Good but not great

This was an enjoyable story but for me fell a little flat in some places. My least favourite of the 3 high republic books so far.

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fantastic rollercoaster read

absolutely brilliant, had me crying a lot poor Orla but i thoroughly enjoyed this

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Just keeps getting better

Can't wait for more stories from this era of Star Wars. Gets better with each addition.

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Great Plot

Great plot, supported by exceptional performances and music. Perfect length, with lots of tension, twists and turns.

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Claudia Gray does it again

as does The High Republic. Another installment of this superbly put together, heartwarming AND heartrending series.
It'll make you laugh, cry, panic & fear for EVERYONE at varying times.
Claudia Gray not only gets you inside the minds of some of our most beloved (new ish) Jedi but she does it in a scenario where all hell is breaking loose.
The sense of disquiet and doom that pervades throughout is pretty glorious tbh & the audiobook exacerbates ALL of that.
Another highly recommendable book and audiobook. Bravissimo to all involved.

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Great story and continuation!

I’m loving the high republic story! This one is a little sad but a great continuation of the storyline!
Well worth listening to!

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Okay, now I'm getting into this. Nice and focused.

I've never been one to entertain the "it gets good several books in" line of logic as a point in the favour of a book series, but I'd be lying if I said The High Republic isn't getting better the further in I go. The groundwork done in the previous books to establish characters and settings is put to good use here as the story narrows focus and zooms in on only a few of them to tell a more localised and compelling story. Also, it's apparent in this book that Star Wars as a setting lends itself really well to horror, as some scenes do a bang-up job evoking that tone.

Claudia Gray is ruthless in her treatment of the established characters in the best possible way, and clearly understands them well, in particular, the continuation of the story of Elzar Mann, continues to be a high-point for me.

though I do just have to mention, that there was one line, only one mind, that I thought was just...really weird prose. It stuck out enough that I don't actually think I need to say where it was. If you listen, you'll know. Other than that though, pretty damn good story.

The presentation is great as usual, if you've listened to most any Star Wars book on here you know what to expect.

Overall I'd say this is the best book in the series to date. Certainly had me more gripped than I expected. Still maybe a bit long for the story it's telling, but I felt less of that runtime this time. Lately the High Republic is going from strength to strength, and I'm very curious to see it continue.

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Great production with one bum note

I love listening to novels in the SW universe because the production values are so good, and Marc Thompson is a talented narrator who can trick your brain into think you're listening to a radio drama with an ensemble cast.

The production of this audiobook enhanced the story. This High Republic story has a slight horror inflection, and the soundscape produced for this audiobook enhances the feelings of dread that the story tries to evoke. On the whole, I enjoyed the story more than the second entry into this series - some might not like what is essentially a single location story (compared to the galaxy hopping narratives you might get in other SW stories) but it worked for me. And props to Claudia Gray and the other writers of the High Republic arc for not being afraid to go to some darker places.

The 'bum note' in the title of my review might seem minor, but had an outsized impact on my enjoyment: one of the characters, for some inexplicable reason, was given an Irish accent that is, to put it kindly, awfully executed. Thankfully it's not one of the primary characters, but an important one nonetheless. Nobody outside of the Leprechaun Museum speaks like that, and I'd really appreciate it if non-Irish audiobook narrators stopped attempting them.

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Less is more

This book has won me over on the high republic and I will be looking forward to the new novels. The light of the Jedi and the rising storm didn’t really do much for me but I enjoyed aspects of them. All the way through this book I was getting titanic vibes and it was genuinely exciting where it would go next. There was less main characters which I appreciated and far more casualties than I thought there would be (hat of for that one)
Grays writing was very good and knew how to bring tension, while having lighthearted conversations. Bel was definitely my favourite character, along with Elzar.

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Could be so much better

Sorry to say that Disney is trying to please too many people with the release of new Star Wars books.

The high republic had the opportunity to start from scratch with good story and characters
I fear that they tried and failed but that is because they are using one whole story arch and telling it in too many formats. Adult aged novels, tween or young adult, kids story
And then they have two different comic lines telling high republic story.

I feel that story is missing from the initial high republic Novel to the last one and then to this one.

To broad an Arch to be told Over so many platforms.

It’s disappointing because I love the other Claudia Gray novels

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