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A New Dawn

John Jackson Miller

3.76 AVERAGE

living_dead_girl's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I am a Star Wars lover!!! So I had a lot of fun reading this. I was not super engaged with Hera's storyline in "Rebels", but I absolutely fell in love with her character in the show "Ahsoka," and this book solidified my love for her. Hera was a freedom fighter since childhood and getting to watch her progression from political dissident to Rebellion general is really interesting to me. Overall, I thought the writing was great and really enjoyed how the story focused more on sleuthing and intrigue than large-scale battle sequences. I thought the "side" characters were incredibly enjoyable, and I connected with them on a deeper level. While I personally don't care for Kanan or his character (regardless of media form) I thought the author did a good job incorporating his rash listlessness with his inherent Jedi need to look out for and take care of those around him His character underwent immense growth in this story. Overall, it was a really enjoyable read. My only critique is that a sequel was clearly being set up (as shown by the sequence of the resolution) and I really wish Disney/Star Wars had followed through with it - maybe a book for each member of the Ghost crew Hera welcomes aboard before the events of the show "Rebels" begins. I thought the commentary was well done, and provided a frighteningly realistic portrayal of capitalism, major corporations, imperial expansion, and their impacts on the socioeconomic standing and survival of the working class. I would definitely recommend this book!

My favorite quotes from the book were "Fear was understandable and forgivable-and no one expected [name] to do more than [they were] capable of. "But seeing and doing nothing isn't the worst thing, Hera had said, "The worst thing is to see and not to care. "
And
"Hera walked over and put a hand on his shoulder. "But you weren't hurt by one person." "You're right. It felt like an army." "You were hurt by a regime. You want vengeance against the hand that hurt you - or that killed [name]. But you wouldn't get justice. Not until everyone gets it."

josiesbooks02's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional funny 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: Complicated

betanine's review

4.0

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This Rebels story stars Kanan Jarrus as the main character. We see how Kanan cares about injustice while trying to stay far away from his Jedi training to defend the galaxy. What will he do when injustices come to friends old and new? Will he run? Or will he fight? (It’s Star Wars with a whole animated series following these characters. I think we know the Ander’s…)