be among my favourites. All around well done and you don’t even feel like you’re reading a book originally written for 10-14 years old.

Loved Ram, as always. Tep Tep was a great new addition to the growing pool of neurodivergent characters. Zyle and the THRA phase 2 Easter eggs were perfect. And Driggit is my new favourite villain.

Older and Wong knocked it out of the park with this one!

Okay, I love Mace Windu, but I feel this comics did him a bit dirty just to introduce a new villain.

As much as I love Mace Windu, this isn't drawing me in much so far. I do like the art, though. Has a bit of an 80s vibe to it. 

This book sure is wordy… I think I lost the thread two or three times there just trying to keep up will all the talk about finances and political schemes. Didn’t help that most of it was telling with very little showing.

There were interesting details, like how the clone army came about. But there were also many things I didn’t enjoy, from how this is more a book about Palpatine than Plagueis to how Palpatine is the reason Padmé was Queen.

I’m glad this is legends and I can disregard it. I was expecting more. I’m quite disappointed and hope whatever canon makes of Plagueis

like that hint we had in The Acolyte

is better than this book was.