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Summary: A 110% Page Turner for all readers!
Review: An evil scientist, Jenna Zan Arbor, is holding Qui-Gon Jinn captive and the only person who can save him is Obi-Wan Kenobi, his Padawan. Jenna Zan Arbor is hoping to learn how to capture the Force for herself and Qui-Gon is her guinea pig. As weak as he is from his his daily blood draining, Qui-Gon still has some tricks under his sleeve that he is hoping to use to free another Jedi that Zan Arbor is holding captive. But Qui-Gon has to play his cards right so that he won't give Zan Arbor the information she wants. Obi-Wan and his new friend, Astri, are doing everything they can to save Qui-Gon from Zan Arbor and Astri's father, Didi, who was shot by a blaster rifle. Time is running out fast and the medicine Didi needs to heal is being held in Jenna Zan Arbor's lab, where Qui-Gon is her prisoner. But the situation becomes worse as a deadly bounty hunter mysteriously follows Obi-Wan, preparing to take revenge as black as death. Will Obi-Wan and Astri reach the lab in time to save Qui-Gon, Didi, and the other Jedi who are all becoming weaker by the hour? Will the bounty hunter take away Obi-Wan's life the way she almost took Didi's? Will Jenna Zan Arbor be brought to justice? All of your questions will be answered after you read "The Evil Experiment", written by Jude Watson.
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Summary: A 110% Page Turner for all readers!
Review: An evil scientist, Jenna Zan Arbor, is holding Qui-Gon Jinn captive and the only person who can save him is Obi-Wan Kenobi, his Padawan. Jenna Zan Arbor is hoping to learn how to capture the Force for herself and Qui-Gon is her guinea pig. As weak as he is from his his daily blood draining, Qui-Gon still has some tricks under his sleeve that he is hoping to use to free another Jedi that Zan Arbor is holding captive. But Qui-Gon has to play his cards right so that he won't give Zan Arbor the information she wants. Obi-Wan and his new friend, Astri, are doing everything they can to save Qui-Gon from Zan Arbor and Astri's father, Didi, who was shot by a blaster rifle. Time is running out fast and the medicine Didi needs to heal is being held in Jenna Zan Arbor's lab, where Qui-Gon is her prisoner. But the situation becomes worse as a deadly bounty hunter mysteriously follows Obi-Wan, preparing to take revenge as black as death. Will Obi-Wan and Astri reach the lab in time to save Qui-Gon, Didi, and the other Jedi who are all becoming weaker by the hour? Will the bounty hunter take away Obi-Wan's life the way she almost took Didi's? Will Jenna Zan Arbor be brought to justice? All of your questions will be answered after you read "The Evil Experiment", written by Jude Watson.
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Summary: Unsure what to think really
Review: As part of the story, I found the book as enjoyable as I found the whole series, but there are things about the book that leave me feeling less enthousiastic than I should.The first trilogy of the series were three separate books merging into one great story. The books all had very individual stories that could be read individually, different settings, but they blended perfectly all the same. This trilogy are three chapters of the same story. The 2nd book picks up where the 1st one leaves off, and so (if I read the preview of the 3rd part right) does the 3rd book. The parts 2 and 3 do give a summary of what happened previously, but you really can't appreciate the story unless you really read the previous books. Where the 1st part did give you some kind of closure, this book only makes an attempt to it, the preview of the next book makes the end feel even more unsatisfactory. As a story, the book seems farthest away from the original theme 'Jedi Apprentice'. In this book Qui-Gon seems to be the learner, having to learn patience, and endure his torment without the conscious help of the Force, while Obi Wan is following all the correct leads, virtually unaided (at least by the Jedi), while other Jedi Knights are sent on fool's errants. There is a bit of explanation towards why he is allowed to do so, but considering his recent past as an apprentice on probation, this too seems insufficient. Qui-Gon's thoughts of help are directed towards Obi Wan, not the members of the Council, or its most powerful: Yoda. Obi Wan thinks and acts on his own initiative most of the time. The earlier books's greatest points: Obi Wan's continued doubts and fears, his blend of a Jedi-to-be and an impulsive and rather irresponsible 13 year-old, and his often bumpy relationship with Qui-Gon are non-apparent in this one. There is little suspense in the book, where there could be a great one, considering that Qui-Gon kept his suspicions about the evil scientist to himself, while Obi Wan thinks the scientist is above suspicion, and might have even have sought the scientist out in order to find a cure for Astri's father. Plenty of trap and pitfall possibilities, but the suspect is named very early in the book. The scientist could have been a great successor to Xanatos, but considering the way the story is going, she's manoevered into a corner, and there doesn't really seem to be a way out. Also the mix of brilliance and madness leans too heavily on madness towards the end to make it a durable character. The same thing happened to Stackpole's Ysanne Isard. The bounty hunter could be the other character to take over Xanatos's role as main villain, but somehow she lost a bit of her mystery and strength for me, when I learned her name and her background. It really is too bad, because the plot of this book was full of potential and oportunities, but the book feels as if those were not fully exploited. The book could have been so much better.
