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The Dragon Whisperer. Lucinda Hare (2000)

by Lucinda Hare(Favorite Author)

4.32 of 5 Votes: 5

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

series

Dragonsdome Chronicles

review 1: This book has been hiding in my closet ever since I bought it and tried very hard to read it in 2012, but I just couldn't finish it at the time. I think the reason is that the beginning of the book is kind of boring and it did not excite me enough to continue reading.But when I gave it a second chance, the later parts of the book proved to be interesting. Moreover, I do not think I am in a hurry to read the rest of the series. The plot was not constructed impeccably, and the conversations between most of the characters were stiff an unnatural.I wish the auothor the very best of luck in her writing, and I am sure she can develop into a great writer.
review 2: When YA fantasy is well imagined, written, and voiced it is a joy to read, The Dragon Whisperer is a joy... more to read. Quenelda and Root make an unlikely duo of tomboy-noblewoman and artistic-commoner, but their journeys twist beautifully within the overall narrative strands of the tale. With hierarchies of dragons, nobles, warriors, and mages on one side of the Third Hobgoblin War and, well, hobgoblins and super sneaky intrigue on the other there is plenty of plot to keep up with. The Dragon Whisperer, though, is more than the sum of its parts as a story (adventure, coming-of-age, magical, warrior, etc.), somehow Lucinda Hare has managed to create a world that I yearn to return to – one that is as fantastical as it is realistic, thanks to the minute details that make the word-building such a stunning feat of imagination.Within a breath of finishing reading The Dragon Whisperer I had opened Flight to Dragon Isle (the next, and most recent, book in the series), and already I am thrilled and charmed by it in equal measure – a testament to the quality of the writing and to the series in general! What surprised me was the fact that The Dragon Whisperer included pictures; every so often there were black and white full page illustrations that really added to the tale for me. It was like a cross between the drawings in old Enid Blyton books (because they’re both black and white pen and ink style) and those in my copy of The Hobbit (coloured illustrations, but dragons and caves featured highly in both!)… so the connotations were all good for me!Recommendation: Fans of Tamora Pierce, Gail Carson Levine, and J. K. Rowling will likely enjoy The Dragon Whisperer. The world is a beautiful one that pulls at my thoughts in the way that only Pierce’s Tortall and Rowling’s magical take on this world have ever managed to before. Rating: 4/5Review copy received from publisher. The Dragon Whisperer by Lucinda Hare, published by Pan Macmillan in 2011. less

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