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Seraphina (2012)

by Rachel Hartman(Favorite Author)

3.77 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0375866566 (ISBN13: 9780375866562)

languge

English

genre

Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction

publisher

Random House Books for Young Readers

series

Seraphina

review 1: This is really, really great! I'm not into dragons - I wasn't an Anne McCaffrey fan, and the Daenerys parts of Game of Thrones mostly bore me. BUT. This does something genuinely new and interesting with the dragon mythos. Here dragons are an intelligent, highly organised society that disdain emotions and have advanced technology. Imagine Vulcans who can shoot fire from their mouths. Yep. And the human world is a little like medieval/early modern Western Europe, but in other ways is very different. The main character is not your average YA Plucky Teen Girl - she's a complicated, prickly, funny character who has a rich emotional past and present, and her connections with other characters are also complex and well-drawn. My only problem, really, is that she does not read to m... moree as a 16-year-old, and I would find all this a bit more plausible if she and a few other characters were aged up two or three years. I also think there are a few logic problems with some of the more science fiction (rather than fantasy) elements of the story, but not enough to bother me too much. To my friends who are YA fans, I highly recommend this.
review 2: Really enjoyed it. Promise! Unsure about a few things, noted here for my future reference. The dragons are emotionless like Vulcans are emotionless-as is convenient to the plot, and without much regard for how animals and their feelings tend to work in the real world, and sometimes humans make them feel things they never felt before. Because they are not capable of feelings. The dragons, in human form, also bear some linguistic (passing, outing) and experiential similarities to transgender people. That was like reading an allegory where the author knows all the words without knowing who they apply to in real life. THAT WAS WEIRD. And what is going on with that relationship at the end? I'm not impressed with your choices, kids. less

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