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Stormrage by Richard A. Knaak

elswe's review

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adventurous medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

belava's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.5


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reilala's review

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adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

hailhex's review

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adventurous tense
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

horthhill's review

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1.0

Malfurion Stormrage is a neat character but the location (or locations) of the novel made the story confusing and dull. It moves between the real world of Azeroth and the dream world of the Emerald Dream -which is being taken over by a nightmare -almost at random. Dream stories just don't make good drama - even nightmares don't seem to have a real sense of urgency. To me, it was just boring.

amandaexe's review

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3.5

3.5/5
I've toyed with the idea of reading the Warcraft novels in order (whatever that order is, because I sure can't figure it out), but eventually I just say fuck it and read the ones that sound interesting to me, no matter how big the chance of me not understanding some things is. This one wasn't hard to understand at all, though probably because I've already read the War of the Ancients trilogy.

I don't expect much from Warcraft books. I just want a good story with the characters I already know and love, and this didn't disappoint me. Plot-wise, it's a straightforward, simple story, with no real big surprises or plot twists, but it's fun. I liked the nightmare aspect, I liked how things happened, how they got resolved, but most of all, I liked the characters. And because of the plot, it was easy to squeeze in just about every single major character in some way, which I actually ended up enjoying. But of course, I already like the characters, so it's hard to fuck that up. (I'm looking at you, Arthas: Rise of the Lich King)

But even though I had fun, it's hard to ignore certain things. The pacing was a little weird sometimes, nothing too big but still noticeable. The writing was... well, it would have been okay - I don't usually care that much about writing styles - if it wasn't for the absurd amount of epithets. Holy shit, every character had at least three different ones, used interchangeably, EVERY SINGLE PARAGRAPH. It's too much, epithets should barely be used at all, and this book was just beyond any acceptable amount. 

Regardless, it's Warcraft, it's about the night elves, I enjoyed it just as much as I thought I would.

ghostlyprince's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0


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echoesofwinter's review

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dark slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A

2.5

It's slow paced when it comes to getting to the point. But it's fast paced with constantly throwing shit at the characters.
SO much happened while not progressing the story in any meaningful way.
This book is SO good for when you're in bed and having a hard time sleeping, cause once you start reading, it'll put you straight to sleep.

Knaak sure has a way of writing.
God I'm so tired.

knoxxthelion's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

marthisuy's review

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5.0

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Tempestira, es una novela basada en el juego de computadora World of Warcraft (abreviado WOW) y para entender bien la historia es necesario tener algún concepto de la historia más reciente de los juegos (por lo menos de Warcraft III y de las primeras 2 expansiones del WOW) porque sino van a terminar perdiéndose entre los detalles del libro.

Para ubicarlo temporalmente, Tempestira pasa entre la segunda y tercera expansión del wow (Wrath of the Lich King y Cataclysm). De todas formas el libro habla de temas anteriores, como Warcraft III y la Guerra de los Ancestros (que se puede leer en una trilogía del mismo autor).

Ahora empecemos con la historia. Tempestira nos presenta un personaje nuevo, Thura una orca que es descendiente directa de Broxxigar el Rojo, un orco que no solo viajó al pasado, sino que también luchó codo a codo con los elfos en la guerra de los ancestros y logró lastimar al titan Sargeras (algo que nadie más pudo hacer en la historia de Warcraft).

Nada más empezar el libro, Thura sueña que el archidruida Malfurion Stormrage (Tempestira) asesina a traición a su antepasado Broxxigar y eso la empuja a un viaje en el que cada vez más entrará en el territorio de los elfos nocturnos guiada hacia el archidruida que supuestamente asesinó a Broxx.

Por el otro lado nos muestra a los druidas del Circulo de Cenarion que empiezan a notar dos cosas. Primero que el árbol del mundo (Teldrassil) se está muriendo y que si el árbol llegara a morir todo el mundo de Azeroth seguiría ese camino. Por el otro lado notan que hay una enfermedad azolando el Sueño Esmeralda, un mundo paralelo donde los druidas entran en contacto con la esencia misma de Azeroth. Es aquí donde entró el archidruida Stormrage hace muchos años para luego desaparecer sin previo aviso.

Esa desaparición hace que Broll Bearmane y Tyrande Wisperwind se unan en una misión para encontrar y rescatar a Malfurion de lo que sea que esté causando esa enfermedad.

Por último la pesadilla empieza a invadir al mundo de los mortales y hace que varios personajes famosos entren en un sueño mortal, mientras las sombras de la pesadilla atacan las ciudades de Orgrimmar y Ventormenta.

Si les gusta la historia de Warcraft y en especial la historia de Malfurion y todo lo que tiene que ver con el druidismo en Azeroth deben leer este libro. Es de una lectura muy rápida y sencilla así que con eso no tendrán muchos problemas. Además si tuvieron la suerte de jugar al WOW Vainilla cuando se lanzó seguramente este libro les traiga muchos recuerdos.