Reviews

The Fallen Star by Claudia Gray

ezell's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

sian_24's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

mattgolembeski's review

4.0

The Fallen Star was a satisfying conclusion to an electrifying trilogy that introduced some of my new favorite characters in Star Wars lore as well as some innovate concepts in the Universe.

I’m a fan of The High Republic, but not necessarily the way they intertwined the adult, YA, and middle-grade novels. Having characters move in and out of the various trilogies makes in difficult to care about certain characters or follow the arcs of other characters. The series would have been stronger as a whole of they hadn’t thrown people into and out of the separate trilogies. Biggest example of this, after the first novel I would have loved to have seen more of Avar Kriss, but her character arc moved into other novels.

Overall, I enjoyed the whole series, but think future trilogies should be more self-contained. Unfortunately, I think that’s the opposite of what they are trying to do, but one can hope!

slavicjedi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

dennytherestaurant's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

austex_93's review

4.0

What a roller coaster ride of emotion! The only thing that annoyed me was how the author kept throwing it in our face that certain characters had trauma. It was a bit redundant to keep explaining that these individuals had issues. Other than that, it was so thrilling! So many questions to ask. Looking forward to the continuation.

brentevs's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

delana_reads's review

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

magically_blonde's review

5.0

I don’t know why I even bothered picking favorite characters if Claudia Gray wasn’t just going to kill them all!

In all seriousness, Claudia Gray’s writing continues to amaze me. She can write everything from action to romance and have it make perfect sense in a harmonious union. Aside from getting my heart ripped out over and over again in this book, I truly loved it. I cannot imagine where THR goes from here, but I’m particularly eager to find out!

nattyyllie's review

5.0

"This is what hope is. It isn't pretending that nothing will go wrong if only we try hard enough. It's looking squarely at all the obstacles in the way—knowing the limits of our own power, and the possibility of failure—and moving ahead anyway. That is how we must proceed. With hope." —Stellan Gios

This was amazing. Definitely a fantastic read.