World of Warcraft: Thrall: Twilight of the Aspects

One of the better WOW books I have read.

WoW! Spoiler free Seriously, wow. Best World of Warcraft book I have read yet. Even bests the WoW book Arthas. Christie Golden's Writing is so good here I was just left speechless. She manages to take the Cataclysm expansion of the WoW MMO and make such a well thought out, provoking, character driven immersive story that I immediately reread it after finishing it the first time though. Let me say I hate the Cataclysm expansion. I hate it. It drove me away from wow. It destroyed my guild. Half of whom quit. The story seems nonsensical, the world and lore in my opinion really did have a cataclysm. And I wanted nothing to do with it any more. But I have read several of Mrs. Goldman's books and have always loved her work and so I gave this a try. It seriously made me want to give Cataclysm and the World of Warcraft another try. It's just that damned good. It just brings everything together. It takes a very famous character (Thrall) and adds new layers of depth to him. She introduces new characters so well that I immediately care about what happens to them. No death in this book feels empty. She created and epic quest. A journey. And she nails it spot on. The only complaint I have with the book is the final big bad Character reveal. It just felt rushed and shoe horned in. You really have no idea who is character is or why the heck they are doing this. BUT! But, that doesn't detract from the story in a major way. I only wish there was an extra chapter or two to flesh this plot point out. Honestly though, she has created such an epic tale here that I feel that any and every World of Warcraft player should read this. Blizzard should mail copies of this book and her last Cataclysm based book "The Shattering" (buy it and read it before this if you haven't already) to every subscriber who has bought the newest expansion of the game. She redeems the lore of the expansion. She redeems the lore of the World of Warcraft. Buy this book if you're a fan of WoW. Buy her books if you're a fan of great story telling. Please buy this book.

Since Christie Golden released Arthas: Rise of The Lich King I have become a fan of her books and since these aren't avalaible in the UK they are well worth the read! I'm a big World of Warcraft player and my biggest love is the Lore side of the game and Christie delivers the Lore perfectly and helps tie up any loose ends like this one fits in just before patch 4.2 Rage of the Firelands. People might say she drags out some of her descriptions but it helps the reader visualise the story. Thrall is one of my favourite characters in the WoW world and Christie you have done it again! I look forward to your next WoW book Worth the read guys

Really nic book...

As Metzen said in a comment to another review, this obviously happens prior to patch 4.2. There is some parallel with the journey Thrall goes through in the 4.2 questline (in fact, it's kind of hard to see how he would have to deal with his issues yet again after the events of the book), but there are always going to be issues translating between the formats of book and game. That would also be why the character mentioned dead is still in the game in some places. You'll also notice you can go to Nagrand to Sholazar Basin to Sethria's Roost and see Hemit Nesingwary in all three places within minutes. Just because a character occurs in a previous part of the game doesn't mean the story hasn't advanced and things are different for them in the current storyline. Issues of games versus books aside, this was a pretty fun read. If you're reading it, you're most likely a Warcraft fan who wants to continue to follow the story of the various characters, and Thrall is one of the most beloved characters in the Warcraft universe. The book delivers on that promise. More backstory is filled in and it certainly made me look at some in-game events in a different light. That said, it's extremely short. I finished over 90% of it during one single milling session. I'm a pretty fast reader, but even so, a book that takes me only two or three hours to read is definitely low on the value for my money scale. The Warcraft books need to be longer or the Kindle prices much, much lower. A physical paperback costs less than the ebook versions of a lot of these!