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A review by reflectiverambling_nalana
Light of the Jedi by Charles Soule
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
"Light of the Jedi" starts out like lighting with the pressure of a timed mission and a thousand questions. Those questions fling into what feels like a million characters. While as a franchise book it doesn't necessarily have to be as enriched as an original world as there are some basic elements that are assumed to be known, exploring a new era that is so distant from the one that is familiar to theater goers, it does still need to feel approachable.
Now, this wasn't necessarily a bad story. but it felt mostly like someone backed up a truck and just threw a lot of information at the reader. Species with minimal description, name dropping different planets, sprinkling information about the state of trade and government status as well as subcultures and groups. Then you have the technological issues with each group of parties having their different traits. It is, simply, a lot. That might not be so terrible except that even with it's respectable size, very few characters get enough time or detail to be fully fleshed out. Because of the many puzzle pieces, it did become a little confusing as to which character had which sub loyalty to.
I will say, to its credit, Marc Thompson has one of the most impressive deliveries of a narration I've heard in a while. Nearly all the texture and sense of character i first latched onto was because of his ability to distinguish the tones in a way that would be lost with just text in front of my eyes. I was truly blown away. I didn't love some of the sound effects included, but it's something I've come to expect about star was books.
However, as amazing as it was, I just can't say I'm left itching to continue directly on.
Now, this wasn't necessarily a bad story. but it felt mostly like someone backed up a truck and just threw a lot of information at the reader. Species with minimal description, name dropping different planets, sprinkling information about the state of trade and government status as well as subcultures and groups. Then you have the technological issues with each group of parties having their different traits. It is, simply, a lot. That might not be so terrible except that even with it's respectable size, very few characters get enough time or detail to be fully fleshed out. Because of the many puzzle pieces, it did become a little confusing as to which character had which sub loyalty to.
I will say, to its credit, Marc Thompson has one of the most impressive deliveries of a narration I've heard in a while. Nearly all the texture and sense of character i first latched onto was because of his ability to distinguish the tones in a way that would be lost with just text in front of my eyes. I was truly blown away. I didn't love some of the sound effects included, but it's something I've come to expect about star was books.
However, as amazing as it was, I just can't say I'm left itching to continue directly on.