the_scrivener_named_bartleby 's review for:

World of Warcraft, Before the Storm by Christie Golden

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One of the worst books I've ever read and something that honestly turned me off to the idea of reading accompanying novels to video games or franchises that aren't explicitly books in the first place. Sylvanas Windrunner is one of my favorite characters in fiction and this just rubbed out all nuance to her character, and whatever butchering of the character there isn't is just a big flashing advertisement begging the reader to buy the next expansion with the goblin/gnome sections. Nothing changes over the course of this story; it's one great big excuse to give Anduin the vaguest reason to stop being a goody two-shoes and actually engage in a battle for Azeroth.