Boots LookingLand's Reviews > Phasma

i feel like Dawson took a post-apocalyptic novel out of her closet and slapped Star Wars characters into it. a nuclear meltdown? chickens? butterflies? these are not Star Wars things.

and the conceit of the story: that tortured prisoner Vi is nattering on endlessly about the windswept grey sand and Siv's tender inner feelings is patently ludicrous. Cardinal is likewise an absurdly naive idiot who gets what he deserves. and Phasma? this does not develop or improve her character in any really interesting way.

and did anyone who has seen The Force Awakens or read the Aftermath series expect Armitage Hux to have any other reaction at the end? that was about the only vaguely in-character thing in the whole book and it's telegraphed practically from the start.

the only way this book works is if you believe everyone in it is a thoroughly unreliable narrator and there's actually something else going on entirely. this was insanely disappointing on practically every level.