Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

**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.