brassaf 's review for:

The Deadly Hunter by Jude Watson

4.0

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These books are fun, quick reads. And yes, they're for younger readers, but remember, I'm on a personal mission to READ ALL STAR WARS BOOKS. (Well, most of them.) With this book I think I'm finally caught up through the year 2000. But on to this book: I feel like there should have been more Coruscant in the prequel trilogy. The entire planet is one big city? Ok, prove it! Let's see the shady parts, the sunken dregs below the city, etc. This book gets into a little of that, but also continues to expose the mind of Qui-Gon as the rock-solid, steady Jedi Master and Obi-Wan the young apprentice. The best part of the book is probably the fancy things the bounty hunter (pictured with laser whip on cover) can do. From her collapsible skeleton, to the aforementioned whip, her ability to disguise and infiltrate and stay one step ahead of the Jedi, she makes a fun and formidable villain. But I won't spend too much time on this review, as the book itself was a cliffhanger and I can't really review the entire plot as a result. After all, the point is--