PT Club Jocasta: AHSOKA

I started audiobooking it a couple days ago - which I recommend if you can, it's read by Ashley Eckstein!

 

Hopefully I can get through this without crying.

 

I think this is our unofficial motto of Star Wars.

 

Not got this one and recently moved flat so unlikely to get around to it any time soon, but please tag me in for the next one ta.

 

I'd love to join the Book Club threads, but I just got pretty well into reading the Aftermath series, so I'm not in on this one, but please tag me in as well for the next ones!!! Thanks!

 

I have so, so many thoughts about this book. I thought it was really good and hit a lot of emotional notes that I was hoping it would, and a couple I wasn't expecting at all but loved.

Are we allowed to talk about stuff all the way through to the end or am I supposed to keep it restricted to certain chapters for now? I'll play it safe and just say that I was ruined just from the Prologue alone. I still want them to make the damn Siege of Mandalore arc. Direct-to-video that stuff already, Disney! God. Stupid Maul. I disagreed with Ahsoka's internal thoughts that Kenobi wouldn't have liked her "half a Sith" comment, though. I'm pretty sure that delightful sarcastic bastard lives for that kind of crappy combat humor and he would have been proud. Especially as it was part of her kicking Maul's ass.

Anyways I died a little bit at how quickly Johnston jumped into the Obi-Wan/Anakin/Ahsoka pathos. I really love those three as a trio and I was just so sad for Ahsoka, feeling so alone out there -- and still being so young, too! She's been through so much in her life already. When she has her little moments, even early on, where she tries to reach out for Anakin, or any of the Jedi, and finds nothing but blackness and emptiness, I was like WHY BOOK WHY. It made that moment in Rebels later when she has her terrible realization so much worse (and we all know going back and making something that was already sad MORE sad is pretty much Star Wars 101.)

I'll try not to wade too much further than that. I don't entirely recall which things happened at which points in the book and I don't want to jump too far ahead for everyone.

 

I really liked the first half of this but the latter half of it felt like any other TCW episode. Which is either good or bad depending on whether or not you liked TCW. In my case, it was rather disappointing.

 

I would so love to join you on this one, if Amazon wasn't waiting to ship it with freaking Catalyst! Grrr.

 

I had assumed the book would have taken placed during the clone wars (shortly or immediately after her last appearance) or during Order 66. Im far more curious about her situation during those events than I am about how she became Fulcrum in later years. I was kinda disappointed.

Also I have to say the outer rim 'western theme' present in much of the new canon content is starting to wear a bit thin for me. It made sense for this story, but that doesnt mean it's not starting to feel a bit too familiar.

 

I finished the book and I quite enjoyed it. 'Ahsoka' is probably one of my top five favorite new canon books right now.

 

I've gotten through the first few chapters. I'm loving it so far. I agree that Ahsoka's character is spot on in this book, which really helps when trying to imagine her in these situations. Also its already SO SAD lol. The prologue and second prologue thing were nice additions to show a little bit to what happened right around and right after ROTS. Specifically how her and Rex made it out. Now I'm interested to see when the Empire comes to Raada and how'll she'll deal with that. Lastly this line talking about that one Imperial was great lol (and probably applies to 90% of people in Star Wars. "It was overly dramatic, but he was fond of the effect"

 

The bit with her and Rex and what they did to throw people off their trails destroyed me. Can you even imagine if they'd shown this in TCW? I'd still be crying about it.

 

Oh gosh I forgot about that! Interesting.

Her burying her blades. Oh why, Star Wars.

Also I really liked/hated the fact that both her and Obi-Wan must certainly have been going through that same sort of isolation in those first couple of years. Obviously he has a lot more inside info about what happened, but even still. Damn it, Anakin.

 

Enjoying the Ahsoka book very much so far. E.K. Johnston's clear and concise style makes for fast paced reading, yet also conveys a lot of subtle emotion, conveying multiple layers of meaning, depending on one's familiarity with TCW and ROTS.

I find EKJ's tone and style refreshing compared to a lot of EU books I've read.

Ahsoka's initial escape from her hermetic hovel and her assumed lack of attachment to possessions and friends and family familiarity are compelling and quite sobering. Ahsoka's feeling that Skywalker and Kenobi had perished in Order 66 is an interesting and plausible idea the author plants in the minds of readers unfamiliar with actual events.

I feel bad for Ahsoka. Yet her masterful skills of stealth and subterfuge in evading the stormtroopers are described quite effectively. Her strength and intelligence help alleviate the sadness of her inevitable journey.

As you can see, I'm still at the beginning of this novel. I'm taking my time. I will try and catch up. Thanks for your time. MTFBWY.

 

Ugh I'm on Chapter 15. I'm so annoyed at these farmers right now. I get that Ahsoka is an outsider and she's not being so forthcoming, but they could have just told her, look this is what we want to do and made her work with that rather than do a bunch of stuff behind her back. And then to get so mad she doesn't tell you she was a Jedi that you run back into enemy territory? Sorry Raada, you did that one to yourself.

 

So sorry for this but I read this as her and Rex MADE OUT lol....

Possible ship?

Ashrex?

 

And oh! I didn't know Breha was the Queen of Alderaan! Of course she was!

 

Well, there does seem to be a little bit of a lesbian love interest going on here, which I think is awesome.

 

OH and the author loves tumblr. See, I swear those tumblr girls are taking over this fandom in all the right ways.