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sleeping_while_awake 's review for:
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
by Alexander Freed
The novelization of Rogue One is well done, and my reading experience was far more enjoyable than The Force Awakens novelization.
I felt lukewarm to Rogue One after seeing it in the theaters, and after reading the book I am finding I like it more, but overall still feels lacking. I don't want to pin that on the novelization however, as I think Freed did an excellent job with the material provided.
Freed does try to make up for the lack of characterization in the movie. The characters all reveal pieces of themselves throughout the narrative, with motives and backstories that weren't in the movie, which make the story richer. I really appreciated all the extra details!
Not only do we get into the thoughts of Jyn, which display her as a far more fleshed-out character than the movie, you get all the supporting characters as well, even Orson Krennic and Mon Mothma.
There is going to by a Jyn Erso book that makes up the time between Catalyst and Rogue One, so I am hoping to read that, as I am intrigued by her tough but emotionally fragile state.
I felt lukewarm to Rogue One after seeing it in the theaters, and after reading the book I am finding I like it more, but overall still feels lacking. I don't want to pin that on the novelization however, as I think Freed did an excellent job with the material provided.
Freed does try to make up for the lack of characterization in the movie. The characters all reveal pieces of themselves throughout the narrative, with motives and backstories that weren't in the movie, which make the story richer. I really appreciated all the extra details!
Not only do we get into the thoughts of Jyn, which display her as a far more fleshed-out character than the movie, you get all the supporting characters as well, even Orson Krennic and Mon Mothma.
There is going to by a Jyn Erso book that makes up the time between Catalyst and Rogue One, so I am hoping to read that, as I am intrigued by her tough but emotionally fragile state.