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Téméraire - Tome I: Les dragons de sa majesté

Guillaume Fournier, Naomi Novik, Naomi Novik

4.05 AVERAGE

dcgu's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous lighthearted slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

natgosset's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

ansleynoelle's review against another edition

1.5

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

sirohub's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous medium-paced

smdavis1495's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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2025 really is the year of fantasy books with middle age protagonists for me and I love it. Started with all of T Kingfisher's books. Continuing with this series. Love every second of it. Who needs teenagers or million years old elves? Not me! Also there was something about Laurence's sweet names for Temeraire that just got me every time. Probably some of that was the slightly gruff voice of the audiobook narrator but still. Every "my dear" was precious

ashdawn's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

detectivetiro's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

randommichelle's review against another edition

5.0

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TLDR: This was just the reread I was wanting--a good sub for the Aubrey–Maturin, which I'm not quite up for.

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agardill's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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A little slow in the middle, but it picked up in the end. The world built around dragons in the 1800s is fantastic, down to every last detail. 

ericbuscemi's review against another edition

3.0

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The premise — what if dragons existed and were weaponized during the Napoleonic wars — was super interesting, and I appreciated the dragon rider protagonist being a Navy officer as opposed to a child of destiny, as it allowed the author to play with some fish-out-of-water tropes instead of the typical chosen one stuff. I did struggle to remember all of the dragons, which type they were, their special attributes, and which riders went with which dragon, as by the end there were well over a dozen dragons named. Overall, I liked this book about as much as I could without wanting to keep reading the series, so I'd say 3.5 stars really. As for why I am not interested in continuing, what made this book fresh was its new and original ideas, and I fear the sequels will lose that novelty.