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A review by sevskywalker
Canto Bight (Star Wars): Journey to Star Wars: The Last Jedi by Mira Grant, Rae Carson, Saladin Ahmed
5.0
This was such a great addition to the Star Wars canon, I cannot say how much of this stuff ties into The Last Jedi, but I can definitely this will stand on it's own.
I have heard someone describe this as the Pulp Fiction of Star Wars and I was sceptical even as I was reading it. But then I read the last few pages and everything clicked in fantastically just like all the stories in Pulp Fiction blend and crossover fantastically.
All the stories are very good and well written. And I enjoyed all of them with two novellas being outstanding of all the four. Even though you might get so invested in the story, there is always some background info, a name drop here, an organization drop there , and that makes you feel that this is still Star Wars.
All of the stories takes place on the luxurious city of Canto Bight, a city of gambling and corruption, gangsters and scummy politics, you name it. Canto Bight makes its appearance in The Last Jedi,so, maybe that is where any tie-in may happen.
Also, this book completes my goodreads challenge for this year. And I am very happy that this is not only a Star Wars book, but also a very good Star Wars book,.
Ratings of individuals novellas:
1. Rules of the Game by Saladin Ahmed: 5/5 stars (One of my favorites of the collection, Saladin Ahmed's writing is on point here).
2. The Wine of Dreams by Mira Grant: 4/5 stars
3. Hear nothing, See nothing, Say nothing by Rae Carson: 4.5/5 stars
4. The Ride by John Jackson Miller: 5/5 stars( And, this is my favorite of all the novellas. Of course John Jackson Miller is a Star Wars veteran and he delivers as expected of him).
Overall Rating: 4.65 stars... Thorough enjoyable with some truly thrilling moments throughout the four novellas.
I have heard someone describe this as the Pulp Fiction of Star Wars and I was sceptical even as I was reading it. But then I read the last few pages and everything clicked in fantastically just like all the stories in Pulp Fiction blend and crossover fantastically.
All the stories are very good and well written. And I enjoyed all of them with two novellas being outstanding of all the four. Even though you might get so invested in the story, there is always some background info, a name drop here, an organization drop there , and that makes you feel that this is still Star Wars.
All of the stories takes place on the luxurious city of Canto Bight, a city of gambling and corruption, gangsters and scummy politics, you name it. Canto Bight makes its appearance in The Last Jedi,so, maybe that is where any tie-in may happen.
Also, this book completes my goodreads challenge for this year. And I am very happy that this is not only a Star Wars book, but also a very good Star Wars book,.
Ratings of individuals novellas:
1. Rules of the Game by Saladin Ahmed: 5/5 stars (One of my favorites of the collection, Saladin Ahmed's writing is on point here).
2. The Wine of Dreams by Mira Grant: 4/5 stars
3. Hear nothing, See nothing, Say nothing by Rae Carson: 4.5/5 stars
4. The Ride by John Jackson Miller: 5/5 stars( And, this is my favorite of all the novellas. Of course John Jackson Miller is a Star Wars veteran and he delivers as expected of him).
Overall Rating: 4.65 stars... Thorough enjoyable with some truly thrilling moments throughout the four novellas.