Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Rey's Survival Guide (Replica Journal) Hardcover – Illustrated, December 18, 2015

The book is told in first person by Rey with her perspective/knowledge of the lay of the land on Jakku including the artifacts, residents, creatures, various ships that crash landed on the planet, and how to survive the hostile planet. The text tries to mimic Rey's handwriting as well as additions of sketches of her own drawings and taped on documents. It's a great replica journal as seen in collector's edition of video games (Halo and Mass Effect for example)Aside from the intro and Addendum, this is not a linear story, so you have the freedom to jump around as you like within the book. There's a lot cannon material (book licensed by Disney, Trademarked by Lucasfilms LTD) that don't appear in the movie throughout. At the end of the survival guide there's a addendum section where picks off events from the movie from when she picks up BB-8 to just right before she lands in Takodana where she meets Maz, an old friend of ChewieThere are 4 fold pages within the book making it more of an immersive experience as well as expand the schematics shown within the book such as the At-At or Imperial Star Destroyer for example Wished there was a variant cover which resembles more of a an actual replica journal. I guess the marketing team want to plaster a lot of movie graphics on the front and back cover so it's more appealing/eye-catching on store shelves. Which may have a lot of kids who are fans of Rey grabbing it off the selves, but may be glanced over by the older crowd wanting more backstory.Enjoyable read if you want a more in depth look into Rey's character and experiences. Great hidden gem, a must buy for Star Wars fans

Summary: A first-personal journal where Rey tells about Jakku, scavenging ships, and how to survive on the hostile planet.Random Comments:- Beautifully illustrated.- Nice balance of schematics, people and places on Jakku, and scavenging information as well as a few hilarious warning labels and packaging for rations and the like.- As far as I know the color guide for the elements she (yes, I know the author's really Jason Fry, but the 1st person pov is convincing) lists is correct (Strontium - red, Barium - green).- Adds some nice details to the brief movie scenes, like the origin of her rebel helmet, the scratch marks on the wall, the rebel pilot doll, etc- Note: it's not really a children's book. I mean kids can appreciate it, but they're probably going to be bored with some of the information.- One of my favorite sections is the foldout where Rey lists how she got 37 portions from one X-wing. There's an adorable smiley face there that adds a nice touch. If you've ever been around teenagers and papers they write on, doodles are inevitable.- The very last section has sort of a summary of the first 1/2 of The Force Awakens.- It's a nice companion piece. I look forward to seeing how they handle the junior novelization.- I'd become disenchanted with the Star Wars Expanded Universe stories. This is one of the first new books I'm trying since the Disney buyout. So far, so good.Conclusion: Excellent companion piece to The Force Awakens if you're interested in Rey's character.

This is a great little book that fills in what I imagine was a very long, boring period of Rey's life: get up, eat, scavenge, trade scavenged goods, eat, go to bed, repeat. But this brings Rey's life on Jakku into colorful reality, where she details the land around her, the ships she scavenges, the people who live and work near her, and even includes neat little fold-out sections with ship schematics, instructions on cooking those weird rations, etc. The only funny thing about this book is that I was intrigued up until the segment where she adds what has happened since she met BB-8. The real author of the book was perhaps not privy to the whole plot on Jakku because there were some basic details wrong (she can understand droid language, she "knows" her family left her on Jakku, and she really did know who Han Solo was, all of which her journal stated she did not). But if you can overlook the oddity of that last bit, it is overall a nice Star Wars book to add to a collection and provides a lot of additional info on Empire and Rebellion era starships. Really quite cool. So basically it got the littlest things wrong and the bigger things right, so worth the money!

After watching the movie, I felt sour going into Before The Awakening and Rey's Survival Guide.But both seemed to gladly provide much detail into a lot of things that should've been in the movie so everything wasn't absurdly vague or unspoken. And I had a hard time putting down either book.Rey's Survial Guide is wonderfully illustrated and typeset that feels completely appropriate for Rey and the world of Jakku.Giving us the insight that separates Jakku from being more than just a generic locale clone of Tatooine to pander to the OT for the film. (Can't say the same of it's portrayal in the movie.)The book only loses points because it was advertised more of as a "Character Journal". And the outcome is more like an actual Survival Guide written by Rey. Which kind of just feels off and wrong. But still manages to work thanks to Jason Fry's writing.

My 8 year old loved the prequel book, A Queen's Diary. I initially assumed this book would be similar. It's not, at all. As an avid Star Wars fan for life, I found that *I* loved reading this book, which is more like a reference guide than a journal. It offered a lot of insights that the movie left out about Jakku. I would recommend this book for true Star Wars fans who want to learn about the world Rey lives in, including LOTS of details about Star Wars spacecrafts and clues about Rey's past. I would not recommend the book for children who are not already madly in love with Star Wars.

I bought this book after being blown away from watching Rey in TROS. I was already a fan of the character to begin with, but became so enamored with her after seeing her in TROS., that I began to accumulate everything with her in it. Hands down one of the finest young women I have ever seen on the big and small screen. A picture of resilience, hard work, and self -respect.This is a fake diary based on Rey's life in Jakku just before the events of TFA.It provides not only insight into her world, but the environment that she lives in, but her as well what she did to survive and how she spent her time.She is so adept at machines, because she spent time fixing them, refurbishing parts, and familiarizing herself with the way that ships ran. She did all of this in order get better parts to trade for food--which without she would not have been able to eat.The skills and attributes we see did not just manifest over night, she spent almost 15 years developing them, since being abandoned at the age of 5 and joining the Resistance at age of 19. This included learning new languages in how to communicate with the natives, combat skills to protect herself, refurbishing parts, scavenging and flying ships on a simulator.Rey is a self made woman, and the ultimate inspiration and shows that you don't have to allow a bad or rough start in life determine how you finish.

Great

英語学習用に日本語版と合わせて購入しました。対象年齢が4歳から8歳となっているので、簡単に読み流せるかと思いましたが結構、時間がかかりました。見開き毎に、まず最初にこちらで英文を読み、その後、日本文で確認して、復習にもう一度英文で読み直しました。この本は映画の登場人物の手記という形を採られているので、その前提で読んでいかないと理解に難しい部分があります。ＳＦというジャンルということも難易度を高めています。私には初見の単語が多く、toeicが高得点の方でも少し難しいかもしれません。STAR WARSオタクであれば、割と内容を理解しやすいかもしれません。もっと難しい小説を読む前にちょうど良い内容だと思います。

Nice read

いかにも「アメリカ人が喜びそうな本」というのが第一印象。（もちろん好意的な意味で・・・）スクリプト風もそうだし、内容も、本当にレイが持っていそうな手帳・・・という感じが面白い。人によって評価は分かれると思うけど、自分はこういうのは大好き。各パートの解説が、映画に映ったた部分・映らなかった部分の裏設定の説明になっているので、ちょうどBD／DVDも出たことだし、読みながら見直しても面白いと思うよ。