This book was more of an introduction to Palpatine as he rose through the political ranks than it was about Darth Plagueis (or Hego Damask, as he was known to civilians).

Prior to reading this, I was under the impression that Plagueis had "created" Anakin via his manipulations of the Force. However, his assumption that the Force had created Anakin in defiance of his exploitation makes more logical sense when the "Chosen One" prophecy is applied.

Virginia's poetry sounds like every teenager's terrible poetry at fifteen - but she has the actual angst to back it up.

You'd think a book by a prison librarian would be interesting and new. I mean, prisons and libraries? What strange bedfellows!

I was disappointed at nearly every chapter.

yawn.

Andrew Jackson was a crazy son-of-a-bitch.