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A review by hidekisohma
War Crimes by Christie Golden
3.0
so....this was an interesting read. I've always been a fan of world of warcraft and I wanted to read a book where it mentioned pandaria. Welp, this is the first one i've come across, so I thought i'd give it a read. And honestly...meh. Why do I say meh? Well i'll tell you.
Firstly, this book is a trial book. Meaning that Garrosh Hellscream is on trial and it's up to the horde and alliance to defend and prosecute the guy accordingly. Hard to do when everyone including the horde wants him dead. It's also not easy to defend him when this guy has committed more atrocities than hitler.
The biggest problem i have with this story are the main characters in it. The main characters can be boiled down to
Jaina, Anduin, Garrosh, Sylvanas, Baine, and Tyrande. Let me break it down.
Tyrande I already don't like because in Legion she's extremely whiny. In this book though she's a terrible prosecutor who gets frustrated easily and who doesn't know how to keep her composure. Why they picked her I have no idea.
Jaina is her usual terrible self. She's a witness, but other than that she shouldn't be playing a large role in this trial, but that doesn't stop her as she takes up a large portion of the book with her whining.
Anduin is so saccharinely sweet it's disgusting.
Garrosh hardly did anything in his own book.
Baine...was okay. I got bored with his backstory though.
Honestly, the only person who had their head on straight was Sylvanas who was like "The hell with the trial, let's poison him." Then, just when you think that's going to happen, her sister wussies out and they end up not doing it. Yeah, it's one of those books.
Oh, and if you wanted to see some sort of resolution or conviction or sentencing? Well too bad. you don't get that.
Honestly, the only reason this book is a 3 is because it reads well and being a WOW fan like myself, it's cool to see some of the things that happened as i'm not completely brushed up on my lore. Most of the characters are frustrating, but I didn't DISLIKE it. If I could, i'd give it a 2.5 ,but it doesn't deserve a 2 so....3. I'm feeling generous.
Firstly, this book is a trial book. Meaning that Garrosh Hellscream is on trial and it's up to the horde and alliance to defend and prosecute the guy accordingly. Hard to do when everyone including the horde wants him dead. It's also not easy to defend him when this guy has committed more atrocities than hitler.
The biggest problem i have with this story are the main characters in it. The main characters can be boiled down to
Jaina, Anduin, Garrosh, Sylvanas, Baine, and Tyrande. Let me break it down.
Tyrande I already don't like because in Legion she's extremely whiny. In this book though she's a terrible prosecutor who gets frustrated easily and who doesn't know how to keep her composure. Why they picked her I have no idea.
Jaina is her usual terrible self. She's a witness, but other than that she shouldn't be playing a large role in this trial, but that doesn't stop her as she takes up a large portion of the book with her whining.
Anduin is so saccharinely sweet it's disgusting.
Garrosh hardly did anything in his own book.
Baine...was okay. I got bored with his backstory though.
Honestly, the only person who had their head on straight was Sylvanas who was like "The hell with the trial, let's poison him." Then, just when you think that's going to happen, her sister wussies out and they end up not doing it. Yeah, it's one of those books.
Oh, and if you wanted to see some sort of resolution or conviction or sentencing? Well too bad. you don't get that.
Honestly, the only reason this book is a 3 is because it reads well and being a WOW fan like myself, it's cool to see some of the things that happened as i'm not completely brushed up on my lore. Most of the characters are frustrating, but I didn't DISLIKE it. If I could, i'd give it a 2.5 ,but it doesn't deserve a 2 so....3. I'm feeling generous.