A good fun read, even if a lot of it is just reiterating the plot of the movie (which it's supposed to do!) with lots of good character bits (especially around Obi-Wan) and also get some stuff that didn't make it into the movie (like Anakin saying he was going to marry Padme 5 minutes after meeting her BLESS YOU STAR WARS IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE.)

There are also some things that get countered by later canon, like somehow divorcing "Padme" from "Amidala" which was sort of funny and a little distracting.

This book is good for kids, probably, in the way books like this are good for kids, and for fans who are interested in a moment of Star Wars history.