I was fully prepared to give this book 2.5 stars, as I was only reading it to lead in to Stover's novelization of Revenge of the Sith. But the gripping, action-packed final third of the book mostly makes up for the clunky, boring first two-thirds. It works well as prequel, building right up to the beginning of RotS, though it's not really worth reading for its own sake. ( )

The thing that struck me most about this novel was the incredible betrayal and evil of Senator Palpatine. Here he is playing everyone against everyone - no one knows fully what he is doing. He's like this malignant puppet master. The writing was a little uneven, and the characterization of Anakin is still troublesome for me. I just can't reconcile all the different views of Anakin with what he ends up doing. ( )

This book was a good read but it just didn't grab me for some reason it was nicely written with an interesting story strangely the thing I liked alot about the book was learning more about grievous and his past, i wouldn't recommend this one to a non Star Wars fan, but as far as books go this one was still pretty good. ( )

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So this is the CW novel I was waiting for with Anakin/Obi-Wan action.
Loved all their scenes, esp the bar the went to on Naos III. I couldn't help but LOL when the bartender thought they were looking for a hooker . I liked reading how well they worked as a team and even argued, esp about Padme or what they had to give up to serve for the Order.
I liked how whenever they went to a worse off plant they felt nostolgic for the last place. hehe
This part broke my heart!
Ani: and you, Master. What does your heart tell you you're meant for?
Obi: (says even with a smile) Infinate sadness
You can see the dark side sneaking up on Anakin, like when he made the ceiling come down with his anger. scary.
Reading about the events on Coruscant with Mace and Shaak Ti tracing Sidious steps was cool too. Too bad they didn't see where it lead sooner
I was happy Padme and the other senators made an apperance. The seeds of the rebellion are being planted And I always wanted to know what happened to her during the invastion.
Bail was so sweet when he said (& forshadowed) he doing anything he could to help Padme
(side note) I am curious to find out in Dark Lord if Bail knows that Anakin is the father, I don't think he knows Anakin became Vader though anyways
SO this one was my favortie Clone Wars novel ( )