Phasma (Star Wars): Journey to Star Wars: The Last Jedi

It's an interesting book. Nice to have some background on a character that got far too little development, and was thrown away. The reader is not all that great, but if that doesn't bother you then it's an enjoyable experience.

Finally got to see more Phasma in action. This is an entertaining quest where Phasma guides a First Order general to his crashed shuttle through her hostile homeworld. We see her personality, her guile, and her fighting abilities. I didn't care for the framing story. The whole thing is told 2nd and 3rd hand by a Resistance spy named Vi. She is hands-down the worst character. She's so snarky and arrogant. I was going to stop listening to it, but luckily once the Phasma story line starts going we get less of the Vi story line. I liked the sound effects for the most part, but there was this one section where we kept hearing nighttime / cricket noises even though the scene had long ago changed from night to the next day. The reveal of what happened to Parnassos was also cool, and reminded me a little of the Fallout video game series. All in all, I would pass on this unless you're curious about Phasma's orgin, but even then, maybe just read the wikipedia entry. The lady who read the book was excellent though, and I would like to hear more books she narrates.

It's a decent story to fill out Phasma's past. Too bad the movies just use her to fill the female quota.