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Aftermath: Life Debt
by Chuck Wendig
It was a lot easier for me to get into this one since I knew all the characters going in. I appreciated seeing Nora's team work as Imperial Hunters in this book. It felt like all the set up in the first one paid off with those moments.
It's funny, because on one hand I appreciated getting so much of Han, Chewie, and Leia in this installment, but on the other hand, I'd gotten so invested in Nora, Sinjr, Jas, and Temmin that I almost didn't like spending the time away from them. (Sinjr especially, because I love him.) Not that I didn't like the storyline about freeing Kashyyyk! Give me wookies and give them freedom! The action sequences on Kashyyyk were some of the very best.
All that praise aside, Chuck Wendig is mean to Wedge and should feel bad about it. All I'm going to say is: flowers, are you kidding me? Chuck Wendig is why Wedge can't have nice things.
Again, the character work was extremely engaging. Jas and Sinjr get the most interesting development and I love how their arcs both encompass relationships and how they look at those relationships so very differently. I love scenes with the two of them. They're a nice foil to the Han & Chewie friendship since they have that same kind of trust, but it's built on something else. I don't think either of them envisions the other playing with their kids (PS another reason Chuck Wendig should feel bad, re: comments about Chewie being involved in the life of Han's son), but they would be there for each other if someone kicked dirt in their face. They're not good people, necessarily, but they have a code that is honorable, even if it's just among thieves (and that is what makes interesting characters).
I decided to listen to this one on audio book. I really enjoyed the voice work for the different characters and about 90% of the sound effects. There were some sound effects, like a whirring during comm communication, that were annoying, and a handful of times when the sound effects didn't quite align with what Star Wars had taught me to expect. The music was also about 80% effective. The times when it didn't work was when specific themes were used that didn't align with the characters/events in the book. The most egregious to me was using "Across the Stars," for Han and Leia. Dudes, they literally have their own theme. Use that one.
It's funny, because on one hand I appreciated getting so much of Han, Chewie, and Leia in this installment, but on the other hand, I'd gotten so invested in Nora, Sinjr, Jas, and Temmin that I almost didn't like spending the time away from them. (Sinjr especially, because I love him.) Not that I didn't like the storyline about freeing Kashyyyk! Give me wookies and give them freedom! The action sequences on Kashyyyk were some of the very best.
All that praise aside, Chuck Wendig is mean to Wedge and should feel bad about it. All I'm going to say is: flowers, are you kidding me? Chuck Wendig is why Wedge can't have nice things.
Again, the character work was extremely engaging. Jas and Sinjr get the most interesting development and I love how their arcs both encompass relationships and how they look at those relationships so very differently. I love scenes with the two of them. They're a nice foil to the Han & Chewie friendship since they have that same kind of trust, but it's built on something else. I don't think either of them envisions the other playing with their kids (PS another reason Chuck Wendig should feel bad, re: comments about Chewie being involved in the life of Han's son), but they would be there for each other if someone kicked dirt in their face. They're not good people, necessarily, but they have a code that is honorable, even if it's just among thieves (and that is what makes interesting characters).
I decided to listen to this one on audio book. I really enjoyed the voice work for the different characters and about 90% of the sound effects. There were some sound effects, like a whirring during comm communication, that were annoying, and a handful of times when the sound effects didn't quite align with what Star Wars had taught me to expect. The music was also about 80% effective. The times when it didn't work was when specific themes were used that didn't align with the characters/events in the book. The most egregious to me was using "Across the Stars," for Han and Leia. Dudes, they literally have their own theme. Use that one.