A review by a_chickletz
Lesser Evil by Timothy Zahn

4.0

I love the rewrite that Thrawn has gotten or some may call it the better written backstory.

Thrawn is 100% the Sherlock Holmes of space. While he is crafty and is on the side of the Empire, this book finalizes the fact that he is not who we think he is (but he is exactly what I perceived him to be).

I am rating it down a star because while I enjoyed the galactic political intrigue / court play, the Grysks were a race that were rather confusing to me and their type of hold over the Chiss was something of a wonder. They just kind of came out of nowhere and there wasn't a lot of backstory / detail about them besides them being a group of beings entirely dressed in veils and dark cloaks. (I still don't know about them.)

The joy of this series is watching Thrawn form alliances to ladies of the various Ascendancy and getting shit done. Thalias and Che'ri are my favorite.

I really hope we get to see them again! I am crossing my fingers they'll show up in Ahsoka. They're just too good and deserve to shine.