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Summary: Not as good as The Deadly Hunter
Review: As you may recall, the previous book in this series, The Deadly Hunter, was a fast-paced, fun action/adventure/mystery story, at the cliffhanger ending of which Qui-Gon had been captured by a mysterious bounty hunter. Unfortunately, and to the detriment of that book, the cliffhanger was much too abrupt and the book seemed to stop in mid-story. Well, this book picks up a couple days after Deadly Hunter leaves off, and resumes the story. Obi-Wan now has to search for his Master (does anyone else have a little trouble believing the Jedi would lay that much responsibility on a 14-year-old male?), accompanied by Astri, another character from TDH, who has her own reasons for going on the quest. Unfortunately, there is not nearly as much action or suspense in this book than there was in the previous one. Also, the author seems to have gone back to her old tactic of populating the galaxy solely with people and beings who are either boorish brutes or else comedic idiots. The only normal characters are the mains. Additionally, although this book works up to a logical conclusion, it twists at the last second and throws us another, unneeded and unwanted cliffhanger ending, nearly as abrupt as in the previous volume. If they're not going to finish the story in one book, then they should wait till it's done and release it in a "giant novel" or something, because these books are too short to warrant such cutoffs time and again. Although I still am finding the Jedi Apprentice series readable, it needs to end, because the story is not really moving anywhere and the author's style is getting somewhat tired. It was good while it lasted, but they're getting close to overdoing it. If you liked TDH, pick this one up, but don't expect anything terrible special.
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Summary: OK......
Review: I think the jedi apprentice books are the best and they keep getting better, accept this one. I thought it would be more exiting like the other ones, but this one was too strange. All these little books are really one chapter compared to the other 11 books. Buy it, see how you like it, but its not as good as the other ones.
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Summary: The Experiment Is a Success
Review: Jude Watson delivers yet again with The Evil Experiment. The novel is excellently paced and marks a true turning point in Obi-Wan's development. With Qui-Gon held prisoner by a mad scientist, Obi-Wan must head the search for his missing master and take command in situations where previously he followed Qui-Gon's lead. Here, we for the first time see the fully-mature Jedi that Obi-Wan will become by Episode I, and yet this Obi-Wan is also true to the Kenobi who has been growing through the first eleven books. Nobody has ever captured Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan better than Watson at her best, and probably nobody ever will. As for the rest of the novel, it is a treat for all. There is a compelling bad guy (bad woman, actually), an enigmatic, powerful bounty hunter, heroism, courage, sacrifice, and a few philosophical discussions to boot. This may very well be the best entry in the Jedi Apprentice yet. It is so good, I immediately reread most of it once I had finished. I haven't done that with a book in a long, long time.
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Summary: The Experiment Is a Success
Review: Jude Watson delivers yet again with The Evil Experiment. The novel is excellently paced and marks a true turning point in Obi-Wan's development. With Qui-Gon held prisoner by a mad scientist, Obi-Wan must head the search for his missing master and take command in situations where previously he followed Qui-Gon's lead. Here, we for the first time see the fully-mature Jedi that Obi-Wan will become by Episode I, and yet this Obi-Wan is also true to the Kenobi who has been growing through the first eleven books. Nobody has ever captured Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan better than Watson at her best, and probably nobody ever will. As for the rest of the novel, it is a treat for all. There is a compelling bad guy (bad woman, actually), an enigmatic, powerful bounty hunter, heroism, courage, sacrifice, and a few philosophical discussions to boot. This may very well be the best entry in the Jedi Apprentice yet. It is so good, I immediately reread most of it once I had finished. I haven't done that with a book in a long, long time.
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Summary: The Evil Experiment
Review: Qui Gon has been captured and is now being help captive in the laboratory of the brilliant scientist, Jenna Zan Arbor. Jenna has discovered a lot of things and has even helped planets from invading diseases, but one thing still remains unanswered, the force. She will stop at nothing in order to find out how the force is used and how it works. Meanwhile, Obi-Wan is clueless to where his master is being held captive. He and Didi's daughter, Astri, go searching for clues in order to try and find Qui Gon. On their adventure, they encounter new people and friends that help them in getting closer to finding Qui Gon. They also run to the bounty hunter Reesa On. This is a page turner and keeps you on the edge of your seat until the very end.
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Summary: The Evil Experiment
Review: Qui Gon has been captured and is now being help captive in the laboratory of the brilliant scientist, Jenna Zan Arbor. Jenna has discovered a lot of things and has even helped planets from invading diseases, but one thing still remains unanswered, the force. She will stop at nothing in order to find out how the force is used and how it works. Meanwhile, Obi-Wan is clueless to where his master is being held captive. He and Didi's daughter, Astri, go searching for clues in order to try and find Qui Gon. On their adventure, they encounter new people and friends that help them in getting closer to finding Qui Gon. They also run to the bounty hunter Reesa On. This is a page turner and keeps you on the edge of your seat until the very end.
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Summary: Excellant addition to the Jedi Apprentice series.
Review: Qui-Gon has been captured by Jenna Zan Arbor, a twisted scientist on a quest to discover the secret behind the Force. She plans to slowly drain Qui-Gon of his blood until he weakens and dies. Obi-Wan is desperately searching for his master, and gets stuck investigating with Astri, the teenage daughter of the man Qui-Gon was captured trying to protect. Astri wants to find Jenna Zan Arbor just as bad as Obi-Wan, for Jenna is the only one with the medicine needed to save the life of Astri's dying father. This was an excellent addition to the Jedi Apprentice series, and a great improvement over #11, The Deadly Hunter, which was the previous book. I highly reccomend this book to all Star Wars fans.
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