Chris N's Reviews > Kenobi

This book starts right after the 3rd movie. Revenge of the Sith. Obi-Wan has take the infant Luke to Tatooine to be raised by his aunt and uncle. This book is based around what happens just after Ben (Obi-Wan) lands on the planet.

With the exception of the first few pages, Ben doesn't make an appearance in the book until about a third of the way into the story. The first third introduces a small enclave of people that he will be interacting with. I have to admit the first part of the book drags a bit as I thought it would jump right into what Ben first did when he got to Tatooine but not so. There is some meditation pages where he talks to Qui-Gon but other than that, not much happens with Ben.

The middle part of the book he starts becoming more of the story line and then the whole thing starts to flow better for me, you start to slowly see more of the anguish that he is suffering from the loss of Anakin and the loss of his Jedi family. He is trying so hard to not be Obi-Wan and to become "crazy" Ben that he just cant seem to let go of his Jedi ways. He blames himself for what happened to Anakin and he can see the same thing happening on a smaller scale to a local boy and intervenes to put him back on the right path.

I did enjoy the story, it was a bit slow and tedious in parts and while I would have liked to know more about Ben's adventures on Tatooine this was a solid book with a good story.

This book is an ARC and was given to me in exchange for an honest review.