![]() ![]() ![]() This pony happens to be a dragon: Dragon Ruth whose curt one-liners save this book from a 1-star rating. Add to these a character coming of age clumsily, the unexploited idea at the end of the novel and the very tired entourage of Masterharper Robinton et al and all you have is a story with an one trick pony. I understand that authors have tropes, but this constant winking is enough to drive a reader mad. The White Dragon Chronicles of Pern, Anne McCaffrey Del Rey book Volume 3 of Dragonriders of Pern, Anne McCaffrey Volume 5 of The dragon books Author Anne McCaffrey Edition. This is a novel where, literally, nothing really important happens until page 350 of a 400 pages book and when that something important finally happens, it is buried under an avalanche of winks, smiles, smirks, sneers and laughter by every major and minor character. ![]() Imagine something like a Fame series on another planet. This trilogy, even though the writing seemed to be leaning too much on the young side of young adults, was actually a pleasurable experience, with a proper fleshing out of the characters Menolly, Piemur and their various music teachers. Regarding Perm and its holds, weyrs, dragons, lords, craftmasters and fire lizards I tried to follow canon by reading the Harper Hall Collection first. ![]()
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