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Dragon School (2000)

by Anne McCaffrey(Favorite Author)

3.92 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1423347080 (ISBN13: 9781423347088)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

series

Pern (Publication Order)

review 1: As confusing as the book was with its back in time, forward in time, future predictions and future knowledge, it was entrancing. I loved Xhinna's story, but could never think much of Taria. There is still a lot of the story to be told. A whole section of explanation is missing concerning K'dan and Fiona, T'mar and Lorana. I'll need to re-read all the Pern books eventually to see if some of this was already covered in another book and I've forgotten. Lots of good thread-fighting scenes. Lots of dragons.
review 2: I still enjoy the Pern series, but something has been lost since the late Anne McCaffrey quit writing them solo. I've tried to warm up to Todd's writing style, but to my way of thinking, he tends to introduce way too many characters at a time, wi... morethout really developing any of them. Maybe if I could read one book immediately after putting its predecessor down, it wouldn't be such work to keep track of all the characters. The world of Pern is still a wonderful place, but I feel like I need a flowchart to keep track of the different characters, times, events and locations since Todd has come on board. Even reading the original three books in the series, and the Harper Hall trilogy after that, I did not have these issues. Subsequent books by Anne only also seemed to fall into logical sequences in my brain, even though they jumped around in time, characters, events and locations. Maybe I am just more accustomed to her style. At any rate, I do not mean to denigrate this wonderful series, or this particular book, as both are worth a look. I guess I just really miss Anne McCaffrey and her wonderful imagination and writing style. I still look forward to reading every book in the Pern series. less

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