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4.34 AVERAGE
4.34 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I was never quite as thrilled with the movie as I felt I should have been. Matthew Stover captures the true depth of character and plotting that is in the story but barely touched upon in the motion picture. Every Stover Star Wars novel has given me little epiphanies, and this one has turn my opinion of which of the prequels I prefer most.
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Du point de vu des romans de Star Wars, celui-ci se passe immédiatement après Labyrinth of Evil et débute avec la Bataille de Coruscent. La planète est sous l'attaque du Général Grievious. Après cette bataille, Anakin commence à avoir des visions de la mort de Padmé, sa femme. Anakin sera prêt à tout faire pour la sauver, même passer au Côté Obscur de la force et trahir ses amis.
Dans ce livre, on est plus conscient de la ligne de temps que dans le film. Dans le film, on dirait que tout se passe en trois jours. Dans le livre, on apprend que Skywalker passe au moins une semaine sans sommeil, ce qui commence à l'affecter psychologiquement. Juste ce point donne un gros avantage au roman par rapport au film.
Je dois avouer que l'histoire cadre mieux avec les films originaux. On peut se passe des Épisodes 1 et 2 mais pas du trois. Au moins, avec le livre, on a pas à subir le mauvais jeu de certains acteurs!
Dans ce livre, on est plus conscient de la ligne de temps que dans le film. Dans le film, on dirait que tout se passe en trois jours. Dans le livre, on apprend que Skywalker passe au moins une semaine sans sommeil, ce qui commence à l'affecter psychologiquement. Juste ce point donne un gros avantage au roman par rapport au film.
Je dois avouer que l'histoire cadre mieux avec les films originaux. On peut se passe des Épisodes 1 et 2 mais pas du trois. Au moins, avec le livre, on a pas à subir le mauvais jeu de certains acteurs!
like watching the titanic sink in real time.
chiaroscuro indeed.
chiaroscuro indeed.
I love that Anakin becomes a stand up comedian after joining the Sith. He was like, “my problems are solved and I can just make jokes all the time now.”
Love, loved this book. I do have nostalgia for the story, but this book elevated it to a new level. I understand everyone’s motivations more clearly, and it’s so painful to watch Anakin fall to darkness.
RIP to my girl, Padme. You’re too good for Ani and I wish either: 1) you didn’t die, or 2) you haunted the narrative more. I just want her to have more action bc she’s a badass 😭😭😭
Love, loved this book. I do have nostalgia for the story, but this book elevated it to a new level. I understand everyone’s motivations more clearly, and it’s so painful to watch Anakin fall to darkness.
RIP to my girl, Padme. You’re too good for Ani and I wish either: 1) you didn’t die, or 2) you haunted the narrative more. I just want her to have more action bc she’s a badass 😭😭😭
dark
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
sick to my stomach thinking about how rots could have been this good.. george lucas you will pay for your crimes
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
4.5 to 5 ⭐️/5
Breezed through this book; ROTS is my all time favorite movie so I was incredibly excited to read this book and get to actually know what the characters were thinking.
Some things I wish were done better, though, was the ending. Basically everything that happened during and after order 66 I was just a little disappointed in because I was hoping it would be more Anakin focused. That’s on me for wanting this, but I also just overall find it weird that the author didn’t delve deeper into Anakin’s perspective once he was Darth Vader. Like his transformation to Vader was told through other perspectives but I wanted to know everything Anakin thought. I wanted to see his thought process during the entire execution of Order 66, and the battle on Mustafar. I kinda feel like the author was scared to go into Anakin’s thought process during this time tbh.
Other than that, no other complaints. I mean some sequences were hard to follow but that’s also Star Wars for you lol. I do think you can only read this if you’ve seen the movie and can follow along in your head because of the movie, otherwise it would be difficult to understand.
The author is obviously a very skilled and talented writer and excels in description and dialogue. I really liked the added elements in this book, especially the extra dialogue bits that really added to the overall plot. The building relationship between Anakin and Palpatine was written very well, and even I was convinced by what Palpatine was saying. The book also definitely helps fill in plot holes from the movie/missing bits of info which is really helpful.
Overall, very enjoyable read—absolutely loved getting to read Anakin’s descent into the dark side.
Breezed through this book; ROTS is my all time favorite movie so I was incredibly excited to read this book and get to actually know what the characters were thinking.
Some things I wish were done better, though, was the ending. Basically everything that happened during and after order 66 I was just a little disappointed in because I was hoping it would be more Anakin focused. That’s on me for wanting this, but I also just overall find it weird that the author didn’t delve deeper into Anakin’s perspective once he was Darth Vader. Like his transformation to Vader was told through other perspectives but I wanted to know everything Anakin thought. I wanted to see his thought process during the entire execution of Order 66, and the battle on Mustafar. I kinda feel like the author was scared to go into Anakin’s thought process during this time tbh.
Other than that, no other complaints. I mean some sequences were hard to follow but that’s also Star Wars for you lol. I do think you can only read this if you’ve seen the movie and can follow along in your head because of the movie, otherwise it would be difficult to understand.
The author is obviously a very skilled and talented writer and excels in description and dialogue. I really liked the added elements in this book, especially the extra dialogue bits that really added to the overall plot. The building relationship between Anakin and Palpatine was written very well, and even I was convinced by what Palpatine was saying. The book also definitely helps fill in plot holes from the movie/missing bits of info which is really helpful.
Overall, very enjoyable read—absolutely loved getting to read Anakin’s descent into the dark side.