First off, the most important part - I liked it. In general, it has a lot less of Thrawn in it because it's building up to the third book firstly, but also why Thrawn leaves to go to the Empire, and introduces us to the threats he becomes most worried about in those earlier books that take place after this. So yeah, less of Thrawn himself, but lots of necessary stuff to get us to where we need to go.

July 2023 - continuing my reread of the Thrawn stuff before Ahsoka comes out! :)