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holland_reading 's review for:
The Last Jedi
by Jason Fry
the audiobook version of this was i must admit, a bit of a grind (see my progress update at 41%...), but overall i found the story, similarly to the movie, really engaging.
obviously i went into this book already a fan, and a HUGE fan of the ship reylo (kylo ren and rey), so i followed my curiosity and evidently HAD to read the book.
what intrigued me most about this novel with them, compared to the other two within the final trilogy, was the strong force connection they have tethered they later find by snoke. i wanted to see if that book gave any more words to how both characters felt in these scenes and thought the book would possibly do a better job than the movie in this respect. unfortunately, now after having finished the book, the movie is still far superior. the actors both do a brilliant job maintaining that strained tension infused chemistry whereas on the page and in my case, read aloud, somewhat fell flat.
the few parts of the book i did like though were the backstory it gave as to why luke skywalker tossed his lightsaber when rey first hands it to him in the beginning instead of accepting it and it also gave a bit more backstory to kylo ren’s relationship with his parents.
bottom line: movie was a bit better though, so if you’re going to do one before the other, start with the movie!!
obviously i went into this book already a fan, and a HUGE fan of the ship reylo (kylo ren and rey), so i followed my curiosity and evidently HAD to read the book.
what intrigued me most about this novel with them, compared to the other two within the final trilogy, was the strong force connection they have tethered they later find by snoke. i wanted to see if that book gave any more words to how both characters felt in these scenes and thought the book would possibly do a better job than the movie in this respect. unfortunately, now after having finished the book, the movie is still far superior. the actors both do a brilliant job maintaining that strained tension infused chemistry whereas on the page and in my case, read aloud, somewhat fell flat.
the few parts of the book i did like though were the backstory it gave as to why luke skywalker tossed his lightsaber when rey first hands it to him in the beginning instead of accepting it and it also gave a bit more backstory to kylo ren’s relationship with his parents.
bottom line: movie was a bit better though, so if you’re going to do one before the other, start with the movie!!