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oh_izzy_izzy's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
slow-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
4.0
JEDI KNIGHT REATH SILAS!!!!!!!
beerd1's review against another edition
5.0
I really love the High Republic books, the fact that the Star Wars universe is one cohesive, multi platform Ed story really appeals to me and this chance to see in the past of it and a very different era is great.
The interlinked books of each phased release are exciting, touching and heart wrenching, building an overview of each event from such a variety of perspectives.
Also really loving the gay and non-binary representation that is in this one, given that it’s intended as a YA novel I think this is perfect, the more these things are normalised the better the world will be.
The interlinked books of each phased release are exciting, touching and heart wrenching, building an overview of each event from such a variety of perspectives.
Also really loving the gay and non-binary representation that is in this one, given that it’s intended as a YA novel I think this is perfect, the more these things are normalised the better the world will be.
thebluebookworm's review against another edition
5.0
This book took me a while to get through because of my classes and assignments, however it was still a fun read. For the most part, I enjoyed having Reath and Ram back and that they had some respite. If I'm being honest, I had a hard time figuring out what was happening during the first parts of the book, and I was hyper-aware that they were catching up to the timeline of The Fallen Star, so I was very nervous. The last part was very action and emotion packed and it felt good as a culminating point for Phase I.
itskaitw's review against another edition
3.0
hm. okay. here are my thoughts.
what i liked:
• this COVER and title ! definitely my favorite of all the high republic books. giving it an extra star just for the sick title & cover
• my boy reath was finally knighted :)
• all the lgbt rep was great
• the action at the end was fun
• jedi master who admits he has crippling depression. you never see jedi masters being forward with their feelings so this was honestly refreshing
what i didn't like:
• the plot & all the non-jedi characters. my biggest beef with the HR is that every book is split into alternating chapters of characters i like (the jedi we've grown to love over the course of several books) and characters i can't bring myself to give a single shit about (minor supporting newcomers like the nihil saboteurs, smugglers, pilots, etc). it makes half the book super good and the other half boring at best, annoying & skippable at worst.
• every chapter of this book that focused on Crash & her band of ?? whatever they were?? skimmed. didn't care. didn't add anything to the overarching plot. it felt like there were so many chapters of minor non-jedi characters through all the HR books just to lengthen the page count. this book could've easily been 100 pages shorter and 100% more enjoyable to read.
• there was WAY too much dialogue, and this is coming from someone who loves dialogue. at times i just wanted everyone to shut up and get back to what they were doing ! quit making sassy comments in the middle of a fight and just describe the actual scene please !
• cohmac knighting reath then immediately turning in his lightsaber, declaring himself no longer a jedi, and running off into the woods? what tf was that about? i wanted cohmac to get help with his depression not just run away! what kind of ending to a character arc is that?!
• ram was so annoying. i'm not sorry. he was cute for the first 20 or so pages but for the rest of the book i wanted to punt him out of an airlock
• the writing style. if not for the actual content of the book i would think i'm reading a generic modern-day YA novel. the writing style and dialogue just didn't feel like star wars. idk if that makes sense but the vibe of everything felt off to me.
• going back to the characters for a minute- characters on the cover are supposed to be who the book focuses on. by looking at this book you'd think we'd be getting lots of scenes with reath and cohmac together. But there were hardly any! i wanted to see how their relationship progressed and matured but we didn't get any of that! and cohmac just up and left right after reath was knighted so we're never going to get more of them together. this author did them both, but ESPECIALLY cohmac, so dirty
overall this book was okay, definitely not the best the high republic has to offer. nothing of note happens until the last 30 or so pages so just save yourself the time and read the last couple chapters
what i liked:
• this COVER and title ! definitely my favorite of all the high republic books. giving it an extra star just for the sick title & cover
• my boy reath was finally knighted :)
• all the lgbt rep was great
• the action at the end was fun
• jedi master who admits he has crippling depression. you never see jedi masters being forward with their feelings so this was honestly refreshing
what i didn't like:
• the plot & all the non-jedi characters. my biggest beef with the HR is that every book is split into alternating chapters of characters i like (the jedi we've grown to love over the course of several books) and characters i can't bring myself to give a single shit about (minor supporting newcomers like the nihil saboteurs, smugglers, pilots, etc). it makes half the book super good and the other half boring at best, annoying & skippable at worst.
• every chapter of this book that focused on Crash & her band of ?? whatever they were?? skimmed. didn't care. didn't add anything to the overarching plot. it felt like there were so many chapters of minor non-jedi characters through all the HR books just to lengthen the page count. this book could've easily been 100 pages shorter and 100% more enjoyable to read.
• there was WAY too much dialogue, and this is coming from someone who loves dialogue. at times i just wanted everyone to shut up and get back to what they were doing ! quit making sassy comments in the middle of a fight and just describe the actual scene please !
• cohmac knighting reath then immediately turning in his lightsaber, declaring himself no longer a jedi, and running off into the woods? what tf was that about? i wanted cohmac to get help with his depression not just run away! what kind of ending to a character arc is that?!
• ram was so annoying. i'm not sorry. he was cute for the first 20 or so pages but for the rest of the book i wanted to punt him out of an airlock
• the writing style. if not for the actual content of the book i would think i'm reading a generic modern-day YA novel. the writing style and dialogue just didn't feel like star wars. idk if that makes sense but the vibe of everything felt off to me.
• going back to the characters for a minute- characters on the cover are supposed to be who the book focuses on. by looking at this book you'd think we'd be getting lots of scenes with reath and cohmac together. But there were hardly any! i wanted to see how their relationship progressed and matured but we didn't get any of that! and cohmac just up and left right after reath was knighted so we're never going to get more of them together. this author did them both, but ESPECIALLY cohmac, so dirty
overall this book was okay, definitely not the best the high republic has to offer. nothing of note happens until the last 30 or so pages so just save yourself the time and read the last couple chapters
hexaphim's review against another edition
2.0
I love the High Republic overall, but this one had too much focus on the “young” in young adult for my tastes. I would say that I enjoy these characters more in The High Republic Adventures comics by the same author. It gets better towards the end, but the dialogue and plot didn’t feel like Star Wars to me. On to the next one!
sjmorelos's review against another edition
Just wasn't my vibe with the characters. Too woke for me.
guywantread's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
inspiring
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
thecatspajamas17's review against another edition
2.0
This is the first book in this series I’ve felt compelled to write a review for, and it’s not really a good thing. I really struggled with this book. I found the writing style absolutely annoying, and even characters that I enjoyed in previous books came across as insufferable. And once the action finally started about halfway through, it was kind of hard to keep track of what was going on. It’s enough to make me wary of reading Star Wars books by Older in the future. For now, I’m taking a break from The High Republic after finishing (most of) Phase I.
hallowwolf's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
stymieurgeson's review against another edition
I tried. I really tried, but I just can't. I think I'm done with the High Republic.