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Aftermath: Life Debt
by Chuck Wendig
Having cringed my way through "Aftermath", I was almost afraid to pick up this book. But given the story it would revolve around, and the excerpts I had read, I had to.
First of all, I still find the writing style disastrous. How isn't the editor (is there one?) making sure that some trademark things from the author, which are very annoying, don't end up in the final draft? There are once again far too many sentences with this structure "And the ones who did this? They're going to pay", which is incredibly cringe-worthy as it isn't limited to one character, but to all indiscriminately. There are also a lot of short sentences that end randomly, instead of using commas.
The plot itself was very interesting. I appreciate the new characters, and I want to know what happened in the aftermath of Endor in the new canon, but I mostly read stuff that concerns the original characters. So while the story focused mostly on the team we met in the first book, it was also about the liberation of Kashyyyk, and had some really good scenes with Han, Leia and Chewie that made the book worth it. I wish two things were different, though:
All in all, not only I did enjoy this one, despite those things, but it made me really look forward to the third.
First of all, I still find the writing style disastrous. How isn't the editor (is there one?) making sure that some trademark things from the author, which are very annoying, don't end up in the final draft? There are once again far too many sentences with this structure "And the ones who did this? They're going to pay", which is incredibly cringe-worthy as it isn't limited to one character, but to all indiscriminately. There are also a lot of short sentences that end randomly, instead of using commas.
The plot itself was very interesting. I appreciate the new characters, and I want to know what happened in the aftermath of Endor in the new canon, but I mostly read stuff that concerns the original characters. So while the story focused mostly on the team we met in the first book, it was also about the liberation of Kashyyyk, and had some really good scenes with Han, Leia and Chewie that made the book worth it. I wish two things were different, though:
Spoiler
that some explanation had been given about Luke's absence, and that they hadn't made Han and Leia get married in Endor. It's absolute nonsense that they did; I think they would have waited at least a couple of months and it really wouldn't have affected the new timeline. To make it so, for me, cheapens the treatment of their relationship, as it makes it seem more like a "heat of the moment/out of duty" thing rather than a conscious decision.All in all, not only I did enjoy this one, despite those things, but it made me really look forward to the third.