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Who's excited for Sea of Sorrows?!
Not sure if this is the right forum for this… but I’m incredibly hyped. I’ve been looking forward to this since before launch, the first and as of yet only look we get into Tyria between GW1 and GW2. I’ll have it in my hands by Wednesday at the latest, which means I’ll have it finished and probably be on here talking about it by Thursday.
R.I.P., Old Man of Auld Red Wharf. Gone but never forgotten.
I will be happy to read it because it’s written by Ree and should therefore be a mile better than the mess that was the other two books. (Sorry, but they were rather mediocre in terms of writing, they luckily had a very good world to draw from and decent enough plots to be somewhat entertaining). But yeah, not quite the right forum for this so it might get moved to general discussion at some point.
I actually quite enjoyed Ghosts of Ascalon. There were a few bits that felt, well, scripted, but that was more due to the book’s purpose than a deficiency of the author. Edge of Destiny, though… the writing was mediocre enough, but the evidence that King wasn’t familiar with the Guild Wars universe was plentiful and sundry.
R.I.P., Old Man of Auld Red Wharf. Gone but never forgotten.
I actually quite enjoyed Ghosts of Ascalon. There were a few bits that felt, well, scripted, but that was more due to the book’s purpose than a deficiency of the author. Edge of Destiny, though… the writing was mediocre enough, but the evidence that King wasn’t familiar with the Guild Wars universe was plentiful and sundry.
Agreed. It tended to be most evident in small details as well. I found myself cringing a few times. Ghosts of Ascalon definitely was better. It felt like a story, whereas Edge of Destiny felt like somebody trying to take an established part of lore and convert it into a story. It does not help that Logan Thackeray is just a shockingly awful character. How on earth is that descended from the amazingness that is Gwen and Kieran.