@windrunnerrs I enjoyed the book while reading it, yet the more I stopped to think about it the more I found it to be flawed. I don't agree with everything makani criticized, but for the most part I think it's right. Sira is whatever, Maiev is ooc, the second scene with Tyrande is pretty bad. Jaina's personality reverted, but Idk how fair it is to blame Roux for that when she seems to be doing that for a while.
Anduin wasnât a problem for me tho bc I feel whatâs going on makes sense with what heâs been through, the suggestion of external influence but also just the pressure heâs under with everything (and that things still weigh heavily on him even when he complies, like the Turalyon Alleria stuff). For Turalyon and Alleria, I didnât feel like it was reverting their characters to BtDP at all tho
at the same time, I took a lot of issue with Nathanos and Sylv because even in BFA material they had been portrayed differently. I liked Talanjiâs part a lot, but Zekhan Idc at all. I think my main problem was the plot not progressing and a lot being kinda abandoned halfway through the book.
As for Fairshaw, I could see it coming from that one mission theyâre both in, but at the same time, I think the book does a poor job of developing it from there. I didnât like lorthaly either, and I hate lorâthemarâs character as written by roux, but specially in relation to Thaly I hate it.
ANYWAYS SORRY FOR THE RANT I JUST LIKE DISCUSSING THIS STUFF AKSJDNFKASNDF
NO WORRIES LMAO your insight is always appreciated and i love your opinions on that. (mostly bc we agree :â) but also bc itâs rooted in facts and you know your stuff!)
yeah like??? i have a similar impression reading the critiques, while first reaction was glowing and positive, in comparison to the other books people are ... a lot more negative? itâs like the second kingsman film for me, when i watched it at the cinema i LOVED it, but as time passed i came to realise that i donât really like it. itâs a bit like your weird uncle: you love him, but you donât like him.Â
itâs super hard to say but i just donât care about the undead night elves bc theyâre all so... bland. although i really had to laugh at her comparison of sira diving in a 1v4 teamfight bc it felt exactly like that in general. the few passages iâve read with maiev made me ??????? bc thatâs not the maiev we know.Â
I really donât know what her problem with Anduin was, tho. Jainaâs arc has been disappointing since after the battle of dazarâalor with no real development - not saying she has to stay the mad warrior queen, but switching from âBEWARE, BEWARE OF MEâ to âyou know itâs just sylvanas, the horde isnât that bad uwu we must let them mourn uwu~â in an instant (nobody @ me, because thatâs the hill iâm willing to die on and iâm tired of discussing it) - but thatâs the thing, just like you said - you canât fault roux for that, because theyâve did that before her and already in the gameÂ
zekhan slowly feels like rhonin, at least thatâs what quite a few people say. he started as a meme and now heâs this prominent character whoâs just too good and perfect and- urgh. never got the obsession with him either.
all in all itâs also super hard to judge, because we donât know how much blizzard tells her to do; if she just gets an overall plot and she had to fill in the blanks herself, if she gets an extensive briefing about who the characters are, what direction theyâre supposed to go and what their personalities are supposed to be.Â















