To me, it felt like a good progression from TFA. In a way, the contrast felt similar to me as way back when I first saw TESB (I'm old). There was a lot that was unexpected and fresh in TLJ, but it all felt like a nice progression and expansion to me. But then, I've never really felt like Star Wars has ever had a consistent, solid lore, even back in the 80s. More than any movie since RoTJ, watching TLJ really made me feel the childlike wonder that made me love the franchise so much at one time. My reaction to TFA was, "Pretty good, but a bit too fan-servicey." TLJ really was set to redeem it for me.

It introduced so much potential, only for it all to be cast aside for the sake of appeasing fans in the (imo, unenjoyable) TRoS. It was a real shame to see so much potential cast aside, especially Rose. What an absolute shame.

Again, all of this is my opinion. Preferences like this are entirely subjective, and I've come to understand that what I loved about Star Wars is not what most people like about the franchise, and that's ok.