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A review by cadmanreads
Lost Stars by Claudia Gray
5.0
The lion king 1.5 of Star Wars Novels?
Despite my review title, I enjoyed this one very much.
From the outset, I liked the story and characters. I believed the decisions they made based on their past experiences and thought the tone was just right. The two leads backstories and relationships were handled perfectly, much better than a similar story line in the prequels.
As I got deeper into the book, I was a little worried that it was beginning to be too convenient that characters were in specific places, just at the right time, to experience iconic events from ESB and ROTJ. Due to good plotting and writing and it became a non-issue for me.
I did, however, keep asking myself, where have I experienced an entertaining retelling of a story through different characters perspectives? Lion King 1.5 was my answer!
EDIT Forest gump of star wars movies
I am currently enjoying Bloodlines by the same author as part of Nerdist book club and added this book in between to fill in the weekly gaps as soon as i realised I like Claudia Gray's take on Star Wars. I'm now not sure which I like best as they are aimed at different audiences and both being good.
I also read the Manga versions of Lost stars in conjunction with the audio-book however the manga is in a different order so you should at least read the novel to about halfway before starting the manga (of skip chapters 1 and part of chapter2 in vol1, start at where it says '14 years ago'). I did see a few differences between the novel and the manga especially in Vol2 regarding a scene with a knife. this took me by surprise.
The manga is great in its own way, the artwork is excellent but its no substitute for experiencing the novel.
I'd recommend getting the audio-book and the manga for the Lost Stars ultimate experience.
Despite my review title, I enjoyed this one very much.
From the outset, I liked the story and characters. I believed the decisions they made based on their past experiences and thought the tone was just right. The two leads backstories and relationships were handled perfectly, much better than a similar story line in the prequels.
As I got deeper into the book, I was a little worried that it was beginning to be too convenient that characters were in specific places, just at the right time, to experience iconic events from ESB and ROTJ. Due to good plotting and writing and it became a non-issue for me.
I did, however, keep asking myself, where have I experienced an entertaining retelling of a story through different characters perspectives? Lion King 1.5 was my answer!
EDIT Forest gump of star wars movies
I am currently enjoying Bloodlines by the same author as part of Nerdist book club and added this book in between to fill in the weekly gaps as soon as i realised I like Claudia Gray's take on Star Wars. I'm now not sure which I like best as they are aimed at different audiences and both being good.
I also read the Manga versions of Lost stars in conjunction with the audio-book however the manga is in a different order so you should at least read the novel to about halfway before starting the manga (of skip chapters 1 and part of chapter2 in vol1, start at where it says '14 years ago'). I did see a few differences between the novel and the manga especially in Vol2 regarding a scene with a knife. this took me by surprise.
The manga is great in its own way, the artwork is excellent but its no substitute for experiencing the novel.
I'd recommend getting the audio-book and the manga for the Lost Stars ultimate experience.