This was still definitely a very fun romp in the world of Mitth'raw'nuruodo: Noted Blue Homosexual, but I think was not as fun about the first one? Part of my struggles were the two narratives which probably work really well for people who are not like me (ie smart people), but it made it feel sort of more splintered to me. It didn't NOT work, but it didn't flow for me as much as I wanted it to.

Regardless, this was just delightful; the larger plot is SO INTRIGUING and makes me want to shake Zahn for the next book in the best way. The frantagonism (friend-antagonism) of Thrawn and Vader was great, though honestly I wanted more of Thrawn's impressions of Vader? And the Clone Wars-era plot was good and interesting, and in a lot of ways this was pretty clearly a Middle Book in a Trilogy but it was also good and meaty in ways the first one wasn't honestly, and that was good too.