theunwisesage 's review for:

Star Wars: Thrawn by Timothy Zahn
5.0

This appears to be my gateway back into the Star Wars mythology (though the Darth Vader comics from Marvel helped, too). I've read a couple of the new novels but experienced varying degrees of disappointment in them. This did not only meet expectations, but exceeded them by a considerable margin.

It has convinced me to catch up on the "Rebels" TV series and give more of the novels a chance. I'd given up after the last one I tried.

This is Sherlock Holmes in the Star Wars universe. This is one of my favorite "Legends" characters re-imagined by his creator for the new canon without a disappointing retread. This is a fun story told in an almost serialized fashion but collected in a single novel. The structure lends itself the the reading equivalent of binge watching. Each chapter is a story within itself all adding up to a greater narrative. And that's how shows on Netflix work these days. They have great single episodes telling their own story that combine to a (hopefully) memorable season arc.