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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Historical dragon fantasy about a British captain in the Napoleonic wars (and his dragon), deals squarely with the issues of slavery and women's rights.
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
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
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
medium-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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Slavery, Colonisation
Moderate: Pregnancy
Minor: Vomit, Alcohol
With another book comes yet another completely different culture, of course. The African dragons really take ancestor worship to a whole new level, although I couldn't quite decide whether it was a case of the dragons hearing so much about their supposed former lives while in the egg that they came to believe it fully or whether it was actual reincarnation (come on, in a world where a young dragon can obliterate a ship with his roar, why not?).
Absolutely devoured this. I have some work-related reading I need to do, so I'm suspending this series for a bit, but I can't wait til I have time to get to the next book!
I really dislike plague books as a general principle (nothing against the book itself, that's just a personal bias). However I managed to enjoy this anyways because of the really interesting way that the book handles colonialism. The book does a good job of walking the line between making Laurence's views not feel too inauthentic for his time and upbringing, and making them palatable to a 21st century reader. History goes rather differently when dragons are involved... :)
Laurence and Temeraire continue to be delightful.
Laurence and Temeraire continue to be delightful.
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes