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limondesperso's review
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
graff_fuller's review
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Please take this with a grain of salt. I'm an older person....who's read, watched and consumed most everything about this time period (Prequels & Original Trilogy) many times...so reading this Middle Grade version of a story that I know well...was less than perfect.
Now, granted....if I was a young child, experiencing this for the first time (as an introduction...after being exposed to the Prequels, first...then watching/reading the Original Trilogy), then I might've rated it higher.
It did what it needed to do, but it just wasn't for me. Just saying.
Also, it being from the Legends lore, it lands completely different after the Disney Canon cohesiveness. Just my opinion.
Other than that, it was fun to be back in this "head space", with these beloved characters and reliving these moments with Luke and Obi-Wan (actually, From A Certain Point of View-esque feeling).
I have a number of the Scholastic books to still get through...and it is starting to (if not already) wear on me. Ugh.
Now, granted....if I was a young child, experiencing this for the first time (as an introduction...after being exposed to the Prequels, first...then watching/reading the Original Trilogy), then I might've rated it higher.
It did what it needed to do, but it just wasn't for me. Just saying.
Also, it being from the Legends lore, it lands completely different after the Disney Canon cohesiveness. Just my opinion.
Other than that, it was fun to be back in this "head space", with these beloved characters and reliving these moments with Luke and Obi-Wan (actually, From A Certain Point of View-esque feeling).
I have a number of the Scholastic books to still get through...and it is starting to (if not already) wear on me. Ugh.
stormblessed4's review
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
hstapp's review against another edition
2.0
This book mostly gives brief flashes of stories that have already been written. The flashes themselves aren't terribly interesting. Meer summaries or word for word retellings of events from the movies. They aren't tied together in any particularly interesting way, so the book just lacks a lot of luster, despite being a retelling. It is really like reading a somewhat dry biography.
lisathelizard's review against another edition
2.0
well, let’s see
i was expecting a little bit more from this book. knowing it is legends i thought there would be little stories about obi wan that we didn’t know about yet, and yes, there were, but just a few. the rest of the book was a poorly written and rushed summary of the prequels and the ot, and i get it, it was nice having those stories with a little obi wan/ben insight, and i understand the summaries needed to be rushed, there was no place to write the whole books, they already exist on their own, but i mean, if you’re reading a book like this you are a star wars fan, there’s no other possibility, which means you know perfectly well what happens in the movies. i think the whole rushed and poorly written description of the plot could’ve been avoided in favour of more little obi wan moments that we didn’t get to see, in between scenes or, at the beginning of the book, from his padawan era. the ben kenobi chapters were amazing tho. i’ve read almost all star wars books that centers on obi wan and this was not good. but in this book’s defence, and the reason i gave three stars, there were 4-5 very special moments that made me suffer a lot. seeing obi wan’s thoughts on some movie scenes and especially the last moment with anakin’s ghost, wow, those were memorable and made me cry a lot and were not badly written imo, as the majority of the book was. those are the scenes i cherish and that made me at least satisfied with the book. onto the next star wars book!
i was expecting a little bit more from this book. knowing it is legends i thought there would be little stories about obi wan that we didn’t know about yet, and yes, there were, but just a few. the rest of the book was a poorly written and rushed summary of the prequels and the ot, and i get it, it was nice having those stories with a little obi wan/ben insight, and i understand the summaries needed to be rushed, there was no place to write the whole books, they already exist on their own, but i mean, if you’re reading a book like this you are a star wars fan, there’s no other possibility, which means you know perfectly well what happens in the movies. i think the whole rushed and poorly written description of the plot could’ve been avoided in favour of more little obi wan moments that we didn’t get to see, in between scenes or, at the beginning of the book, from his padawan era. the ben kenobi chapters were amazing tho. i’ve read almost all star wars books that centers on obi wan and this was not good. but in this book’s defence, and the reason i gave three stars, there were 4-5 very special moments that made me suffer a lot. seeing obi wan’s thoughts on some movie scenes and especially the last moment with anakin’s ghost, wow, those were memorable and made me cry a lot and were not badly written imo, as the majority of the book was. those are the scenes i cherish and that made me at least satisfied with the book. onto the next star wars book!
emiann2023's review against another edition
5.0
I really liked the context this novel provided. Young Obi is adorable, and while I could have lived without the line-for-line recap that was a large majority of this book, the new content was interesting enough to make reading it worthwhile. Obviously it contradicts some of the story from the new Kenobi series, but not in a completely fatal way, so it's easy enough to let it slide.
nilalupin's review
adventurous
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
fantasticmrethan's review
3.0
I really liked the framing and structure of the novel and the additions to the events we know and those we don’t.
Not the book for you if you want to learn some unknown Kenobi history or fully acknowledge some plot holes between the prequels and the original trilogy but it’s an easygoing little book that does exactly what it sets out to.
Not the book for you if you want to learn some unknown Kenobi history or fully acknowledge some plot holes between the prequels and the original trilogy but it’s an easygoing little book that does exactly what it sets out to.
c_serpent's review against another edition
5.0
I love Obi Wan Kenobi!!!! 100/5 stars for the man, the myth, the legend.