A review by carlyoc
Aftermath by Chuck Wendig
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Taking place immediately after the original trilogy of Star Wars movies, this novel looks at what was happening around the galaxy as the empire fell apart with the loss of Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine.
As someone new to the Star Wars fandom, I found it a little difficult to feel invested in the characters at first and in the numerous interludes that show snippets of events outside the main storyline.
Eventually, I came to appreciate the small band of rebels on the outer rim planet of Akiva that were the focus of this story. I found ex-Imperial Sinjir and practical bounty hunter Jas and the dynamic between them particularly endearing.
The main storyline follows Norra Wexley, a rebel pilot who helped take down the second Death Star, returning to Akiva to find her teenage son Temmin, whom she had left behind to join the rebel alliance years ago. Meanwhile, a meeting of the remnants of Imperial leadership is taking place in Akiva to try to determine how to move forward without an empower and with their forces decimated. Norra and Temmin end up getting roped up in a plot to sabotage the imperial meeting and rescue Wedge Antilles, who has been captured by the Impetials.
As someone new to the Star Wars fandom, I found it a little difficult to feel invested in the characters at first and in the numerous interludes that show snippets of events outside the main storyline.
Eventually, I came to appreciate the small band of rebels on the outer rim planet of Akiva that were the focus of this story. I found ex-Imperial Sinjir and practical bounty hunter Jas and the dynamic between them particularly endearing.
The main storyline follows Norra Wexley, a rebel pilot who helped take down the second Death Star, returning to Akiva to find her teenage son Temmin, whom she had left behind to join the rebel alliance years ago. Meanwhile, a meeting of the remnants of Imperial leadership is taking place in Akiva to try to determine how to move forward without an empower and with their forces decimated. Norra and Temmin end up getting roped up in a plot to sabotage the imperial meeting and rescue Wedge Antilles, who has been captured by the Impetials.