I had much higher hopes for this but it was only meh. It found its stride in the last quarter of the book, but the first three quarters were not great. Did not care for the mace slander nor the portrayal of the clones. Also did not like the attempts to be like the Revenge of the Sith novelization, most of those moments fell flat. I enjoyed the

parallel between Ruug and Ketar with Obi-wan and Anakin n their journeys to how to deal with an apprentice that takes it too far

.