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Thrawn: Alliances by Timothy Zahn
3.75
adventurous funny relaxing medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Star Wars dudebros hate this book and that's why I liked it
The plot is basically non-existent and the premise is "what if we throw Vader and Thrawn on a ship and make them work together" and you know what? I had fun and that's what matters
  • This book is unintentionally (I think) hilarious. There's some dialogue that could've been pulled straight out of fanfiction because I never thought canon would dare to set Vader to this lighter tone
  • For another moment Vader was silent. "That makes no sense."
  • Loved seeing a more talkative Vader and a bit of Anakin peeking out
  • He is SO DRAMATIC. Saw some reviews saying it was out of character but come on, Anakin is on brand over-the-top and boohoo if your big sith villain is not stoic all the time
  • Younger Thrawn was certainly more snappy and while I understand why that changed I wish some of it was kept
  • "is falling into enemy hands part of your style?"
  • Thrawn casually dropping on the conversation that he knows Vader is Anakin is both a sexy and a religious experience

Now, I had some issues; manly with the "past" timeline, that was waay slower and harder to care about
  • Why do we have a Padmé pov here? I love her but it didn't fit the story and I didn't care
  • Look, if you're going to show war crimes you have to like...not brush it over? IDK how am I supposed to sympathize with a senator that's just kinda "oh well shucks, i can't control my husband" when he destroys a community
  • I agree with the reviews that say Thrawn's character would benefit from some flaws. It was not something that bothered me while reading but it would give us more insight on him