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A review by jasnahkholin
The Approaching Storm by Alan Dean Foster
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.0
so…
i figured out my problem with star wars novels: they focus more on plot then characters. im not saying that there arent strong charcater moments in this (and other sw books), but they are often set aside for the plot, battles, world descriptions, etc. this was my problem with revenge of the sith, but ultimately the characters + tragedy of that book pushed it to a 5 stars. for this…for the approaching storm…there just weren’t enough character moments for me to love this. there were some small scenes that i really loved, but i wish we had more time to explore character dynamics, especially bc i picked this book up bc someone said the obi-wan and luminara dynamic is great in this. it is good…for like the 4 scenes we got of them. i just want MORE…i’ve come to realize that im more of a character reader than plot, but it’s more like a 60% over 40%, so i still like a good plot. this book wasnt bad, but i will say it was a bit slow. i just want more exploration of character dynamics!!
if i were to go back and rate all the sw books, i would probably drop some of them down .5 rating, but i wont do that rn bc im lazy.
this book made me fall in love more with luminara she’s a queen
i figured out my problem with star wars novels: they focus more on plot then characters. im not saying that there arent strong charcater moments in this (and other sw books), but they are often set aside for the plot, battles, world descriptions, etc. this was my problem with revenge of the sith, but ultimately the characters + tragedy of that book pushed it to a 5 stars. for this…for the approaching storm…there just weren’t enough character moments for me to love this. there were some small scenes that i really loved, but i wish we had more time to explore character dynamics, especially bc i picked this book up bc someone said the obi-wan and luminara dynamic is great in this. it is good…for like the 4 scenes we got of them. i just want MORE…i’ve come to realize that im more of a character reader than plot, but it’s more like a 60% over 40%, so i still like a good plot. this book wasnt bad, but i will say it was a bit slow. i just want more exploration of character dynamics!!
if i were to go back and rate all the sw books, i would probably drop some of them down .5 rating, but i wont do that rn bc im lazy.
this book made me fall in love more with luminara she’s a queen