colls: (SW Rey TLJ)
colls (she/her) ([personal profile] colls) wrote in [community profile] swbookclub2024-01-22 07:22 pm

Lost Stars: Part 3

Welcome to our third of four check-in and discussion posts for our Book of the Month.

This month’s book is Lost Stars by Claudia Gray
Chapters 16-22

1. Was Thane and Ciena's reunion as expected?

2. Any predictions for how the story will be resolved?
brokenmnemonic: (Baby Yoda)

[personal profile] brokenmnemonic 2024-01-23 09:28 pm (UTC)(link)
I think Thane and Ciena's reunion would probably upset a remarkable number of Imperial officers. In a couple of ways, I'm not sure how I feel about it. Maybe I'm too old to be convinced by the idea of having attraction override rational thought? I thought the conversation/argument was well done, although I'm finding that I'm less sympathetic towards Ciena's point of view. I know that it's tied up with her personal and family traditions of personal honour, but it feels as if she's deliberately choosing not to see what the Empire is. I did like the fact that their loyalty to each other is still strong while also being a big factor in the conflict between them.

I like the way that this novel's continuing to give us new perspectives on familiar events, without hitting us over the head with surprise encounters involving big name characters. I feel that it's missing a unionist droid resistance fighter, though.