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4.37 AVERAGE
4.37 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I just don’t think Soule’s style is my type. I have a harder time connecting with the characters, even though I’ve spent so many books getting to know them at this point. Some of them I’ve really grown to care about, others I just never really cared for and their ending seemed so uninteresting. I honestly can’t decide if I actually like how the conflict was resolved.
I both really liked and don’t like how our main antagonist, Marchion Ro, has changed throughout this series. Part of me does wish he would have stay more true to the cult leader from earlier on, but I actually quite liked this “everything means nothing,” mentality he’s developed, I just wish we would have had more time dedicated to that, expanding on that thought process. I did enjoy his ending though.
That was kind of my biggest problem with this though, I just felt like the cast was too wide in this one, meaning certain stories didn’t close out as satisfying as others and certain scenes that I’d really been excited to watch play out were cut short. I loved Porter’s story and watching his ongoing battle with General Viess, but this element felt so separated to the rest of the book, it didn’t quite fit. Same could be said for the story unfolding on Eriadu, it just didn’t mesh as well with the story of the 9 Jedi that took precedent for most of the book.
I’ll definitely come back for more of Reath, more of Bell and Burry, even Ty Yorrick, and as much as I enjoyed this series not focusing on the Sith, the groundwork laid for them was really cool and I’m intrigued if the ties to the future timeline will be utilized in new stories. I’m also hoping the B team of the Jedi are the focus for the YA novel, because I’m also so intrigued as to what they were experiencing.
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
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:
Complicated
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
tense
fast-paced
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A powerful conclusion to one of the most ambitious Star Wars book projects since the New Jedi Order series from the pre-Disney timeline. The mystery of the Nameless and the Blight are fully explained and resolved in a satisfying way. Though this is not *technically* the end of the High Republic era and the start of the prequel era, just enough of a shift is hinted at that you could see this as a starting point. There were also some very satisfying character arcs that came to completion here. That said, if you haven’t read *all* of the books, YA & MG novels, audiobooks, and comic books, there might be some details in here that go over your head or characters that you haven’t encountered before suddenly become more important to this book’s storyline than other characters you really enjoyed. That’s the biggest downside to such a sprawling multimedia project like the High Republic. There were also one or two moments that were built up in previous books that were resolved in a rather anticlimactic way, but this book does wrap the series up in a (mostly) neat bow.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death
Overall I think that The High Republic series got too large and thus too difficult to have a cohesive story or ending. I think Charles Soule was given a thankless task of tying up so many endings into one novel. I do think he did an admiral job. This was not my favourite THR book but I overall had a really good time with it and the ending was very moving.
The Jedi finally being allowed to have big wins and the final victory was nice since every book at every reading level couldn’t have them really win anything. I like when the Jedi can save people, so I really loved the ending of this book and THR arc. That said, some characters suffered from not being allowed to win until this final book and made me greatly dislike them as a result.
Bell’s story in this was phenomenal, it was everything I wanted it to be. I was so moved by it. Bell Zettifar is one of the best characters from THR and I’m glad he got to shine in this book after being ignored in the previous one.
In the end, I did have fun with THR and one day I’ll go back and read some of the other reading levels and comics. It was too big a task for the authors but I love Star Wars and I’m always happy to have stories with the Jedi.
The Jedi finally being allowed to have big wins and the final victory was nice since every book at every reading level couldn’t have them really win anything. I like when the Jedi can save people, so I really loved the ending of this book and THR arc. That said, some characters suffered from not being allowed to win until this final book and made me greatly dislike them as a result.
Bell’s story in this was phenomenal, it was everything I wanted it to be. I was so moved by it. Bell Zettifar is one of the best characters from THR and I’m glad he got to shine in this book after being ignored in the previous one.
In the end, I did have fun with THR and one day I’ll go back and read some of the other reading levels and comics. It was too big a task for the authors but I love Star Wars and I’m always happy to have stories with the Jedi.
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-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