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thalespetry 's review for:
Dívida de Honra
by Chuck Wendig
So, let's talk about this book.
It will be a long ride, so if you don't enjoy long reviews I suggest you skip mine.
It's safe for spoilers, though.
I received this book as a gift in 2017, from a person I cherished very much.
As I started to read it, I've remembered why I didn't like Wendig's previous novel, Aftermath.
It is a Star Wars book, but the characters we are used to follow through the movies appear very little (but I can be okay with that).
Also, Chuck Wendig's writing style recalls more a movie script and less a prose book. It's messy sometimes, almost crowded with dialogs, with few directions about the landscape, the scenary and the characters (but I can be okay with that too).
But as I was navigating through the pages, the story didn't catch me up. And that, that I can't put up to. So I left this yellow-covered book in my shelves, and decided to forget about it.
But then, 2020 brought the pandemic.
And that person I cherished and loved very much was taken by the Covid, many days and months before the vaccines.
I was destroyed.
Let's skip to 2022.
A few days ago, my wife and I were talking about that person and how we missed her.
Somehow, I remembered of that old book. The one I've never finished.
So, I've decided to read it, as a homage. A way to connect me again with her.
But, man. That was hard.
This book didn't age well. After the revelations of Star Wars Rise of Skywalker, some topics and themes explored in Life Debt became completely irrelevant.
I couldn't bear reading any more pages. And then...
Then I had an idea.
I drive everyday to work, and I work very very far from my home.
It's an one-hour driving, just me and the radio. But I found out that Audible had this book for free. So I could hear it during my dull driving time and finish my promise.
AND THAT, that was a great surprise. Because this book is made to be a script. So the guy who narrates it, Marc Thompson, does it like it's a radio soap opera. Or for those who are not familiar with that, like a f* podcast. He makes all the voices, he even impersonates a charming and cunning Harrison Ford. Also, this audiobook has sound effects. STAR WARS SOUND EFFECTS. You know what I am talking about. Lightsabers, pistol blasters, droids. All of it. Suddenly, this book starts to be good and interesting. I finished it with a smile in my face and I am looking forward to reading the next part.
I am sorry. Read it? I mean HEAR it.
Do the same, you won't be disappointed.
It will be a long ride, so if you don't enjoy long reviews I suggest you skip mine.
It's safe for spoilers, though.
I received this book as a gift in 2017, from a person I cherished very much.
As I started to read it, I've remembered why I didn't like Wendig's previous novel, Aftermath.
It is a Star Wars book, but the characters we are used to follow through the movies appear very little (but I can be okay with that).
Also, Chuck Wendig's writing style recalls more a movie script and less a prose book. It's messy sometimes, almost crowded with dialogs, with few directions about the landscape, the scenary and the characters (but I can be okay with that too).
But as I was navigating through the pages, the story didn't catch me up. And that, that I can't put up to. So I left this yellow-covered book in my shelves, and decided to forget about it.
But then, 2020 brought the pandemic.
And that person I cherished and loved very much was taken by the Covid, many days and months before the vaccines.
I was destroyed.
Let's skip to 2022.
A few days ago, my wife and I were talking about that person and how we missed her.
Somehow, I remembered of that old book. The one I've never finished.
So, I've decided to read it, as a homage. A way to connect me again with her.
But, man. That was hard.
This book didn't age well. After the revelations of Star Wars Rise of Skywalker, some topics and themes explored in Life Debt became completely irrelevant.
I couldn't bear reading any more pages. And then...
Then I had an idea.
I drive everyday to work, and I work very very far from my home.
It's an one-hour driving, just me and the radio. But I found out that Audible had this book for free. So I could hear it during my dull driving time and finish my promise.
AND THAT, that was a great surprise. Because this book is made to be a script. So the guy who narrates it, Marc Thompson, does it like it's a radio soap opera. Or for those who are not familiar with that, like a f* podcast. He makes all the voices, he even impersonates a charming and cunning Harrison Ford. Also, this audiobook has sound effects. STAR WARS SOUND EFFECTS. You know what I am talking about. Lightsabers, pistol blasters, droids. All of it. Suddenly, this book starts to be good and interesting. I finished it with a smile in my face and I am looking forward to reading the next part.
I am sorry. Read it? I mean HEAR it.
Do the same, you won't be disappointed.