Midnight Horizon closes this chapter of the High Republic phase 1 novels beautifully and memorably. This novel revisits characters we are already familiar with yet Older brings even more to the table expanding upon these characters stories, history, and most of all deepens these characters connections to each other and their audience. Older is also able to introduce a cast of brand new characters and seamlessly integrate them into the universe and the plot, while allowing the audience to care about them just as much as the already familiar characters.
Midnight Horizon picks up where we left off with these characters and as a comic reader I personally love that characters from the comics are introduced into a novel format which really allows to expand upon them, giving the audience much more time with characters such as Lula and Zeen, something that can often be limiting in a comic/graphic novel format. The plot is definitely a slow burn with a very satisfying and thrilling climax. There was a particular storyline with a character in this novel that revisits an age old conversation within the Star Wars fandom and provides more context to the inner workings and complicated history of the Jedi Order that deepens the impact of actions and events of stories much later in the timeline. The story is also able to wrap up nicely while leaving the audience wanting (and patiently waiting) to see these characters again.
From reading Older's other published works, particularly those that exist within the star wars universe he has a very distinct style that works very well with the cast of characters and is really able to capture the individual personalities of characters while keeping a memorable tone within the narration of the entire story. Older is able to capture intense and amazing moments throughout the story that I found myself quite emotional multiple times, both happy and sad tears were shed.
Above all my absolute favorite aspect of Midnight Horizon was the incredible inclusion of characters belonging to the LGBTQA+ community. These characters are well rounded and their stories are relatable, creating a more inclusive space in the Star Wars universe for the audience while also making the universe with such a wide variety of species and planets much more authentic.
Midnight Horizon dives deep into intense and mature themes that is both palatable and digestible for its target audience. However don't let the YA label stop you from reading this novel, I highly recommend it to anyone.
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Satisfying 2nd Half Makes Up for Tedious 1st Half
This is the first sub-par release of the “The High Republic” and it’s due to the first half of the book spending way too much time on the non-Jedi Corellian characters that are simply not particularly interesting and often feel out of place in the STAR WARS world. At times, I felt as if the author was describing modern-day Hollywood and not a city or characters in a galaxy far, far away. However, once the bad guys show up in the second half (Part 4), the pacing picks up substantially, the Jedi characters—including the delightful Ram Jamoram [ignore the marketing!]—take center stage, and I enjoyed the book from that point on.
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