I will likely discuss this more in the Twin Suns Book Club podcast. This is one of the areas this book didn’t feel like it met its full potential. I felt that there was potential for this book to have a moment like that, but it just needed more development. Claudia Gray is excellent at having these moments surround romantic relationships. This is common in books by Claudia Gray, notably near the end of Lost Stars. The only real criticism I have for the characters is I never really got the moment in the book where I felt completely gripped by the characters. Reath Silas is coming into his own and offers us a “coming of age” archetype, Orla Jareni is the Qui-Gon Jinn pseudo Gray Jedi type, Cohmac Vitus is a scholar, and Dez Rydan seems like the closest thing we’ll get to a “celebrity Jedi''. Just examining the Jedi alone, there are some unique and strong characters. This is advantageous because it allows the characters to have more depth and they are easier to keep track of. However, it is on a smaller scale than Soule’s High Republic novel. Somewhat similar to Light of the Jedi, Into the Dark has many quality characters (as you can see from my “main characters'' list above). Pretty creative and impressive writing from Claudia Gray.Īlright I had to talk about Geode, but it is now time to discuss the characters that have some real depth to them. How does he move around? How does he communicate? How does he do anything? Who knows! And with that character limitation Geode will likely steal your heart (if he hasn’t already). Just like the Jedi in the book, the reader never really gets to understand Geode. Geode is basically just a rock surrounded by mystery. The talk of the book is certainly Geode, who is one of the most unique characters ever introduced to the Star Wars universe. Let’s get into the details.īecause Into the Dark was largely character led, it is no surprise that it scores well in this category (that and the fact that it is written by character master Clauda Gray). It didn’t take away from the fact that this was a fantastic novel and will likely rank with the best of them. Almost like Gray had to finish the book against a deadline, but I’ll talk about that more a little later. However, parts of the book surprisingly felt incomplete. This really does increase the strength of this novel. While that is mostly true, the surprising strength of the book was what it added to Star Wars lore (although, maybe not so surprising considering the book’s title). While Light of the Jedi was world building and A Test of Courage was an exciting self-contained story, I expected Into the Dark to be a character driven masterpiece. So, this created a pretty rare combination of hypeness. Claudia Gray is my favorite Star Wars author (I know I’m not alone in saying this) and the High Republic novels already have a lot of existing hype. I haven’t been more hyped to read a book in a long while. Main characters: Reath Silas, Dez Rydan, Orla Jareni, Cohmac Vitus, Leox Gyasi, Affie Hollow, Geode, and others.īrief synopsis: Following a hyperspace lane disaster, the protagonists of the story find shelter at an ancient abandoned space station that is full of mystery and danger. Timeline: High Republic era which precedes the Skywalker Saga
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