Star Wars: Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel

The characters had clear personalities, but unfortunately this is about the only praise I can sing for this book. To me the, "voices" of the characters were all very similar; it felt like we were being told a story from the point of view of one single person, instead of multiple people. I also found myself frequently having to look up what words meant, which broke my immersion in the story. Normally I'm excited over learning new words, but when I'm looking up one to three words per page, it's more obnoxious than amusing. As well, I discovered a number of typos in the story. Such sloppiness is disappointing to see in material for such a big franchise. It was only my determination to finish reading the book that got me through it. The story itself was horribly boring and lacking in any amount of suspense. Even if we are aware of what happens after this book takes place, the story should be gripping enough to make us forget that, and hope that things will take a different, better course. This did not happen, and the book also failed in making me care about any of the characters. The movie Rogue One effectively set up the relationships between these characters in far fewer words, making this book more or less irrelevant. All things considered, Catalyst was not the worst book I've ever read- but it's far from the best, and I would not recommend it.

Gives useful background info to rogue one, but wouldn't call ot essential reading.

Awesome, really gives context to Rogue One and all the little details like the death stars construction make it so worth while to read !!