Book #226 of 2018:
War for the Planet of the Apes: Revelations by Greg Keyes
There’s a major off-screen status quo shift in the Planet of the Apes film series between the end of Dawn (2014) and the start of War (2017), and although this tie-in novel is intended to bridge that gap, it never quite justifies itself as essential. Largely this is a problem of focus; author Greg Keyes is juggling eleven different viewpoint characters, which is probably a few too many for a 300-page paperback like this. As a result readers see some effective moving of plot pieces, but we don’t really get a sense of any cohesive character arcs. (And no particularly noteworthy revelations either, despite the title.) It’s a fine story, but not especially memorable.
★★★☆☆
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