Reviews

Resistance Reborn by Rebecca Roanhorse

psyco12_2000's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

4.25

itsbaberuthless's review against another edition

Poe was written like an emotional 15 year old and I could not look past it.

fee_jay's review against another edition

DNF audiobook because the sound effects were intrusive and I didn’t like the reader’s style. YMMV

gallaghergirl12's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

julieverive's review against another edition

3.0

I'd say 3.5. Entertaining and well written but quite long to get where they are going.

mjedib's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

3.5

This is a fun “get the squad together” type story that follows the resistance in the first week after the Last Jedi. One of the main character focuses is on Leia who is struggling to find hope after losing Luke and having her call for help go unanswered but she must push forward and use her connections to save the resistance. The Leia content in this feels kind of like a spiritual sequel to Bloodline. Poe has to deal with his guilt over all the mistakes he made in the Last Jedi and he has his squadron and friends motivating him to move forward. His arc was the heart of the novel and he especially has some great moments like when he talks about his mothers love for flying. There’s also a first order officer in this book that has a really disturbing story that plays out over the book which I thought was handled well. Finn gets a decent amount to do but I wanted more from Rey, Rose, and Chewie. I’ve also seen this book referred to as the No Way Home of Star Wars which is hilariously accurate. Characters from several of the stories between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens show up including the Aftermath trilogy, Bloodline, Battlefront 2 Resurrection campaign, and the Poe Damerom comics. He’s on the cover so it’s not a spoiler that Wedge is in this and it was really interesting to see him settled into his new life and now having to consider abandoning it. Something else I really loved about this book is it paints a good picture of the first order occupation and what’s going on across the Galaxy. It has a good explanation for why people are so afraid to stand up to the first order. Ultimately a really solid book but could maybe be developed more in a few places.

bellsb00ksandwritings's review against another edition

5.0

I loved this so much!!!!!

killerklowns's review against another edition

5.0

AHHH they were right it is like nwh

ib_ratton's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

Entertaining Star Wars fluff. 

The story is exciting, interesting, and entertaining but not a lot happens. It seems like the book was trying so hard to stay in the canon that nothing significant truly happens. It's a shame because the writing is pretty good! I truly wish it had more substance to it. 

The overall story lacks the draw to make it a book worth absolutely reading. However, if you are looking for a book just to immerse yourself in the Star Wars universe, you'll have a lot of fun with this one!

nowturtle's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25