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This one might not be fully 4 stars, but it was still very enjoyable and easy to listen to.

I absolutely love the relationship between Laurence and Temeraire. Temeraire is generally so funny and Laurence only ever has his welfare in mind.
The plot in this one is a bit uneven. Most of it is the boat journey to China. There is still plenty of action as Laurence seems to be attacked constantly as his bond with Temeraire is attempted to be severed.
And while the ending of this one is a bit far fetched, I'm very much attached to these characters and will be continuing the series immediately!

manic_swens's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

evafantasy's review against another edition

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3.5

⭐⭐⭐✨

Loved exploring China and how their society integrated dragons, Temeraire and Laurence ar estill endearing, yet felt like nothing really happened in this installment. Was surprised when I reached the end because I thought we had barely started the story and this book is longer than the first one xD

jpluff2334's review against another edition

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4.0

At first I was thinking that this might have a little bit of the "second book syndrome" in that it felt like there was just a series of events happening along this very, somewhat boring voyage to China with no cohesiveness to the story. But then, when we got to the last chunk I completely changed my mind. A lot of what happened on the voyage played into the overarching theme of this book which was views on dragons' rights and freedoms. We start to see Temeraire question why the English breed their dragons for war and war only. When they finally end up in China and Temeraire sees the spectacular way Chinese dragons live, he has a great sense of justice built up in him that him and his friends back home should be living differently. How he reflects on killing the sea serpent was sad and eyeopening as well. The fact that he chooses to go back home to hopefully begin to make changes in Britain really shows to his character as a dragon. He simply is the best.

Some other things I whole heartedly enjoyed were when Temeraire got sick and couldn't taste anything on the ship and the Chinese people aboard began preparing him meals with spices that he found to be utterly delicious. I giggled and smiled at Temeraire learning how to write with his love interest and then casually drinking tea. I'm imagining this gigantic beast enjoying the dainty things in life and I am very much hear for it.

merelmerijn1990's review against another edition

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adventurous hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

queerkidreads's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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