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sunsetreys's review against another edition
4.0
Giving a rating a few days after I finished reading, so I can separate my feelings as a fan from my actual rating. I liked this novel. It gave context and depth to the events of the movie. How I wish the important scenes in this novel made it to the movie :(
lakishas's review against another edition
4.0
This added some more lore to the movie, making me appreciate it more than I originally did. I do like that it shifted prospectives without feeling overbearing.
literary_heather's review against another edition
3.0
Plot doesn't work with the rest of the sequels (see movie reviews), but the writing was very good.
neilrcoulter's review against another edition
1.0
I used to love movie novelizations when I was a kid. At that time, it was one of the only ways to revisit a movie I loved, because home video wasn't yet a part of everyday life. I also liked how the authors would add to the story of the movie—scenes that were either cut from the final version of the film or that were totally made up just for the book adaptation.
It seems like perhaps that's all a thing of the past, however. The novelizations for the recent Star Wars films have been disappointing—little more than the screenplays, with "he said" or "she said" added into the dialogue. There's no scope for imaginative additions to the movie stories, and since it's not hard to rewatch the movies, there seems little purpose to have them in book form.
Even with all of that, though, and with such low expectations, the novelization of The Rise of Skywalker is bad. Rae Carson's writing style is so simplistic that the book feels more like the junior novelization for kids, not the real movie adaptation. It is really a bland book. True, the movie itself makes no sense. But it's at least exciting and fast-paced. The book is not. The typos throughout the book are distracting, but sometimes amusing. My favorite was Kylo Ren standing on the "wreakage" of the Death Star (177).
The few additional scenes in the book that didn't make it into the movie are not particularly interesting. We have the scene of Kylo Ren visiting the oracle on Mustafar, but it doesn't make any sense. And we see how Zorii escaped Kijimi before its destruction, but it's pretty much how I assumed it had happened; nothing surprising or enlightening.
I find it odd to read letters spelled out, which is often done in SW novels. Yes, we're all used to seeing "Threepio" and "Artoo." But it's somehow stranger to see "Beebee Ate" instead of just "BB-8." And when Finn and Jannah refer to their former stormtrooper designations in spelled-out form—"I was Tee-Zed One-seven-one-nine"; "Eff-En Two-one-eight-seven"—it's just downright bizarre. Is that really how they themselves conceptualized their designations?
I'm not a fan of the sequel trilogy, but even so, this novelization was disappointing.
It seems like perhaps that's all a thing of the past, however. The novelizations for the recent Star Wars films have been disappointing—little more than the screenplays, with "he said" or "she said" added into the dialogue. There's no scope for imaginative additions to the movie stories, and since it's not hard to rewatch the movies, there seems little purpose to have them in book form.
Even with all of that, though, and with such low expectations, the novelization of The Rise of Skywalker is bad. Rae Carson's writing style is so simplistic that the book feels more like the junior novelization for kids, not the real movie adaptation. It is really a bland book. True, the movie itself makes no sense. But it's at least exciting and fast-paced. The book is not. The typos throughout the book are distracting, but sometimes amusing. My favorite was Kylo Ren standing on the "wreakage" of the Death Star (177).
The few additional scenes in the book that didn't make it into the movie are not particularly interesting. We have the scene of Kylo Ren visiting the oracle on Mustafar, but it doesn't make any sense. And we see how Zorii escaped Kijimi before its destruction, but it's pretty much how I assumed it had happened; nothing surprising or enlightening.
I find it odd to read letters spelled out, which is often done in SW novels. Yes, we're all used to seeing "Threepio" and "Artoo." But it's somehow stranger to see "Beebee Ate" instead of just "BB-8." And when Finn and Jannah refer to their former stormtrooper designations in spelled-out form—"I was Tee-Zed One-seven-one-nine"; "Eff-En Two-one-eight-seven"—it's just downright bizarre. Is that really how they themselves conceptualized their designations?
I'm not a fan of the sequel trilogy, but even so, this novelization was disappointing.
ashleyrose36's review against another edition
3.0
I gave it 3.5 stars. It would have been 4 if not for the large amount of grammatical errors. It unfortunately detracted me from fully enjoying the story. There were missing periods, spaces, and quotation marks. There was even a copy/paste mistake and a huge error in the timeline (Kylo Ren was not a little boy during the Clone Wars). This book should have been revised at least one more time before it was published. The story was good though.
lillyeckels1's review against another edition
3.0
3.5
this is my fav star wars movie with some extra
scenes overall a great book confusing at some parts but I really liked it
this is my fav star wars movie with some extra
scenes overall a great book confusing at some parts but I really liked it
sailorgold_'s review against another edition
3.0
Carson really tries to add heart to the story but it is so souless and senseless that IT is still awful to sit through.
I did enjoy the bits of info that was added, and how Luke and Leia's relationship was developped. The kissing scene is also *chef's kiss*
I did enjoy the bits of info that was added, and how Luke and Leia's relationship was developped. The kissing scene is also *chef's kiss*
juliadufour's review against another edition
5.0
This book takes what I had issue with in the movie and developed it into something that’s had emotion and depth. Loved this book.
centermemine's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.5
Carson did what they could with the script they were given. Definitely elevated the material. Audiobook was nicely produced, like all the SW novels.
james_anderson's review
4.0
I set out to read this because have read the novelization of all 8 previous Star Wars novels since they first came out in the 70s. I was not looking forward to this book! I had found the film hard to follow and felt the script was a mish-mash of too many ideas. I did like the novel much more than the movie. The novel explained better concepts the movie glossed over. I'm glad I read it.