DROP EVERYTHING. Say that you're dead and close yourself inside the house until you're done with it! It's a great book and puts the events of TFA under another light. It is extremely interesting and it adds a lot of weight to the new trilogy!
As I said there's a lot of politics and it *should* be dry because of that but is not. Since we're experiencing it from Leia's POV we have her thoughts to accompany us throughout the book and - as any human being - her thoughts drift into memories and feelings. It's a wonderful bridge between the original saga and the new one. Claudia Gray did a marvelous job and I really hope she'll write more books!
I am 100% happy with where Leia and Han are in their lives even if they have to spend time apart. As I read somewhere in the EU Han was basically Leia's personal pilot, her husband and nothing more after the battle of Endor, but in the new Canon the character has grown beautifully and remained in character. I can see him going on missions with her until the New Republic started working but then I can see him being restless and wanting to do something with himself.
Than, in TFA, we find him and Leia back to what they were because of the tragedy that happened to them with Ben and - since we see in the book how the revelation that Vader is Leia's father - everything makes even more sense.
I was so inspired by the book that I opened up again Final Cut Pro after a long time and I made a music video that I'll post maybe later today :D
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As I said there's a lot of politics and it *should* be dry because of that but is not. Since we're experiencing it from Leia's POV we have her thoughts to accompany us throughout the book and - as any human being - her thoughts drift into memories and feelings. It's a wonderful bridge between the original saga and the new one. Claudia Gray did a marvelous job and I really hope she'll write more books!
I am 100% happy with where Leia and Han are in their lives even if they have to spend time apart. As I read somewhere in the EU Han was basically Leia's personal pilot, her husband and nothing more after the battle of Endor, but in the new Canon the character has grown beautifully and remained in character. I can see him going on missions with her until the New Republic started working but then I can see him being restless and wanting to do something with himself.
Than, in TFA, we find him and Leia back to what they were because of the tragedy that happened to them with Ben and - since we see in the book how the revelation that Vader is Leia's father - everything makes even more sense.
I was so inspired by the book that I opened up again Final Cut Pro after a long time and I made a music video that I'll post maybe later today :D
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