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The background ambience of the audiobook made me a little nuts but otherwise this is still a favorite, and the metaphor of Jyn’s memories and traumas being the cave from Lamuh may be overdone to hell but whatever, I just love this book and these characters and THIS particular story

lorienbird32's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional 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? Yes

5.0

I absolutely LOVED this book! It was so well-written; I'm still gob smacked and I finished it 14 hours ago. I love how it expanded so much on Jyn and Cassian; you get to know them so well, and as an all time Cassian fan, of course I loved it. Specifically, the way Freed wrote the cave in Jyn's mind sealed by a hatch is just so pretty.

I started this book after not watching the movie in four years, wishing to be pleasantly surprised. (and I recently finished Andor and am now obsessed) I was surprised by the plot, and how well-done it was. I was also pleasantly surprised with how well the flow of the story goes and was reminded that however excellent movies are, books can tell a part of the story that movies cannot. The way you really get inside the character's heads; not even just the protagonists, but the antagonists as well, was just so beautiful and it made the story much more emotional. If you're a Star Wars/Andor fan, I highly recommend it.

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3.0

Average novelisation of the film. No surprises, no big extra scenes, but some interesting fleshing out of the characters, which adds depth to the movie. There are also a few interludes with technical memos, and one in particular gives a humorous and totally believable insight into the imperial bureaucratic mindset behind one of the film's main plot points.