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Aftermath: Star Wars: Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens Hardcover – September 4, 2015

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Chuck Wendig is a novelist, screenwriter, and game designer. He’s the author of many novels, including Blackbirds, Atlanta Burns, Zer0es, and the YA Heartland series. He is co-writer of the short film Pandemic and the Emmy-nominated digital narrative Collapsus. He currently lives in the forests of Pennsyltucky with wife, son, and red dog.

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Product Details

  • Hardcover: 400 pages
  • Publisher: LucasBooks; Original edition (September 4, 2015)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 034551162X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0345511621
  • Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 1.3 x 9.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (44 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Chuck Wendig
ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Chuck Wendig is a novelist, screenwriter and game designer. He's the author of many published novels, including but not limited to: Blackbirds, The Blue Blazes, and the YA Heartland series. He is co-writer of the short film Pandemic and the Emmy-nominated digital narrative Collapsus. Wendig has contributed over two million words to the game industry. He is also well known for his profane-yet-practical advice to writers, which he dispenses at his blog, terribleminds.com, and through several popular e-books, including The Kick-Ass Writer, published by Writers Digest. He currently lives in the forests of Pennsyltucky with wife, tiny human, and red dog.

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50 of 63 people found the following review helpful
Good enough, but only by a Wookies hair.
By Amazon Customer on September 4, 2015
Format: Kindle Edition
**No spoilers here**

I think a big part of why some people love it and some people hat it is because of the disparity between the story and the actual writing. I am a fan of the original trilogy and even some of the new. yes, I also enjoy a lot of the expanded universe, but I have been looking forward to a fresh, cohesive cannon.

The basic story really feels like a natural continuation of the original trilogy. It touches on most of the questions you might have about "what happened next?", and I think the characters mostly stay in character (as we remember them through our nostalgia colored glasses).

The writing (or writing style), as many other have noted is, to put it nicely "lacking". If this were a young adult novel, the writing style might work, but not here. Given how much every new Star Wars product is being scrutinized by Disney, maybe this is an indication of the tone they are trying to set from here on.

I have to say, I listened to some of the audio book, and it comes off better in that format. If it had been presented as a holocron story being read by a Jedi master, I think this book would have been much better.

The only reason I'm giving it 3 stars instead of 2 is because the story is good enough and it is essential to anyone wanting to follow the new cannon from here on. I just wish this had been a stronger book, as this is part of the foundation going forward.

EDIT: I just can't give it 3 stars. This is easily the worst written of all of the major Star Wars books I've read. There is really no excuse for that.

P.S. I didn't read any other reviews before I wrote mine, so I was going into this with high hopes.
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19 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Review written in Chuck's style of horrid prose:
By Dan Tucker on September 4, 2015
Format: Hardcover
I was highly anticipating this novel in advance of the movie. Unfortunately, Chuck Wendig's style of prose is, at best, the level of a teenager in the midst of transcribing a podcast into a chat bar. Basely put, the novel reads like a hodge podge of hastily formed ideas with little flow or engaging description. Other writers in Science Fiction and Fantasy, like Tom Holt, Andy Weir, or Timothy Zahn can actually paint a scene with words that are not describing what you'd see on a movie screen, but describing a feeling of that scene that elicits a visual from the reader, for them to fill in as the scene is rounded out with cues. Chuick, unfortunately, cannot give cues, and only gives stuttered phrases and colons. Gods help me, if I see another colon, or question mark used in a sentence that doesn't need it, or flat shouldn't have it, I will stab this book.

Now - for the above review in the style of Chuck's writing:
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'Then:
The local bookstore. Fancy. High priced.
I was anticipating the book. Before the movie. Bridges the two together.
It must be good, and if it is not? I will be disappointed.
I read the lines. Words flash past. Symbols. Annoying.

Now:
A break in the chapter only two paragraphs in. Every two paragraphs. A break. Does this mean? What, I don't know.
I cannot continue further, for I cannot read this out in my head. Wanted to say 'aloud' there, but some reason, author chose the odd word instead.
Other authors write well. Not here. Not this time. We must break sentences. We must use all the: Colons.
After reading this book? You'll need: A colon-oscopy.Read more ›
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Small Story for such a Big Topic
By Bryan G. on September 4, 2015
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For a book that is so important to the new Star Wars canon, the end result, in my opinion was a feeling that the book really didn't say much. The events taking place in the book were more of a small encapsulation of the bigger world post ROTJ than the true filling in of the events between Episodes 6 and 7 that I was expecting. In a word, Aftermath felt inconsequential.

For example, the events in the book take place over just a couple of days in the months post the destruction of the 2nd Death Star, and although we get glimpses of the state of the Star Wars universe as a whole, ultimately the story's main focus is on one single event and the unofficial characters that get caught up in it. Part of the problem, in my opinion, is that the event (whole meeting of some top former Imperial leaders) seems to take a back seat to the backstories of some of the characters involved.

In short, the main thrust of the book seemed quite narrow and more of a small interlude in the much larger story that followed the Emperor's downfall. I kept reading and reading hoping for something interesting to happen, or to glean some nugget of info that might give insight into the world of the Force Awakens, but it didn't happen. The main story just seemed too "small"and the brief mentions of well known SW characters like Han Solo really didn't update them much.

As some have stated, the author's style of writing takes some getting used to. The author writes in a staccato, rapid fire style, using the present tense, so instead of "X character walked down the street" we get "X character walks down the street" - and of style in my view, and one that takes much getting used to.Read more ›
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

Good story told poorly

In truth, I want to give this story a 3.5. Lacking the ability to do so, however, I chose 4 stars; as a rule, I try to focus on the positives over the negatives. Read more

Published 31 minutes ago by Sarah Gesell
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Published 38 minutes ago by Steve Glosson
Excellent!

Loved it! A fantastic start to the new post Jedi canon!

Published 55 minutes ago by Michael Center
The adventure of Cuck Wendig's Background cahracters.

Very disappointing. If you were hoping to see what happened to Luke, Leia, and Han don't bother reading this. Read more

Published 1 hour ago by Ukomba
God-awful

The present tense perspective is intolerable. Nothing important happens. Vastly inferior to its analog, "Truce at Bakura". Read more

Published 1 hour ago by Shawn
NOPE.

So Thrawn was dumped for this. Sure, it wasn't Windig's fault, he had to make do, but at least he could've done something as good as that trilogy. Read more

Published 1 hour ago by Ap.
Easter eggs about the future

I loved it for the teasers and hints about what's coming next. Its rebooting the universe. I can't wait for more.

Published 1 hour ago by Jessica Scott
Lots of great Star Wars action

I especially enjoyed it as an audio book. It's a very fast moving and action packed story with lots of that Star Wars feel I was looking for. Read more

Published 2 hours ago by K. Carpenter
Are consumers being trolled?

I'm sure this book will do well because of the Star Wars label (I bought it because of that), but I will not be wasting my time or money on any sequels, nor will I be preordering... Read more

Published 2 hours ago by M G
Great continuation of the star wars saga

Loved it!

Published 2 hours ago by Paul Woolcock

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