Judy Woychik

wasted potential

Revisado: 03-21-24

this book is decent although I have a few major issues with the story malekith being the true king all along was a mistake. it disregards decades of lore. which I belive was brought on by the fact that GW was trying to rush the end times to kill warhammer fantasy and its perceived unprofitability. had they added more books to the end times series I belive that this would be mitigated. a better story would have been malekith coming to realize who he was and what he had done and seeking to make peace with his enemies. I think that the other kings being false had potential. for example it could have been revealed that neither Malekith or any of the other pheonix kings were the true pheonix king. then one of the books about malekith. in this scenario were GW did not rush the end times and actualy made it make sense without casually disregarding the lore and fans would have been, as stated that Malekith seeks asuryans Forgiveness and gains it through great deeds. protecting Ulthaun like his father did. my second issue is the whole Incarnation thing. the book flirts with the idea that the gods are being reborn as Mortals but dose not commit to it in the extent that I belive is required. I mean other than Hotek making Malekith his sword and Malekith summoning dead pheonix kings as Asuryans Incarnation. what happened with that plot line? I think that this issue was brought about by the whole vortex plot line. why would we need the Incarnations of the winds of magic when the we have the Incarnations of the gods? this is an issue with the other books to. other than Sigmar, Lileath and Ulric the gods who aren't chaos do nothing. again what I think happened is that the end times was supposed to be longer but thanks to GW it was rushed. you get hints of how the goods of man, dwarf and elf were supposed to be have avatars like when the Supreme Patriarch of the colleges of magic became Ulrics avatar and fought the everchosen. Gotrek I believe was revealed to be an Incarnation of one of the ancestor gods and at first it seemed that sigmar resurrected and empowered Karl Franz as his Avatar. but as I said this book and the entire series seemed rushed and a cohesive plot was exchanged for haste. my third issue and this is the most minor one is that in Lothern there are Humans who live there. I believe that once malekith arrived at Lothern there should have been some sort of conflict with the humans living there. I mean Malekith did spend the last six thousand years enslaving humans. maybe some sort of acknowledging of his wrongs done to humans would be in order. this is minor because it sort of ties into complaint number one is that Malekith does not earn the title of pheonix king or the loyalty of his people. trying to make amends with people that he has terrorized from the beginning could have provided deep growth for malekith. but as I said this book and the whole series seems rushed. or in much simpler words the book while having good moments is trapped by the telling two stories and fails at adequately telling them both. in short Wasted Potential.

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Definitely worth it,even after reading the Webtoon

Revisado: 08-17-21

I read the Webtoon first, I absolutely love all the extra world building and and character insight the book offers! I'm also super happy the the Webtoon was pretty much word for word as the book (obviously they had to cut down on some information) but the vast majority of lines are taken straight from the book.

The only thing I dislike about the audio book is that the narrator spells out I.N.H.U.P. everytime it comes up. I always said In-hup, in my head since acronyms over three letters are nearly always pronounced like a word (i.e. SEALS or FAFSA) It really bugged me but eventually I got used to it.

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outstanding

Revisado: 12-28-19

Wonderful read. I loved the underlying positive message of faith and family commitment. I will definitely look for more books by ths author.

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Avsolutely fabulous! I loved it!

Revisado: 03-14-19

I loved all the twists and turns. Cery creative and fun. And a wonderful ending

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