Reviews

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker by Rae Carson

tomizuka0829's review against another edition

3.0

Funny how the book seems to acknowledge that the plot of Rise of Skywalker doesn't really make much sense.

laurenkara's review against another edition

5.0

ok after reading the love hypothesis (which i only kinda liked) i decided to rewatch the sequels and i finally watched the rise of skywalker (i'd been putting it off forever bc i knew what happened and i wasn't ready to deal) anyway thus once again begun my hyperfixation with star wars. obvs i had biases reading this book bc im soooo soooo attached to these characters and i would d** for all of them. it was definitely going to be rather impossible for me to not love this book, but it exceeded all my expectations (the amount of annotating i did!!!!). i absolutely loved being inside everyone's head and actually being able to see all their thoughts and feelings on page (especially kylo's/ben's

snichols's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

5.0

thepaige_turner's review against another edition

4.0

I actually really enjoyed this (though I also really enjoy the movie too)! Knocked down a star because the pacing is strange in some places (but again, it's also kind of rushed then slow in the movie too) and it was enjoyable to read about a couple moments that weren't in the movie or explained very well on screen.

camiclarkbooks's review against another edition

I just couldn’t do it. It’s cheesy, it’s jerky, it’s too much of a struggle. 

psyco12_2000's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

4.25

speculativeshelves's review against another edition

4.0

I feel like it's weird to say a novelization is better than the movie but in a lot of ways I think it is?

TROS is a fun film which overall I loved but I found that the extended/additional scenes in this novelization made me appreciate the film even more. The novelization allowed the fast-paced story to have more slower-paced character focused moments which is something I desperately wanted in the film (and I'm sad that we'll probably never see some of these deleted scenes, like Rey and Rose interacting, that we know got filmed but were not included in special features).

In addition, I think Rae Carson did an excellent job of tackling the numerous character arcs and ensuring they were all wrapped up in a satisfying way that in the film I feel may have gotten lost in its pacing (for example I found force sensitive Finn to be way more clear here, Lando's arc + his scene with Jannah in the end made way more sense, and Rey + Ben's relationship throughout was developed well and had a bit more closure which I found satisfying).

ibnjah's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

marvelouspyt's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.0

carlacbarroso's review against another edition

3.0

3,5