A review by sabrinas_shelves
Guardians of the Whills by Greg Rucka

2.5

This book was pretty much a miss for me. I loved these two in Rogue One and I was excited to get more from them, but this was not it. I think the root of the problem is making a “junior novel.” Not sure who at LF press thought a Rogue One prequel should be for kids but it kept the story from being meaningful IMO. The movie covers some heavy stuff, and this setting is pretty heavy, too, and I think it boxed the author into a corner of trying to take this very heavy, very serious situation and make something suitable for young readers. The timeframe for the novel also feels like a miss — it’s too close to the time period of the movie for anything interesting to happen. A novel about Baze and Chirrut’s first meeting or their younger days in the Temple would’ve been much more engaging and allowed more freedom in the storytelling. The characterization was also pretty flat and surface-level, although there were some great interactions with Baze and Chirrut that make me so sad we won’t get more content with them. It’s short and I read it for free, so no real hard feelings — I’m not mad I’m just disappointed lol