Reviews

Aftermath by Chuck Wendig

limondesperso's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.5

ct_5555's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

jessraven's review against another edition

5.0

Such a fun read! The first in Wendig's Aftermath trilogy is full of heart, laughs, and the blaster-slinging action that we all love in a good Star Wars novel. It has something for fans of the sequels, the original trilogy, and even the prequels.

The characters, both new and familiar, were so easy to connect with. (I'm partial to Mr. Bones.)

I can't wait to start volume two!

foolofsummer's review against another edition

4.0

josephhack's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.25

davekan's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring tense 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

4.5

songwind's review

3.0

Once it got rolling I started to enjoy the story itself, but writing-wise, it's like it was written by someone besides Wendig. Or possibly by a committee. It rolls along pretty well in his quick, stream of consciousness style, then bam weird word choice/sentence structure that just ruins the whole thing. Also, bizarre addiction to colons. It kind of reads like the editing staff were trying to rein him in or something, and the result wasn't as good as it could be.

The interstitial scenes of life around the galaxy were interesting in themselves, but unfortunately served to disarm the tension and disrupt the flow of the main storyline.

katiewithhats's review against another edition

3.0

Simple and easy read.. there were too many main characters to keep track of for me.. left me a bit confused at times. But definitely worth it!

colemarshall13's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-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? No

3.75

vendea's review

3.0

Hmmm. So.
To be fully transparent, I do rather pick up star wars novels expecting the last third or so to be ramblings about the EU and excerpts of other novels.
This book was not, and if I had known that, I'm not sure I would have finished it after about halfway through because I thought I was much closer to the end than I actually was.
I think there were too many interludes, too many loose threads, and to some extent I feel like it just rambled and I never really got into it. I genuinely despised Temmin, and Norra was ...okay but not great. Admittedly her pilot-y stuff was fantastic, but I just wasn't sold on their relationship.
Appreciation for my boy Wedge, but besides that I don't think this book had a ton of redeeming qualities. Very heavy-handed foreshadowing.