A review by k_winchester
Jedi Healer by Steve Perry, Michael Reaves

2.0

I read the first Jedi Healer book ages ago and remembered liking it. Since then, I've learned a lot about writing and read a whole lot more books. Both things made this book suffer for me - rather than getting invested in the story, I felt annoyed by many of the author's choices. There were so many unnecessary explanations and backstory chunks, way too much repetitive sections (how many times did we have a vague chapter about the spy being regretful of his/her actions but deeming them necessary? Once was all that was needed) - and Barris' struggles with the bota seemed to be abruptly solved at the last second in such a hand-wavey way. I ended up wanting to edit and "fix" this book instead of enjoying it.

Had I read it back several years ago with the other one, I might've enjoyed it a lot more.