I would give the novel 3 stars.
The author really annoyed me with all his stops to say, "This is Obiwan Kenobi."
"This is Anakin Skywalker."
"Think is Count Dooku."
"This is Anakin and Obi-wan."
"This is General Grievous." (okay, it was the only good one)
"This is Padme Amidala."
"This is how it feels to be Anakin Skywalker, RIGHT NOW." x2
and launch into a monologue thing in the middle of everything. Why not start going:
"This is The Captain of the Invisible Hand"
"This is CloneTrooper # 1398"
"This is how if feels to be San Hill, right now."
"This is how it feels to be Oddball, right now:"
"This is the chair Palpatine is sitting in."
"This is how it feels to be the Utai that fills up Obi-wan Kenobi's starfighter fuel tank on Utupau"
"This is a Senate pod, in the light."
"This is how it feels to be Paplatine's handcuffs"
A pretty poor way to start describing things.
And he really bugged me with the 1/2 dozen one-word sentances he would do on
one page.And, like Zen said, he rushed throught the end. Obi-wan didn't even fight Grievous till 2/3 in to the book- and Obi-wan seemed to be too super-heroish.
I really can't STAND the beginning of chapter 7.
Drives me crazy.
Sorry, ^ if all that seems like I'm ranting
As you can tell, I don't think much of Matthew Stover's writing style.