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Aftermath by Chuck Wendig
4.0

It's so funny how the opinions on this book vary. Personally I enjoyed it, it was fun to read, not the best book I've ever read but I liked how the story developed.
There are a lot of characters and interludes which is a lot to process at times. Some characters I already knew, some were introduced to probably have their moment later in the sequels(or they won't be shown ever again, you never know). The interludes let us see glimpses into how the world looks like after the destruction of the Death Star and before the New Republic was recognized. It was super interesting to see that not all was pretty as the movies shown but the fight still prevailed and nothing was right for a long time.
When you think about the main characters in the story they very a little bit stereotypical to some extent but still I liked most of them and their development was nicely done.
The plot of the book is centred around the Imperial officers and how they try to deal with the aftermath of the destructions of the Death Star. Honestly it was great to get this inside knowledge as to how they wanted to proceed and how corrupted/flowed most of the Empire officers were. That being said, I really liked Rae Sloane, she is intelligent, great strategist and a badass person and I know she will be included in the later books and can't wait to read more of her side of the story(and for her to meet Hux).