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Queen's Shadow
by E.K. Johnston
The Phantom Menace came out when I was a young teen and while I had been a Star Wars fan since I was much younger it's really the movie that ignited my love for the whole universe in a way that is still true today. Many things were said about the prequels, some of them I really do agree with, but my young self didn't care at the time. I didn't care about all the faults it might have. All I saw was that there were SEVERAL jedi and lightsaber fights and the whole Star Wars universe suddently seemed so much bigger and full of possibilities (I had never, until this year, read books etc, I was strictly a movie fan). And of course, there was the child queen. Amidala. Padmé.
I don't think that at that point I had met a character like that, if I had it hadn't left an impression on me the way she did. I just really thought she was cool and brave and had great costumes. I also developed a BIG fascination with her handmaidens. Why? I'm not sure. They just appealed to me. Maybe I was never the type to imagine myself as the hero, as the queen, but I could imagine myself as the knight behind, as the handmaiden. In the shadow, fighting for what's good etc.
All this to say, this book delighted me because after the movies, after The Clone Wars, it not only gave me more Padmé content, but gave voices to the several handmaidens that help her. It elaborated on Naboo customs. I love that it chose to explore that moment in her life, the difficult transition between queen and senator, what it meant, to her and her loyal helpers.
It was just also a really soothing book in general. I was a bit nervous to start because I was a little disappointed by the Ahsoka book by the same author, but not here. I don't know if the story or characters were better suited to her writing style, but I just really enjoyed the story. Nothing was dramatic. There were some intrigues here and there, but it's not an action book, it's not an adventure. It's more of a character(s) study, a simple look into the process of change and growth.
I really liked it.
I don't think that at that point I had met a character like that, if I had it hadn't left an impression on me the way she did. I just really thought she was cool and brave and had great costumes. I also developed a BIG fascination with her handmaidens. Why? I'm not sure. They just appealed to me. Maybe I was never the type to imagine myself as the hero, as the queen, but I could imagine myself as the knight behind, as the handmaiden. In the shadow, fighting for what's good etc.
All this to say, this book delighted me because after the movies, after The Clone Wars, it not only gave me more Padmé content, but gave voices to the several handmaidens that help her. It elaborated on Naboo customs. I love that it chose to explore that moment in her life, the difficult transition between queen and senator, what it meant, to her and her loyal helpers.
It was just also a really soothing book in general. I was a bit nervous to start because I was a little disappointed by the Ahsoka book by the same author, but not here. I don't know if the story or characters were better suited to her writing style, but I just really enjoyed the story. Nothing was dramatic. There were some intrigues here and there, but it's not an action book, it's not an adventure. It's more of a character(s) study, a simple look into the process of change and growth.
I really liked it.