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Star Wars: The High Republic: A Test of Courage
- Narrated by: Keylor Leigh
- Series: Star Wars, Star Wars: The High Republic
- Length: 4 hrs and 34 mins
- Categories: Children's Audiobooks, Literature & Fiction
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Publisher's Summary
Long before the Clone Wars, the Empire, or the First Order, the Jedi lit the way for the galaxy in a golden age known as the High Republic!
Vernestra Rwoh is a new Jedi Knight at age 16, but her first real assignment feels an awful lot like babysitting. She's been charged with supervising 12-year old aspiring inventor Avon Starros on a cruiser headed to the dedication of a wondrous new space station called Starlight Beacon.
But soon into their journey, bombs go off aboard the cruiser. While the adult Jedi try to save the ship, Vernestra, Avon, Avon's droid, J-6, a Jedi Padawan, and an ambassador's son make it to an escape shuttle, but communications are out and supplies are low. They decide to land on a nearby moon, which offers shelter but not much more. And unbeknownst to them, danger lurks in the forest.
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- Justin
- 2021-01-13
okay for kids, a bit weird though.
Who in their right mind picks Honesty as a name for a character? The book lacks detail most of the time, and the voice actor could vary the voices more with accents. Wasnt hard to follow at least.
Overall, it fell somewhat flat, like the author didn't know enough about the Star Wars ubiverse or mythology.
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- Anonymous User
- 2021-04-13
Needs to be longer
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- xavier
- 2021-03-14
Good but way too short
A nice part of this new serie covering the gold age of the republic. 4 hours is way too short.
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- KingUb
- 2021-01-23
The negative reviewers are... confused.
First off, this is the SECOND book in the High Republic series. If you haven't read "Light of the Jedi", then go read that first!!! Although Test of Courage is a contained storyline, it will make more sense after you read the first one. Once you have read the Light of the Jedi, here is my review for Test of Courage:
This novel is definitely a "coming of age" book. That might turn some of you away, but I for one enjoyed the exciting story following new Jedi. The Knight, Vern, is one of my new favorite Jedi. She is capable, yet far from perfect. The story surrounds a group on youngsters in a survival situation, and it is entertaining the entire way through. It is also short, so if you are worried you won't like it, that's okay. It is a quick listen/read. I saw a few negative reviews mention "SJW BS", and I honestly have no idea what they are talking about. Aside from two of the four teens being women, and both being resourceful/smart, there was no trace of "social commentary" in this book. I think this is how "strong female characters" are supposed to be written.
The story is self-contained, but it starts somewhere after the start of "Light of the Jedi", and ends at the same time as that book. The events are concurrent, but you will benefit from reading Light first. And I can't leave this without mentioning the action, force use, and Jedi talk that is present in the entire book. It really is an entertaining (to say the least) listen.
That is my review. I hope this encourages the hesitant to click that purchase button and give it a shot.
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- Max
- 2021-01-11
So much hope and hype for this
I have (just looked) over 11 months of audible listening in my account. I say that as this is the first book I have listened to on 2x speed.
I preordered this and the other high republic book and immediately started this one on the night it was released. I then immediately fell asleep. This is clearly a young adult book, which I am not. I am a diehard Star Wars fan though and love the thrawn books and just about all the other books out there. The amount of unnecessary details, yet breezing over more interesting aspects drove me up the wall. That coupled with the slow speaking narrator just killed it for me.
I listened on 2x speed and instead of hearing a chipmunk voice all the time, most of it sounded totally normal. I would have returned it but hey, there’s a few tidbits of new canon material in here. :)
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- Richard
- 2021-01-06
Enjoyed the quick listen
Good story and narration. Great for adults wanting a quick listen and good story. Narrator didn't have quite as much vocal range in character voices as some of the other star wars narrators I've listened to, but it was a good performance. Great to have new characters to follow.
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- Dave
- 2021-01-15
Doesn't feel like Star Wars
As my first foray into the High Republic project, this book was underwhelming. Bearing in mind that this is a young adult novel, I was hopeful this might be something I could share with my daughters who are becoming avid Star Wars fans, especially since the main characters are girls... sadly, halfway in I felt no urge to share it any longer. The characters are not relatable and the pacing is strange. In any case, I am not sure if this is a symptom of the overall project or the writer chosen for the book, but I am not impressed and would not recommend this book to Star Wars fans.
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- Anonymous User
- 2021-01-12
our opinion
not a big fan of the high republic so far my kids felt the same
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- Thrawnita
- 2021-01-21
A fun adventure
This is the first book I’ve read from the High Republic so far, and I was impressed. The characters are interesting, and they really grow on you as the book progresses. This story is also short, so I was able to listen to it over the course of a couple days while cooking. It’s a great little star wars adventure that doesn’t require a lot of time commitment. Don’t listen to the haters, this story is totally fun!
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- brian
- 2021-01-09
More new characters to be introduced.
Cool how the story of this, and Light of the Jedi take place around or close to the same time frame. More new characters to become introduced to. Narration is alright, though having not heard her before, I'll get use to her eventually. A well done effort.
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- Mark B.
- 2021-01-20
Star Wars A Test of Courage
loved it. Narrator was great. overall can't wait to listen to more high republic novels
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- Amazon Customer
- 2021-01-17
A Little Story
A short story that's for the most part self contained. Shows potential for a fallow up or in sight in to other stories to come.
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- Anonymous User
- 2021-01-16
Another Wonderful entry into High Republic lore
Thoroughly enjoyable. The first two forays in to the High Republic are a smashing SUCCESS .
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