Author: Richard A. Knaak
Genre: Fantasy
Publication: 2010
Genre: Fantasy
Publication: 2010
Summary: Many are the mysteries surrounding the Emerald Dream and its reclusive guardians, the green dragonflight. In times past, druids have entered the Dream to monitor the ebb and flow of life on Azeroth in their never-ending quest to maintain the delicate balance of nature.
However, not all dreams are pleasant ones. Recently the Emerald Nightmare, an area of corruption within the Emerald Dream, began growing in size, transforming the Dream into a realm of unimaginable horror. Green dragons have been unexpectedly caught up in the Nightmare, emerging from it with shattered minds and twisted bodies. Druids who have entered the darkening Dream lately have found it difficult - sometimes even impossible - to escape.
Nor are these the Nightmare's only victims: more and more people are being affected. Even Malfurion Stormrage, first and foremost of the druids on Azeroth, may have fallen victim to this growing threat. As uncontrollable nightmares spread across the world, a desperate quest begins to find and free the archdruid. (Summary taken from back of book)
My thoughts: I am a fan of Richard A. Knaak's work. The very first book I ever read I think was Day of the Dragon which was also his work. I liked all his previous books and Stormrage did deliver as the others did but not as well. I liked Stormrage. That's all. It had a great idea and was thrilling during some parts but unfortunately the drawn out narrative and continual plot twists was a little too much. But as part of the World of Warcraft story, it was a great piece of lore.
In a nutshell, I would say the beginning was slow, the middle was fantastic and last third or so was repetitive.
The beginning of the book did feel a bit drawn out but it wasn't bad either. It sets up the plot well and gives you a good feel of the struggles that are happening in Azeroth. It introduces the characters well enough too but my only criticism about the characters is that they often felt... emo. When it gets rolling into the Emerald Dream and introduces the Emerald Nightmare then my blood got flowing and I thought it was rockin'! The Emerald Nightmare was drawn out really well and it definitely gave you the feeling of dread and fear. The struggle happening between the Nightmare Lord and his minions against the druids and people of Azeroth was great and exciting. I thought to myself if I had been put in that setting I'd be scared out of my pants. But as the story progressed passed the initial fascination with the Emerald Dream and Nightmare, the story began to become repetitive.
I cared about Malfurion's struggle while he was trapped by the Nightmare Lord within the Emerald Dream and the character interaction was great as well. The book also gives us a few good twists that really threw me a curve ball which I appreciated, but it ends up that there are so many plot twists that I started becoming tired of them.
All in all I cared about the characters struggles, even though at times they bordered on being emo, and I thought the Emerald Nightmare and its from of attack was fantastic, but becoming too repetitive and having too many plot twists weighed the story down in the end.
My Rating: 3/5
However, not all dreams are pleasant ones. Recently the Emerald Nightmare, an area of corruption within the Emerald Dream, began growing in size, transforming the Dream into a realm of unimaginable horror. Green dragons have been unexpectedly caught up in the Nightmare, emerging from it with shattered minds and twisted bodies. Druids who have entered the darkening Dream lately have found it difficult - sometimes even impossible - to escape.
Nor are these the Nightmare's only victims: more and more people are being affected. Even Malfurion Stormrage, first and foremost of the druids on Azeroth, may have fallen victim to this growing threat. As uncontrollable nightmares spread across the world, a desperate quest begins to find and free the archdruid. (Summary taken from back of book)
My thoughts: I am a fan of Richard A. Knaak's work. The very first book I ever read I think was Day of the Dragon which was also his work. I liked all his previous books and Stormrage did deliver as the others did but not as well. I liked Stormrage. That's all. It had a great idea and was thrilling during some parts but unfortunately the drawn out narrative and continual plot twists was a little too much. But as part of the World of Warcraft story, it was a great piece of lore.
In a nutshell, I would say the beginning was slow, the middle was fantastic and last third or so was repetitive.
The beginning of the book did feel a bit drawn out but it wasn't bad either. It sets up the plot well and gives you a good feel of the struggles that are happening in Azeroth. It introduces the characters well enough too but my only criticism about the characters is that they often felt... emo. When it gets rolling into the Emerald Dream and introduces the Emerald Nightmare then my blood got flowing and I thought it was rockin'! The Emerald Nightmare was drawn out really well and it definitely gave you the feeling of dread and fear. The struggle happening between the Nightmare Lord and his minions against the druids and people of Azeroth was great and exciting. I thought to myself if I had been put in that setting I'd be scared out of my pants. But as the story progressed passed the initial fascination with the Emerald Dream and Nightmare, the story began to become repetitive.
I cared about Malfurion's struggle while he was trapped by the Nightmare Lord within the Emerald Dream and the character interaction was great as well. The book also gives us a few good twists that really threw me a curve ball which I appreciated, but it ends up that there are so many plot twists that I started becoming tired of them.
All in all I cared about the characters struggles, even though at times they bordered on being emo, and I thought the Emerald Nightmare and its from of attack was fantastic, but becoming too repetitive and having too many plot twists weighed the story down in the end.
My Rating: 3/5
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