The Force Awakens, o filme de sucesso dirigido por J. J. Abrams. Mais de trinta anos atrás, Star Wars explodiu na tela grande e tornou-se um fenômeno cultural. Agora, as próximas aventuras nesta saga de blockbuster estão preparadas para cativar os fãs velhos e novos, começando com o esperado Star Wars: The Force Awakens. E ao lado da estréia cinematográfica vem a emocionante adaptação de novelas do mestre de ficção científica, New York Times, Alan Dean Foster. Set anos depois do Return of the Jedi, esta nova e impressionante aventura cheia de ação nos convoca para o mundo da Princesa Leia, Han Solo, Chewbacca, C-3PO, R2-D2 e Luke Skywalker, enquanto apresenta uma série de novos personagens excitantes . Darth Vader pode ter sido redimido e o Imperador vencido, mas a paz pode ser fugaz, e o mal não se arrepende facilmente. No entanto, a simples crença no bem ainda pode capacitar os indivíduos comuns a subir e enfrentar os maiores desafios. Então, volte para aquela galáxia longe, longe e prepare-se para o que acontece quando a Força desperta. . . . Louvor para Star Wars: The Force Awakens "Como todas as melhores novelizações, a adaptação de Alan Warren de Star Wars: The Force Awakens enriquece a experiência do filme. O romance vai além de simplesmente nos dar uma visão dos pensamentos dos personagens, com muitas cenas adicionais que pintam uma imagem mais ampla da galáxia. "- New York Daily News" Movimento rápido, atmosférico e levanta solavancos de ganso apenas nos momentos certos. [Foster] não evoca apenas mundos inteiros na tela. . . Ele também nos dá vislumbres de um universo ainda mais vasto e invisível. "- The Washington Post" Foi minha experiência do filme enriquecido pelo livro? Sim. Não há dúvida. A novelização vale a pena ler? Sim. . . . Foster escreveu um livro que captura o espírito do filme, ao mesmo tempo em que apresenta informações adicionais que ajudam a responder algumas das questões que demoram. "- Café com Kenobi

I have a real soft spot for books associated with movies and TV shows. I like to read novels made into film (usually before seeing the film). I like novelizations of films. I like tie-in books. This goes back at least as far as 1977 when, after going to the theatre to see Star Wars the first two times, I bought, devoured and enjoyed the novelization of it, attributed to George Lucas, but actually written by Alan Dean Foster.

Flash forward (mumble) years and there's a new Star Wars movie and a new novelization by Mr. Foster. I had to read it. I had to get it as soon as it came out. But something's wrong here. Everything from the screen is on the page, but not much more. And it's written so clumsily and sloppily that it's almost a chore to get through. Granted, the author was not working from the final cut of the movie and probably didn't have a lot of time. But he has some experience with tie-in novels of all sorts. I expected much more.

I also expected a bit more editing. Consider this gem, which is definitely not even the most egregious: "Hurrying to the cockpit as BB-8 rolled into the copiloting position, he hurriedly activated the controls." That's a lot of hurrying. There's also a lot of "as so-and-so does this, such-and-such does the other thing." Also, a lot of fancified language used for both narrative and dialog that does nothing to enhance the story, but often knocks the reader out of it. Why "aural receptors" or "bipedal shapes"? Is "raptorish" a word?

But the biggest gripe I have with the writing is the uninhibited head-hopping and viewpoint jumping that takes place. This is third-person omniscient at its worst. We are inside Finn's head, even when he is supposed to be the anonymous "trooper". In the next sentence, we are inside Kylo Ren's head, behind "preternaturally intense" eyes (hidden by the mask) considering "the trooper". It's just too much.

All in all, I am disappointed. If you've seen the film, skip the book. You already know everything. The one, tiny tidbit that I got from the book that was hinted at even more lightly in the film is the barest insinuation that other characters begin to recognize that Rei might be someone they have heard of before. Consider, '"It is you" Ren murmured.' (when Rei takes up the light saber). Otherwise, you have been warned. 3 stars. Because… Star Wars. ( )

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Muchas cosas que faltan de la película y otras tantas que no suceden en la película.
No me gustó mucho como está contado. Me gustaría que tenga mas detalles.
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Before I go too far, I'm a Star Wars fanatic, one since 1977, saw ANH 77 times (!) in a theater, ESB 18 times, even RotJ 6 times, and TPM, well around 20, so don't tell me I don't know my Star Wars. Played the CCG fanatically, had a decent number of the better toys. However, at the same time, I'm a fan of quality. I've read several SW books that were just plain bad and I'm not such a fanatic that I'm obsessed with the entire SW expanded universe, the bit I know well only coming from the CCG. So basically it's the septilogy (is that a word?) of films and beyond that the bits and pieces that grabbed my interest for other reasons that interest me. Others know I am a bit of a literary snob at times, a sort of greaseball intellectual, and overall rather geeky too. Enough preface.

I bought this strictly because I thought, IMHO if you will, the The Force Awakens is finally the film Star Wars disciples deserved. It sits firmly behind ESB and ANH for me and far above AotCl etc. Where I'm going is I only bought this because the quality of the reboot piqued my interest in gleaning a little more detail about this fascinating reboot and the fact that the movie is quite a gem in itself. That said, for giving me more of a good thing, a one star boost. On the other hand, I have to say, the writing is only about pre-YA level and the metaphor about worthy of C grade pulp. Knowing a little about [a:Alan Dean Foster|11735|Alan Dean Foster|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1207233026p2/11735.jpg] this didn't really surprise me.

I know they want to keep this accessible for the kiddies too, but as little as I'm enamored with Harry Potter, the level of writing there is pretty good and still accessible to, and enchanting to, children. I've read [b:Star Wars, Episode I: The Phantom Menace|34941|Star Wars, Episode I The Phantom Menace (Star Wars, #1)|Terry Brooks|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1349115978s/34941.jpg|3304766] by [a:Terry Brooks|9629|Terry Brooks|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1280785812p2/9629.jpg] and this is a much better book with much weaker source material to work with. So only two stars for the writing here.

Space opera with pre-set dopey dialogue can be tough to work with but other authors have done a better job and certainly a few of the SW books where the requirement wasn't the slavish subordination to a pre-existing film have risen above the rabble. Not here though. A shaky three stars.

But still, hey it's Star Wars, how can that be all bad? ( )