Reviews

Guardians of the Whills by Greg Rucka

beerd1's review against another edition

5.0

Surprisingly touching, nice to get to know these two characters more and having just listened to Battle for Jedha and read the most recent High Republic releases, the perfect time to read it. Very good, easy but emotional read.

poncho4255's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

A lovely quick read. Found this in the juvenile section, but it read every bit as good and intrigued me as well as any other adult Star Wars novel I've tackled. Satisfying book.

jedixdume's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

e2187's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

courto875's review against another edition

adventurous sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

morgcxn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

5.0

jacquisxo's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

dylanhenning's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

This book was frustrating as a Star Wars fan. It felt like it was being pulled in a few different narrative directions and it doesn’t really explore any of them enough to provide any real depth.

I did appreciate getting some lore tidbits on the Whills and even the Sith through translated poems and journal entries at the beginning of each chapter. It would’ve been cool to dive a little deeper there but I can understand why they wouldn’t want to do that so early in the “new” canon timeline.

It was fun to get more of Baze and Chirrut and their banter and relationship. 

There was a pretty interesting quote in the last third of the book about the Empire and conformity. I hadn’t considered it from that perspective before but it will certainly be in my mind going forward.

The ending here felt lackluster. There was no major conflict or intense action sequence to drive home the end of the story. Just a brief altercation that dissipates almost as quickly as it started. 

In the end this is a fun read for Star Wars conpletionists nut I wouldn’t consider essential reading. I think this story might have worked better as a short story or comic one-shot to tighten the focus and flow.

melniksuzuki's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

asche's review against another edition

4.0

Eh, kind of disappointed that the book teased about Baze losing his faith in the Force, but never went into more detail about the history or cause. I would have loved a story about their days as Guardians of the Whills (as that is the book's title), this seemed more like a direct prequel to Rogue One. Also yes, we get that Baze is a large man.