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bosquedemel's review against another edition
4.0
Just like in the movie, the third act is what makes this story resonate. This is a really proper novelization, with depth, extra scenes and a whole, well-constructed story. Freed is a pretty good writer; the only thing I found less successful at times was the dialogue and how it doesn't always mesh with the narration, instead feeling emotionally disconnected, but that can easily be attributed to the fact that the dialogue comes from a script and so the novel is written around it and not organically with it.
vulcanlibrarian's review
5.0
Rogue One was my favorite of the post-original trilogy movies, so I was excited to read the novelization. I was pleased that not only did it follow the story of the movie, but gave the reader a chance to gain insight from the main character's thoughts with perspective changes and supplementary "communications". It added a whole new depth to the story, which I was pleased about since these characters are ill-fated. I highly recommend this to any fan that enjoyed Rogue One.
goodverbsonly's review against another edition
5.0
Nuance in MY star wars? in 2020???
Yes, that’s right much maligned on all sides, Rogue One is an excellent movie and a Five Star Novelization. Freed recounts the events of the movie precisely and with emotion, and so it’s not only: Rogue One the story but Rogue One the story told in a way that makes it so much more than it was on the big screen. I am — I am so happy. I knew I would get a five star star wars read eventually, and it’s here!!! Also...first real five star read of the year
Yes, that’s right much maligned on all sides, Rogue One is an excellent movie and a Five Star Novelization. Freed recounts the events of the movie precisely and with emotion, and so it’s not only: Rogue One the story but Rogue One the story told in a way that makes it so much more than it was on the big screen. I am — I am so happy. I knew I would get a five star star wars read eventually, and it’s here!!! Also...first real five star read of the year
olliesworldofbooks's review
5.0
I listened to it on audio, and it was fun to listen to with the classic Star Wars music and sound effects throughout. Rogue One is one of my favorite Star Wars movies just with how different it is from the rest of the franchise. The book is even better with how the author details some of my favorite moments throughout the book, extra scenes that weren't in the movie that makes the story all the better, and knowing the thoughts of the characters added more dimension to the characters. After listening to the book, I'll never watch Rogue One the same way again.
likelyapril's review
4.0
Rogue One was one of my favorite movies of 2016, so when I heard about the novelization, I just had to get my hands on it.
It blew me away how well the film translated into the book medium. Not only that, it expanded upon it, giving us details that cannot be conveyed within a movie. For all it's greatness, the movie (and most movies as a whole) cannot describe human emotion as well as the written word. I recommend reading this in addition to the movie, as even the most vivid scene descriptions cannot compare to seeing the scene itself.
It blew me away how well the film translated into the book medium. Not only that, it expanded upon it, giving us details that cannot be conveyed within a movie. For all it's greatness, the movie (and most movies as a whole) cannot describe human emotion as well as the written word. I recommend reading this in addition to the movie, as even the most vivid scene descriptions cannot compare to seeing the scene itself.
shadowsofwonder's review
3.5
To be honest, I wasn't incredibly excited to read this book. I do love a good novelization every one in a while, but my last venture into the world of Star Wars novelizations wasn't very successful. I found the Solo novelization to be written and edited without any passion or love for the story, Star Wars and novelizations in general.
But I am a completionist, so when I reached the Rogue One era in my chronological adventure through Star Wars, I sat down and read it.
I was actually pleasently surprised by this book. Mainly because I didn't spot any obvious logical mistakes like I did with the Solo novelization. And even though I haven't seen Rogue One in a while and didn't always have a clear image of what was happening in the film, the book still did a good job of describing characters, actions and locations.
I didn't spot many additional scenes, but as I mentioned before, the film wasn't very present in my mind while reading this book, so I may have missed some scenes.
But I did notice that most of the scenes start a little earlier than they did in the film and last a little longer.
The additional "time" was mostly used to give the characters or the story more background and emotional weight, usually by giving the character an inner monologue.
While the film is very much an independent story, the novelization makes it seem like there's so much more to explore in the world of Rogue One and I can't wait to do this in other books and comics.
This book proved to me that Star Wars doesn't suck at novelizations and I am now much more excited about reading the others than I was before.
I also found myself understanding many of the characters much better after reading, so it definitely elevated an already great film even further.
But I am a completionist, so when I reached the Rogue One era in my chronological adventure through Star Wars, I sat down and read it.
I was actually pleasently surprised by this book. Mainly because I didn't spot any obvious logical mistakes like I did with the Solo novelization. And even though I haven't seen Rogue One in a while and didn't always have a clear image of what was happening in the film, the book still did a good job of describing characters, actions and locations.
I didn't spot many additional scenes, but as I mentioned before, the film wasn't very present in my mind while reading this book, so I may have missed some scenes.
But I did notice that most of the scenes start a little earlier than they did in the film and last a little longer.
The additional "time" was mostly used to give the characters or the story more background and emotional weight, usually by giving the character an inner monologue.
While the film is very much an independent story, the novelization makes it seem like there's so much more to explore in the world of Rogue One and I can't wait to do this in other books and comics.
This book proved to me that Star Wars doesn't suck at novelizations and I am now much more excited about reading the others than I was before.
I also found myself understanding many of the characters much better after reading, so it definitely elevated an already great film even further.
apryde6226's review
4.0
I've seen the movie a few times and as always, the book is better than the movie.
crystalvaughan0603's review
4.0
I've seen the movie so this wasn't a race to see what happened: did they survive? Were they successful? Instead, this novelization fleshed out the characters. You were given insight into their mindset, which is, of course, difficult to do in a movie. Don't read it instead of the movie. Read it alongside the movie.