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Star Wars Queen's Peril
- Narrated by: Catherine Taber
- Series: Star Wars, Book 53
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Teen & Young Adult, Science Fiction & Fantasy
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Publisher's Summary
A prequel to the New York Times best-selling novel Queen's Shadow, further exploring the life of the iconic Padmé Amidala!
When 14-year-old Padmé Naberrie wins the election for queen of Naboo, she adopts the name Amidala and leaves her family to the rule from the royal palace. To keep her safe and secure, she'll need a group of skilled handmaidens who can be her assistants, confidantes, defenders, and decoys. Each girl is selected for her particular talents, but it will be up to Padmé to unite them as a group. When Naboo is invaded by forces of the Trade Federation, Queen Amidala and her handmaidens will face the greatest test - of themselves and of each other.
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- Benjamin
- 2022-07-23
Anakin Skywalker Liked Flying
My favourite quotes from this book: “Anakin Skywalker liked flying.” “Anakin Skywalker really liked flying.”
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- Katie
- 2022-05-13
Voice acting, folly work, and soundtrack
It should be noted that this audiobook approaches a radio play in terms of how it sounds. While the Narration is great, it can sometimes be difficult to hear over the buzzing sound effects or beeping or chattering background is playing on top of it. I really wish there was a way to adjust the sound effects or mute them entirely so that the background noise actually sounded like BACKGROUND noise and aided the performance instead of drowning it out. Its interesting for sure, but not for everyone.
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- Alyssa
- 2021-01-28
Great slice of Episode 1
After reading both Padme books, I will say I really enjoyed the story behind all the handmaidens, even if a lot of it played out more "slice of life" than most Star Wars stories. Going back and watching episode 1 after diving into all these books really helped round out the story behind it all, made me appreciate it more as a big Star Wars nerd.
I enioyed all the characters and Padme as central focuses. My only complaint on this book was the blood alarm, haha. It's not that it was horrible just kind of silly for the political tone of this book. It didn't ruin it for me though. Would recommend for anyone interested more in the political side of Star Wars.
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- katja
- 2020-10-03
amazing
The story is a bit slow and doesn’t really start to move fast (almost too fast) till the last two hours of the book. I loved it though. It was really cool to see how Padmé met her handmaidens. Beware of the torture scene near the end though, it wouldn’t be that bad but they have a screaming sound effect in the background that made me quite uncomfortable. Just a heads up for anyone that’s sensitive with those kind of things.
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- brian
- 2020-06-02
An excellent prequel for Ep 1.
Love how the new cannon is expanding so much on the prequels, ginving emotional depth, and development to so many characters. This one is no exception. Narration and style of writing both are excellent.
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- Daniel
- 2020-06-14
The interludes are great.....
Good Star Wars audio performance. I very much enjoyed the interludes with Qui Gon, Obi Won, Maul, and others. Honestly, that was the best part of the book. The character development was slow and frustrating. It felt I was reading about about a bunch of girls on student council rather than running a planet.
If you're a canon junkie, you can justify the read (aka listen) but if you're looking for an fun Star Wars read this is something you can skip.
6 people found this helpful
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- Holly
- 2020-06-26
Meh
boring but cute.... I've not been impressed with EKs otherworks (Althought I powered through because I love Ahsoka and Padme) but this story did not have much substance nor was it very exciting
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- Robert the great
- 2020-10-30
What just happened?!
We were going along with a wonderful story and then they decided to cut massive chunks out of the timeline in efforts to what??? end the book?
Then I have no idea what happened after about 2/3 into it. So disappointed for someone trying to follow the timeline from book one to the very end.
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- David
- 2020-06-11
Incredibly Terrible; do not purchase!
Where is the character development? The conflict? this is a terribly written book. Padme is a beloved character and the mother of two of the strongest people in the galaxy, but this book makes her superficial and complacent. I still love the character, but this book has turned me away from ever purchasing another by this author.
Please buy a different book to explore these characters, as this is not it...
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- CozyReverie
- 2020-06-03
Great for Padmé fans!
I absolutely love that we got to know the handmaidens! The narrator is amazing. The whole production is great.
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- Pam
- 2022-02-25
SUCH A GREAT AUDIOBOOK
love the narrator and the story! Such a great time to be alive! if you are a clone wars saga lover and star wars nerd you HAVE to read this book and the sequels. E.K. Johnston did a marvelous job bringing Padme's story to a reality. Growing up I wanted to hear, read, and see more of Padme since she is my favorite star wars character! woohoo! Thank you!
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- Marie A.
- 2020-06-03
Excellent Premise, Choppy Finish
There's a lot about this book that I like, but a lot that doesn't work.
I really appreciate the effort put into expanding all of the Handmaidens. They are characters I've been fascinated with since I was a kid. The way they are all given unique backstories and skills was fantastic. It was great to see how each of them was recruited and how each of them contributed to the team with their skills. The set up is truly amazing. I wish it had gone in a better direction.
What weakens the positive things Johnston does with the characters is her handling of the characters, especially Padme and Quarsh Panaka. He's almost treated as a villain even though he's just doing his job and he turns out to be right in the end. Padme acts as though he is her overbearing father who is stifling her instead of the head of her security. This weakens Padme's character considerably. She goes from being a strong politician to being bratty and incompetent. The unprofessional way she and the handmaidens behave with Panaka undercuts all the effort put into establishing their abilities. A situation where Padme wants to go to a concert and sneaks out is a glaring example of her being to immature and childish. I get that she's 14, but this is a planet where people mature early and are able to be elected to political office. The Padme presented here is not capable of running for student council, let alone governing a planet. A simple solution would have been to tell Panaka that she's going to the concert and working with him to make it happen as securely as possible, which is his job. Instead, this supposed politician snuck out like a little kid breaking curfew.
These issues wouldn't be so bad if Padme was depicted as wrong in her immature moments and allowed to grow from them. But, as was the problem with Queen's Shadow, Padme is never allowed to be wrong. The narrative always treats her as right and anyone who doesn't completely agree with her is framed as wrong, like Panaka, even though the end of the story should have proved that he had been right in all of his precautions. He was responsible for getting those guns into the throne, making it possible for them to turn the tables on the Trade Federation, despite Padme's groundless complaints.
The worst part of the book is the end where it overlaps with The Phantom Menace. This is where the story goes from being a quality, detailed narrative to being choppy and barely intelligible. It ends up as a series of scenes with nothing to connect them. More than a few times, I had to rewind and relisten to understand what was going on. Two more hours, at least, should have been added to flesh out the portion overlapping with TPM so there could have been a cohesive story. The way the story randomly jumped to A New Hope with Leia at the end was strange. If the book had shifted back and forth between Padme and Leia all throughout, it would have made more sense to book end the story with similar descriptions
Overall, this is a series I WANT to like so much, but it's difficult. I do enjoy the prose and the emphasis on personal relationships between the characters.
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- HufflepuffHobbitJedi95
- 2022-08-18
top 5 Star Wars book
This is by far one of my favorite Star Wars books of all time. Catherine Taber did a wonderful job as the narrator, as is expected. I loved learning about the ins and outs of Padme's role as the Queen of Naboo. I loved how perfectly it flows into Episode 1. Also Saché is a badass.
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- Nicholas
- 2022-07-26
Best background added to any Star Wars
Reading this is like reading a Harry Potter book after seeing the movies. It provides additional depth and context to the stories but never feels like a rehash of what one already knew from Ep 1. Greatly appreciated the added complexity to these previously background characters.