Light of the Jedi

I generally like reading Star Wars books every now and then because the world is so iconic and vast that there's room to explore a lot of different facets of it without having to spend a ton of time on setting up the world. I was excited to try out a story set in an earlier era of Star Wars that was free of the weight of the Empire and all the characters from the movies.

This book was... fine? I mostly just found it a bit bland I think. There are a ton of characters and things going on, so I never really got attached to anything or anyone. A lot of it feels like suuuper stock-standard action too, early on several chapters end with a character being cut off mid-line by an explosion. There's some good stuff in here too though, I liked following a character that was uncertain of himself learning to become a Jedi and the hero that people expect him to be (which is also pretty standard, but works here mostly).

I would probably give this a completely neutral 2.5/5, but since I don't think I would actually recommend it to people I'll round it down to a 2. There are much better Star Wars books out there.