A review by inkandplasma
Journey to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: A Finn & Poe Adventure by Cavan Scott
3.0
Rating: 3 stars.
This was a fun little story. It took me about an hour to get through to the 'best' ending but there was definitely a loop of bad endings I got caught in because I cannot resist any option that sounds like I'm going to meet my boy, Kylo Ren. Either way, this is a very fun kid's book. It's simplified, and everything is very much 'set to stun'. But it was fun, and I bet kids would get a lot of enjoyment out of playing through and trying to find the good endings (I found two, and I think that's all of them but I might be wrong). I did find that, especially at the beginning, I hit a LOT of bad endings in a short space of time. Some kids might find that frustrating (I'm 22 and it was starting to wear THIN) but once I was past the first section of the book and into the main storyline it slowed down a bit and I found a lot more enjoyable when I wasn't backtracking all the time. The illustrations are amazing though, and I loved those as an addition to the story. Particularly one of an incredibly grumpy looking Kylo Ren.
Still an enjoyable adventure though, and I'm looking forward to Han & Chewie and Luke & Leia when those show up next year at some point.
This was a fun little story. It took me about an hour to get through to the 'best' ending but there was definitely a loop of bad endings I got caught in because I cannot resist any option that sounds like I'm going to meet my boy, Kylo Ren. Either way, this is a very fun kid's book. It's simplified, and everything is very much 'set to stun'. But it was fun, and I bet kids would get a lot of enjoyment out of playing through and trying to find the good endings (I found two, and I think that's all of them but I might be wrong). I did find that, especially at the beginning, I hit a LOT of bad endings in a short space of time. Some kids might find that frustrating (I'm 22 and it was starting to wear THIN) but once I was past the first section of the book and into the main storyline it slowed down a bit and I found a lot more enjoyable when I wasn't backtracking all the time. The illustrations are amazing though, and I loved those as an addition to the story. Particularly one of an incredibly grumpy looking Kylo Ren.
Still an enjoyable adventure though, and I'm looking forward to Han & Chewie and Luke & Leia when those show up next year at some point.