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A review by neilrcoulter
Shadow Fall by Alexander Freed
5.0
This series continues to be the best Star Wars I’ve read, and Alexander Freed the best SW author. I respect an author who can bring together Star Wars, Mordor, and HAL 9000, of course, but beyond that feat, Freed’s exploration of the aftermath of war and its effects on various people is completely gripping. I appreciate that this series is much less interested in “awesome action scenes” and more focused on real questions—big-picture questions such as “How do people ever stop fighting once a war ends (or can they? Does the war ever really end?)?” and more personal questions like “Can a person truly forgive and be forgiven? Do shame and guilt follow each of us around for our entire lives?” It’s fascinating, and most of it is territory that hasn’t been explored in SW at all. I can’t wait to see how it concludes in the final book.
My only wish is that Freed would also write a trilogy from Shadow Wing’s point of view. We’re not getting as much of that story, and I’d like to see how he’d write the events of this trilogy from the other side. Perhaps more of that is coming in book three.
My only wish is that Freed would also write a trilogy from Shadow Wing’s point of view. We’re not getting as much of that story, and I’d like to see how he’d write the events of this trilogy from the other side. Perhaps more of that is coming in book three.