A review by danilanglie
Critical Role: The Tales of Exandria - The Bright Queen (collected volume) by CoupleOfKooks, Ariana Maher, Darcy Van Poelgeest, Matthew Mercer, Cris Peter
3.0
I liked a lot of the ideas here, and I think it's so cool to expand the world of Exandria, exploring all the different elements of its society from different angles. The Bright Queen is certainly an interesting subject for a story, too.
But I don't know, I guess I'm just a little underwhelmed by this. I wanted to understand Quana and Leylas more as people, whereas here they were rendered basically as figures in a distant myth. Even though that's not the case - there should have been more immediacy to them. Also, more of a sense of how living so long side by side would change their bond from the typical.
Still, if they decide to do more of these Tales of Exandria comics, I'll be excited to check them out, and expand my understanding of this fascinating fictional world all the more!
But I don't know, I guess I'm just a little underwhelmed by this. I wanted to understand Quana and Leylas more as people, whereas here they were rendered basically as figures in a distant myth. Even though that's not the case - there should have been more immediacy to them. Also, more of a sense of how living so long side by side would change their bond from the typical.
Still, if they decide to do more of these Tales of Exandria comics, I'll be excited to check them out, and expand my understanding of this fascinating fictional world all the more!