Once again, the genre is probably fantasy or sci-fi. There are 279 pages, and the reading level isn't particularly difficult, but is still complex enough to hold my attention. Also, some of the sentences were annoyingly long, but maybe not ridiculously so.
Darth Plagueis's closest relevance to the Star Wars movies
is the fact that he was Darth Sidious's master. But aside from having
Sidious as an apprentice, Plagueis was an interesting Sith Lord on his
own. He tried to use midi-chlorians, the creators of the Force
and all life beside, so that he could live forever. This attempt at
immortality, however, diverts him from keeping a weary eye on his
apprentice. Never dying would directly defy Darth Bane's Rule of Two,
and Sidious takes advantage of his master's distraction and destroys his master, sustaining the Rule of Two.
I liked Darth Plagueis as a story, but not as a book. Although it was an interesting tale of a Sith Lord, Luceno didn't write it particularly well. The vocabulary was medium to high, but I had some issues with the grammar and formatting. The physical book itself also smelled bad, but it was from the public library, so I'll forgive. Additionally, there were some pretty cool conversations between Sidious and Maul, which is something I enjoy about Sith books. The master is always teaching valuable lessons to the apprentice, some of which aren't fantasy/Sith at all and can actually be applied in my life.
The next book I plan to read is The Enemy by Charlie Higson. Yay reading! Yay fantasy! Yay sci-fi!
Bye, people.
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