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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Good story for the most part. The characters are well developed and interesting. The moral struggles behind the Lich King's rise was a fun read.
There were some parts of the story that seemed like they would be interesting and important that were glossed over in a couple of sentences while other parts that were dull and unimportant were given whole chapters. This unusual pacing holds the book back from being truly great.
There were some parts of the story that seemed like they would be interesting and important that were glossed over in a couple of sentences while other parts that were dull and unimportant were given whole chapters. This unusual pacing holds the book back from being truly great.
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
fast-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
Upon beginning the Rise of Lich King I was transfixed by this character, Arthas, how a small young boy could become the draconian Lich King. The first tenth of the book showed me that, it established such a great foundation for Arthas' spiral into insanity. But after I got through the first tenth of the book, the book became rushed as hell.
Golden quickly leaps through Arthas' story, barely giving time for good character development and fleshing out of the plot. The characters (especially Jaina) are immensely one-sided, leaving way for them to become full fledged stereotypes that are hard to read. The dialouge that spews from these character's mouthes are cheesy and cliche at best, but some of that cheese is pretty good.
The plot as stated before is rushed, leaving major Plot holes and time gaps. Let events in the book will only last a paragraph and some are just thrown in real quick to push the plot along.
Overall, I liked the book because it showed the transformation of Arthas to the Lich King and the loss of humanity in us all. But it's severely hindered by cheesey dialogue, stereotypical characters, and a waning plot; we're left with something that could've been much more.
Golden quickly leaps through Arthas' story, barely giving time for good character development and fleshing out of the plot. The characters (especially Jaina) are immensely one-sided, leaving way for them to become full fledged stereotypes that are hard to read. The dialouge that spews from these character's mouthes are cheesy and cliche at best, but some of that cheese is pretty good.
The plot as stated before is rushed, leaving major Plot holes and time gaps. Let events in the book will only last a paragraph and some are just thrown in real quick to push the plot along.
Overall, I liked the book because it showed the transformation of Arthas to the Lich King and the loss of humanity in us all. But it's severely hindered by cheesey dialogue, stereotypical characters, and a waning plot; we're left with something that could've been much more.
World of Warcraft este un univers în care să te pierzi, iar povestea lui Arthas se numără printre preferatele mele, romanul de față explorând amănunțit viața personajului.
Recenzia, aici.
Recenzia, aici.
“Was she right? No. No, she couldn’t be. Because if she was right, then he was about to become a mass murderer, and he knew that wasn’t who he was. He knew it.”
I enjoyed the first two thirds of this book that gradually showed Arthas’ descent from a well-intentioned but angry young man into a utilitarian slaughterer of potentially-infected children.
The final third of this book is pretty poorly written. It relies heavily on him repeating previous plot points to himself as motivation, which gets tiring quickly. On top of that, as soon as he gets the ultimate power with which to save his people at any cost, the evil within the sword takes over his personality and makes him unsympathetic and quite dull and passive.
Overall, I ended up enjoying this like I would enjoy a big action-packed fantasy movie, and am a little bit disappointed it didn’t live up to its premise of being a little bit more.
I enjoyed the first two thirds of this book that gradually showed Arthas’ descent from a well-intentioned but angry young man into a utilitarian slaughterer of potentially-infected children.
The final third of this book is pretty poorly written. It relies heavily on him repeating previous plot points to himself as motivation, which gets tiring quickly. On top of that, as soon as he gets the ultimate power with which to save his people at any cost, the evil within the sword takes over his personality and makes him unsympathetic and quite dull and passive.
Overall, I ended up enjoying this like I would enjoy a big action-packed fantasy movie, and am a little bit disappointed it didn’t live up to its premise of being a little bit more.
This was a well written story of how Arthas became the Lich King. I have to say he was a very hard character to like, even in the beginning. I'm not sure how some can say he was as good person at one time, because frankly I didn't see that at all. There was always something slimy about him. It was really interesting to see Jaina's relationship with him, and what happened at the end as well.
I feel like the book (at least in the beginning) is very jumpy and full of time skips. Now, I get it. There's a lot to know about Arthas to truly get an idea of who he was. However, I feel that there were things from other books that you already knew about him that could be skipped in this one.
It also drives me nuts with some of the flash forwards of him as the Lich King. It almost has a kind of 'Lost' feel to it that I'm not all too fond of.
I think that Christie is an excellent writer, however, and I always look forward to reading books by her throughout the World of Warcraft series.
It also drives me nuts with some of the flash forwards of him as the Lich King. It almost has a kind of 'Lost' feel to it that I'm not all too fond of.
I think that Christie is an excellent writer, however, and I always look forward to reading books by her throughout the World of Warcraft series.
I haven't played Warcraft 3 (although I probably will when the remastered version comes out) so I wasn't as familiar with Arthas' backstory as I would have been if I had played the game. However, a fair bit of this story is covered in previous books (particularly books about the second war) and in World of Warcraft in the obvious places in Northrend and the Culling of Stratholm instance. That doesn't make reading a novelized version of it any less enjoyable. There's a lot in this book. My favorite bits involved Jaina and then Sylvanas; arguably the two most important women in his life.