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Lost Stars by Claudia Gray

9 reviews

jessiesnoww's review

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Colonisation, Medical content, Classism, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Genocide, Death, and Suicide

Moderate: Slavery, Racism, and Sexual content

fictionfalcon's review

adventurous emotional

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Gun violence, Slavery, Medical content, Murder, Police brutality, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, War, and Sexual content

Minor: Animal death, Vomit, Alcohol, and Torture

letheaster's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense 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

4.0

I did enjoy this book. The story was fun and as it went I got more and more invested to see how everything would pan out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, and Genocide

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Medical content, Slavery, Grief, Alcohol, and Sexual content

kibbles15's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-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

5.0

I give this book five stars! I will say that the book was bit slow to start and I wasn't sure how I felt about a book written from the point of view of Imperial Officers.  But after the first couple chapters, I absolutely loved the book!  The story was engaging and the character development was amazing.  In fact, I am kind of sad this is a stand alone book.  I would have liked to see more of the main characters in future books.  (I guess this is still a possibility as I haven't read any of Claudia's other books, but...it is unlikely).  Anyway, it was interesting to see the events of the three original Star Wars Stories (episodes IV-VI) from the point of view of people outside of the original Star Wars cast (Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo...etc.).  Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I highly recommend this to any Star Wars fans.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War and Genocide

Minor: Death, Slavery, Child abuse, Alcohol, Classism, and Cursing

ohgull's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring tense 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

This book, omg. I loved it so much. It has everything I love about Star Wars, and there wasn’t even a single lightsaber!

I absolutely adored Thane and Ciena. Seeing them play off each other throughout the whole book was amazing. I sobbed and cheered on just about every page. 

The nuances of this book is amazing. Specifically the detail taken to include all of the details about the Empire. Throughout the movies and some other Star Wars novels, we are shown pretty black and white portraits of the Empire. The Rebels are good, Empire bad, but what I loved about this book is seeing how they were evil. How the kindest of people can commit war crimes. I loved the sneak peak into the Imperial Dogma, and seeing how they manipulated so many into their cause.

The ending of the book was incredible. I was confused most of the book because it was supposed to connect to the Force Awakens, but I never noticed anything. When I did finally notice how it connected, I was in awe! I will always see the Force Awakens differently now. That’s what I love about Star Wars, is the continuing richening of the story and movies. Every small detail can be expanded into an epic full of amazing stories.

TLDR: 5/5 Absolutely incredible, I will always have the final scene stuck in my head rent free.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Death, Grief, Violence, and War

Moderate: Genocide, Murder, and Suicide

Minor: Alcohol, Medical content, and Slavery

darthban's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

While the book starts off with an engaging premise and interesting characters, the story quickly plateaus and stagnates. The same conversations are rehashed over and over, and character development screeches to a halt half way through the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation and War

Moderate: Death and Genocide

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Alcoholism

e_flah's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I really enjoyed Lost Stars from a Star Wars macrohistory perspective. It was really neat to see key events from the original trilogy -- and a bit beyond -- unfold from ordinary people's points of view. The distant third-person POV style made it hard for me to connect emotionally with Thane and Ciena, which was a bit of a disappointment.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, War, and Suicidal thoughts

abusive parent, death of a friend, war violence

grinchem's review

adventurous hopeful reflective 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

4.0

It's very YA and gets repetitive at times, but it picked up around the halfway point had some good angst. Overall a fun, relatively short read that is also accessible for readers who are new to the Star Wars universe. It did a really good job of showing the characters becoming indoctrinated and then gradually breaking away from the propaganda, in a way that was both compelling and understandable

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, War, Suicide attempt, and Death

Minor: Racism and Domestic abuse

Nothing graphic, but it does deal heavily with war, and suicide is brought up several times

arosereads's review

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

Such a fun read. A lovable (and hate-able) cast of well-written characters set in an exciting and relevant story within the Star Wars universe. Couldn’t ask for anything more besides a sequel!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Death