Books The High Republic: Into the Dark by Claudia Gray

If people think about sex is it natural then they would find it odd if people DON'T have sex. They may have been trying to see what the Jedi are into. I have been asked more awkward question by someone I just meet, so if people have a goal they will just go for it.

 

Not disagreeing per se, but for Star Wars it is odd, which is all I was getting at to start with. Particularly for a YA novel. I'm no prude but it was just a bit jarring.

 

It wouldn't have occurred to me that anyone who's not an 18th century puritan would have thought this book was sexual in the slightest until reading this thread.

 

I have a question, do we learn anything new about the Force or the Jedi in this or any other High Republic novel/comic?

 

We learn how other users experience the Force, primarily in “Light of the Jedi “. And in this book we learn about a new Jedi tradition.


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IF they knew more about the Jedi, it wouldn't feel odd to me. It's like how people will randomly ask a Catholic priest they just met if he really doesn't have sex. What jarred me is that Affie and Leox didn't even know what Jedi were; so there was apparently a universal assumption that ALL MONKS IN THE UNIVERSE don't have sex, which is a bit odd given how vast the GFFA is.

That isn't what bothers me about the book though--it's all those parenthetical asides and the fact that I truly don't care about what happened 25 years before. Does it add to the story? Sure, I guess? But I'm not even 200 pages in and I've been reading this 3 days and am just bored by it all. BORED! While LotJ felt bogged down at times to me and I didn't care about any of the characters I wasn't reading of at a given time (too large of a cast), at least I didn't feel bored.
And it's not like the flashbacks are at bad times, because they're spaced apart well and there is quite a bit that is neat to read of.

I blame everything on those parenthetical asides because I mentally trip over them and can only think of Wendig, whose writing I essentially abhor. Gray's other books in SW that I've read have been better than this.

 

A lot of the interludes did feel quite pointless and repetitive so you're not wrong.

 

About halfway through. I think it has more focused characterization than Light of the Jedi, and I like how it it gives us a better idea of how the hyperspace disaster affects ordinary people. I was kind of expecting the characters to interact more though. It feels like we have 3 storylines that don't really have much to do with each other, and I'm sure that will change by the end, but it's kind of disappointing right now.

 

You know I forgot all about them except the last one. Cause aside from that they are useless.

 

And very repetitive.

 

Finally got this from Amazon UK - it took them forever to get it in stock.

 

I'll get to it eventually - I'm currently reading a 700-;page non-SW book so that will keep me busy for a bit. (I read fast but not fast enough to finish something like that in a day or two..)

 

I thought.... it rocked.

 

Yep, it's a solid book.

 

Solid, as a.... rock?

 

I enjoyed it! Good book so far.

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Maybe a head canon, but is the young Wookie a Chewie nod? The baby would be about the right age…

 

Finally got around to reading this today as it was delayed here in the UK. I thought it was pretty good given that it was aimed at YA readers.
On the Wookiee

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Pretty sure it was mentioned the baby was female.
Edit - yes, the sex is mentioned on page 226.

Edit - I got a definite Silent Running vibe from the garden droids.

 

You.... you are awesome. I wish I had had a librarian like you.

 

I would say you are succeeding.

Remember do or do not.

 

There are sections of Into The Dark to which my response was "why was this not available 30 years ago?", might be hugely helpful to teens now.

 

I finished it today and didn't like it at all. I gave it 1 star on Goodreads.

If this was the first CG novel read I'd never buy another. This was such a disappointment. I just couldn't get into it and it felt like a slog to get through in all ways. The Drengir were particularly disappointing and almost laughable that THAT was the dark force the idols were keeping at bay. It makes me wonder if this HR era is even worth buying more of.