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darkside1523 's review for:
Leia: Princess of Alderaan
by Claudia Gray
This was an interesting book. I had heard great things about it and while the story was well written, it left me wanting a little more. The characterization of Leia was… interesting.
I get i come into this after Obi-Wan Kenobi portrayed Leia as a child, so that’s different than when this was released. But i felt the Leia was very naive and self centered in a lot of her thinking. She made a lot of the same ill-advised mistakes throughout the book. And it was sort of annoying.
But maybe that was the point. That regardless of who Leia would end up being, she was still a normal teenage girl making teenage mistakes just like anyone else in the galaxy.
I think the lasting effects this book has on the EU is the introduction of Amilyn Holdo. The friendship these two characters develop is genuine but i couldn’t shake the image of Luna Lovegood every time Holdo’s whimsical personality was described. It made it harder to stay “in the scene” whenever she was there.
Overall the story is engaging. There are stakes, both large and small. While i enjoyed seeing this part of Leia’s life, i don’t know if it adds as much to the character is say the Ashoka novel does.
I get i come into this after Obi-Wan Kenobi portrayed Leia as a child, so that’s different than when this was released. But i felt the Leia was very naive and self centered in a lot of her thinking. She made a lot of the same ill-advised mistakes throughout the book. And it was sort of annoying.
But maybe that was the point. That regardless of who Leia would end up being, she was still a normal teenage girl making teenage mistakes just like anyone else in the galaxy.
I think the lasting effects this book has on the EU is the introduction of Amilyn Holdo. The friendship these two characters develop is genuine but i couldn’t shake the image of Luna Lovegood every time Holdo’s whimsical personality was described. It made it harder to stay “in the scene” whenever she was there.
Overall the story is engaging. There are stakes, both large and small. While i enjoyed seeing this part of Leia’s life, i don’t know if it adds as much to the character is say the Ashoka novel does.