Book #151 of 2019: Dragon Haven by Robin Hobb (The Rain Wild Chronicles #2) In my review of the first book in this Realm of the Elderlings quartet, I complained, “Not much happens, and then it just continues not happening right through the end.” Yet compared to this sequel, that original novel was action-packed. At …
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Book Review: Shadow Scale by Rachel Hartman
Book #8 of 2018: Shadow Scale by Rachel Hartman (Seraphina #2) I adored Rachel Hartman’s earlier novel Seraphina, and this sequel coasts by on a lot of borrowed good will from that. Unfortunately, Hartman has jettisoned the parts of Seraphina that I found most engaging (namely the cultural differences between humans and dragons, her heroine’s …
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Book Review: Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
Book #236 of 2017: Seraphina by Rachel Hartman (Seraphina #1) This novel depicts a fascinating world in which dragons and humans were once enemies but now live under an uneasy peace, with the dragons who take on human form (for diplomacy, study, or trade) forced to publicly identify themselves and live in ghettos within human …
Book Review: How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell (How to Train Your Dragon #1)
Book #103 of 2016: How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell (How to Train Your Dragon #1) Very different and substantially worse than its movie adaptation. (And also far less diverse – no female characters have lines, and neither Hiccup nor Toothless have disabilities as they do in the film.) The audiobook was elevated …
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