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4.35 AVERAGE
4.35 AVERAGE
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Incredibly well-written novelization that changes how I view the saga. Matthew Stover gave new life to everything that fell short or flat in the film. I cherish this book.
I grew up with the prequels and, by this point, could write a doctoral thesis on the topic.
I've gotta say though, Stover's novelization of RotS is phenomenal. It illuminates the film's screenwriting and elevates it from being a slightly melodramatic of-its-time-piece (don't get me wrong, I love the prequels) to a brooding study of trauma, macho violence, and manipulation. There's political machinations, there's profound and believable struggles, there's fantastic characterisation of characters who were more or less token decoration before Stover fleshed them out.
In the end, it makes a lot of folks uncomfortable to watch/read media about a main character that's sold to us as your traditional archetypal hero, only to find him delivering a textbook example of unresolved trauma and how it warps a supposedly 'good person' into a violent husband. With good reason. It's a brutal thing to watch and it's very hard to balance our feelings of ever having rooted for Anakin versus all the crap he does.
Be it intentionally or not, it's exactly this that makes RotS a story that was so far ahead of its time. Even as it falls very flat on other fronts, this story is trailblazing in an unexpected way.
I've gotta say though, Stover's novelization of RotS is phenomenal. It illuminates the film's screenwriting and elevates it from being a slightly melodramatic of-its-time-piece (don't get me wrong, I love the prequels) to a brooding study of trauma, macho violence, and manipulation. There's political machinations, there's profound and believable struggles, there's fantastic characterisation of characters who were more or less token decoration before Stover fleshed them out.
In the end, it makes a lot of folks uncomfortable to watch/read media about a main character that's sold to us as your traditional archetypal hero, only to find him delivering a textbook example of unresolved trauma and how it warps a supposedly 'good person' into a violent husband. With good reason. It's a brutal thing to watch and it's very hard to balance our feelings of ever having rooted for Anakin versus all the crap he does.
Be it intentionally or not, it's exactly this that makes RotS a story that was so far ahead of its time. Even as it falls very flat on other fronts, this story is trailblazing in an unexpected way.
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Did not like his treatment of Padmé. At all. “Her life before Anakin belonged to someone else, some lesser being to be pitied, some poor impoverished spirit who could never suspect how profoundly life should be lived. Her real life began the first time she looked into Anakin Skywalker’s eyes...” He even goes so far as to acknowledge all of the incredible things she has accomplished in her life, but compared to the greatness of being Anakin’s wife, none of it matters.
Padmé is such an incredibly strong female character and her treatment in the second book got me excited. We see her thoughts and her choices first hand - and then we get this? The two books completely contradict each other in the characterization of Padmé, and I am very disappointed.
Padmé is such an incredibly strong female character and her treatment in the second book got me excited. We see her thoughts and her choices first hand - and then we get this? The two books completely contradict each other in the characterization of Padmé, and I am very disappointed.
10/10.
This had no business being so well done. Novelizations usually contain almost no new information beyond what you see in a movie, but that was not the case here. This makes the story of Revenge of the Sith and the entire prequel trilogy so much more impactful than the movies were. This primarily comes from being able to have inner dialogue from all the characters, as well as conversations between characters that are far longer and more in depth than the movie could have allowed for without being 5 hours long. The book even manages to be a pretty effective self-contained book without any other knowledge of the SW universe. The audiobook version was very well narrated and the music and sound effects were top notch. I'd recommend this book to anyone who wanted more out of ROTS than the movie was able to provide.
This had no business being so well done. Novelizations usually contain almost no new information beyond what you see in a movie, but that was not the case here. This makes the story of Revenge of the Sith and the entire prequel trilogy so much more impactful than the movies were. This primarily comes from being able to have inner dialogue from all the characters, as well as conversations between characters that are far longer and more in depth than the movie could have allowed for without being 5 hours long. The book even manages to be a pretty effective self-contained book without any other knowledge of the SW universe. The audiobook version was very well narrated and the music and sound effects were top notch. I'd recommend this book to anyone who wanted more out of ROTS than the movie was able to provide.
The worst part about this book is that it makes you realize how much better the movie could have been. This is easily one of the best Star Wars books I have ever read. It helps you genuinely believe Anakin's transition.
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes