Louise Simonson

Book Review: World of Warcraft, Vol. 4

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World of Warcraft, Vol. 4
written by Walter & Louise Simonson

My rating: 3 / 5
Genre: Fantasy graphic novel

I cared about this 4th and final graphic novel in the series less than the rest. Since nostalgia of my time playing World of Warcraft has had a lot to do with my enjoyment of the previous books, it makes sense that this would be of less interest to me. I don’t believe Med’an, the powerful young magic-user that is the focus of this last book, ever made an appearance in the game. The main setting in this book, outside of Theramore, is Ahn’Qiraj, and though I did raid AQ plenty, I was never very attached to it. Karazhan was briefly visited here, and I was excited about that, but it ended up being barely anything. The story in this book seemed light overall, and I was never very invested in it. Then after the main story wrapped up, there were a few pages at the end that confused me. Since this was the end of the series, I didn’t know what was going on or how to ever find out.

I will again say that those who do or have played the game, especially back in vanilla days, this might be worth checking out, but I really couldn’t say whether anyone who hasn’t played WoW as much as me would appreciate this graphic novel series at all.

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Book Review: World of Warcraft, Vol. 3

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World of Warcraft, Vol. 3
written by Walter Simonson & Louise Simonson

My rating: 4 / 5
Genre: Fantasy graphic novel

I found the continuing storyline after King Varian Wrynn was “re-united” more interesting than I expected. New characters and locations that I remember from my earlier WoW days were brought into the story, which I’m sure had a lot to do with my interest. It didn’t hurt that both the Alliance and the Horde are now beginning to make plans to go to Northrend and fight the Scourge. WotLK was my favorite expansion, so I can’t pretend that didn’t make a pretty big impression on my reaction to the book as well.

I also enjoyed continuing to see Prince Anduin stretch his peacemaking muscles. Other new arcs and characters that came up in this book had me running to the Wowpedia website to try to remember what I should know about these characters and situations from the game. I’m now finding myself wanting to know more about the backstory and things that I’ve forgotten or never knew. I have a feeling this graphic novel series will be a launching point for me into diving into more WoW lore, but in the meantime, I will again say that those who do or have played the game, especially back in vanilla days, this might be worth checking out, but I really couldn’t say whether anyone who hasn’t played WoW as much as me would appreciate this graphic novel series at all.

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