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3.55 AVERAGE
3.55 AVERAGE
The book keeps going on about how timing it is dangerous and rare and how people aren't supposed to know, but they're timing it all over the place and keep telling people they're from the future and NOBODY QUESTIONS IT.
Teenagers are getting pregnant all over the place, we've got kids as young as 13 having sex and sleeping together all the time. It feels like Todd has a thing for young girls having kids.
Also we've got people like three or four places in the same time and it just feels sloppy.
Teenagers are getting pregnant all over the place, we've got kids as young as 13 having sex and sleeping together all the time. It feels like Todd has a thing for young girls having kids.
Also we've got people like three or four places in the same time and it just feels sloppy.
This was a bittersweet read. I was so sad when Anne passed away, and then happy to find out that there was this one last journey into Pern with her. The recent storyline written by Anne and Todd together, of which Sky Dragons is part of, has been a bit confusing with all of the time spent in between and in going between Turns. This book does not fix the problem, although it did some more straightforward insofar as reading the contained story went. Not the best storyline in the Pern universe, but it was interesting.
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Eagerly waited for the next book from Pern. When I cracked the cover I read that Anne McCaffrey had died. In past books it she had the better flow of story and character development over Todd. I'm happy that he'll continue the series, but he just doesn't have the same connection and ability to speak for the characters.
What I've noticed most about this series is that the books don't really stand alone. In Anne's other books set in Pern, I could pick up any book without feeling lost or that major plot is escaping me. Sky Dragons was well written and enjoyable, but it is necessary that you read (and remember) all parts of the prior books in this immediate timeline.
Overall enjoyed the book, but had I started with this series, I doubt that I would've fallen as much in love with them as I did with Anne's other books in the story.
What I've noticed most about this series is that the books don't really stand alone. In Anne's other books set in Pern, I could pick up any book without feeling lost or that major plot is escaping me. Sky Dragons was well written and enjoyable, but it is necessary that you read (and remember) all parts of the prior books in this immediate timeline.
Overall enjoyed the book, but had I started with this series, I doubt that I would've fallen as much in love with them as I did with Anne's other books in the story.
This book was hard to follow with all the various names that are similar. I also didn't feel connected to any of the characters, which is very different from the rest of the series, where I always became attached to certain key characters. It took many chapters before I started to feel like I knew the characters enough to properly enjoy the book.
In previous Pern books there was often a short recap of what had happened, so that after a year or more since the last book we could easily follow along with the story. Once I realized who the characters were this time, and could somewhat remember what had happened to them in the previous books, I wasn't quite so confused.
Overall, I just wasn't that happy with this book. There wasn't really a plot, other than having the dragons and people grow up. In older Pern books, the characters always had a mystery to solve, or a disaster to avert, and in the process they grew. There was only one small part of this book that I thought had more to it, and even that was forgotten after part 2.
In previous Pern books there was often a short recap of what had happened, so that after a year or more since the last book we could easily follow along with the story. Once I realized who the characters were this time, and could somewhat remember what had happened to them in the previous books, I wasn't quite so confused.
Overall, I just wasn't that happy with this book. There wasn't really a plot, other than having the dragons and people grow up. In older Pern books, the characters always had a mystery to solve, or a disaster to avert, and in the process they grew. There was only one small part of this book that I thought had more to it, and even that was forgotten after part 2.
While good and I'm glad I read it, I still couldn't help feeling that this was a plot/concept that didn't need to be stretched out into three books. While I enjoyed looking at the same "happening" from a different perspective, it could have easily been shorter. Some things felt like they were used as filler to keep the book at a certain length.
This one took me about a week to read. I was a little bit excited because I'd heard a lot about the author, and I have read one of her books (by herself without Todd McCaffrey) in the past. I was a bit disappointed by this book. It seemed kind of--scattered. It jumps from scene to scene, sometimes too quickly, and without explaining enough. Also, please keep in mind that the only book I have read that is connected to this one is [b:Dragonsong|28541|Dragonsong (Harper Hall, #1)|Anne McCaffrey|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1298419242s/28541.jpg|1171182], so I do not know much about the entire story. I do know that the writing was not as good, and it seems that since [a:Anne McCaffrey|26|Anne McCaffrey|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1323715139p2/26.jpg]has began writing WITH Todd McCaffrey that the books have gone a little downhill. It is a sad end to the series if this is in fact the last one.
I won this book on Goodreads First Reads.
I won this book on Goodreads First Reads.
slow-paced
This book was terrible. Waste of time don't read.
Well, whaddaya know? After I complained bitterly about the last three Pern novels, I fully expected to dislike this one as well. But I didn’t! And it wasn’t all due to sentiment generated by the fact that it’s the last Pern book that Anne herself will have a hand in.
I think I figured it out-- Fiona only makes a brief cameo in this book. Therefore, I was able to understand what was happening, and when. When Fiona did show up, near the end of the book, sure enough, things started to get confusing again: Xhinna is no longer a wingleader. No, wait-- she is. No-- she’s definitely not. Hang on a bit-- she is. She really, really is.
I’ve decided that Fiona is the literary equivalent of a wormhole. Any plots involving her become grossly convoluted, and the reader is spit out on the other side of the galaxy, battered and bewildered.
Not the best Pern title in the series, but far from the worst.
I think I figured it out-- Fiona only makes a brief cameo in this book. Therefore, I was able to understand what was happening, and when. When Fiona did show up, near the end of the book, sure enough, things started to get confusing again: Xhinna is no longer a wingleader. No, wait-- she is. No-- she’s definitely not. Hang on a bit-- she is. She really, really is.
I’ve decided that Fiona is the literary equivalent of a wormhole. Any plots involving her become grossly convoluted, and the reader is spit out on the other side of the galaxy, battered and bewildered.
Not the best Pern title in the series, but far from the worst.