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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.
jasonpwrites's review against another edition
1.0
Daniel Jose older is a good writer. I really enjoyed Last Shot, but man, was this book a slog. And I hate saying that, because it's a Star Wars book. But, this is clearly a young adult book that's not meant for any other audience. You have a teenager in charge of her security agency on Corellia, a Jedi who thinks everything is awesome and cool and emotes that, which is not the Jedi way, and you have a Jedi master who leaves the order. For someone who does not read YA books and only adult books, they're going to be some inconsistencies. Very, very disappointed in this.
roznn's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
hopeful
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
obviousninja's review against another edition
A little too winky to the rest of the Star Wars universe (yes, weird critique but the kid invented Wizard) and the tone was just a little too YA with too many issues with the writing style to make it worth it