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ohemgeebooks's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
ankertjes's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
lisawreading's review against another edition
3.0
The fourth and final volume in The Enchanted Forest Chronicles is perhaps better than the third, but doesn't approach the quality or inventiveness of the beginning of the series. In Talking to Dragons, we have a brand new main character setting off on a mysterious quest. He doesn't know the purpose of his quest and neither do we -- and there does seem to be an awful lot of meandering before things heat up, find a direction, and regain some of the excitement of the earlier volumes.
The series wraps up in a way that's satisfying and accounts for all the various story threads, but overall, I don't consider Talking to Dragons to be a particularly strong story on its own. Still, those who've read the earlier volumes should definitely plan on reading this one as well to see how it all works out!
The series wraps up in a way that's satisfying and accounts for all the various story threads, but overall, I don't consider Talking to Dragons to be a particularly strong story on its own. Still, those who've read the earlier volumes should definitely plan on reading this one as well to see how it all works out!
cimorene1558's review against another edition
4.0
I will never like this as much as I like the ones that are mostly about Cimorene, because Cimorene is such a fabulous character. Nonetheless, this is excellent, for a book that doesn't have Cimorene (or even much Morwen or Kazul, who are my other favourites).
library_rift's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
leahrdswan's review against another edition
4.0
This series is a family favorite so I'm glad I got the chance to reread them as an adult.
It's surprising that this book was written and published before the other 3 because it really does tie into everything that happened in the other books. It did feel a bit weird to be so far in the future tho but I loved seeming familiar characters and some new ones.
It's surprising that this book was written and published before the other 3 because it really does tie into everything that happened in the other books. It did feel a bit weird to be so far in the future tho but I loved seeming familiar characters and some new ones.
ajreader's review against another edition
3.0
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This is a nice, nostalgic blast back to Dealing with Dragons. In some wonderful ways, it felt like a march through the forest in order to meet all our old favorite characters again. In other ways, it felt fresh and new and full of new characters to love. A fitting end to a favorite series.
This is a nice, nostalgic blast back to Dealing with Dragons. In some wonderful ways, it felt like a march through the forest in order to meet all our old favorite characters again. In other ways, it felt fresh and new and full of new characters to love. A fitting end to a favorite series.
efjens's review against another edition
4.0
4-4.5 I really enjoyed the story and the characters. It had great tension and payoff for the series as a whole. I just didn't always jive with the prose style. (Maybe it was the 1st person pov, or maybe since this is actually the first one she wrote for the series, the prose got better over time?). Overall though it was a fun, satisfying finale!
claire_loves_books's review against another edition
3.0
I didn't enjoy this as much has the previous books, Daystar just seems like the typical wondering prince that Cimorene has scorned in the previous books. He's sent off on a mysterious quest and he just toddles along happily not having any idea what's going on, he doesn't really seem that interested in what's going on and has no particular desire to find out and make a decision about what he wants for himself. He doesn't have any of the characteristics that made me like the previous characters so much.
(I was also annoyed at Cimorene for waiting so long, surely send him off the second he's old enough rather than wait for the wizards to find her, does she even want her husband back?)
The recaps that the characters gave of the previous books didn't match what happened, I'm not sure if that's deliberate or not but it really didn't match up with what happened (e.g. I think Cimorene has been married for 14 months at the beginning of Calling on Dragons when the sword is stolen but one of the characters says she wasn't married when the sword was stolen. It's confusing and I can't see any reason for the characters who were actually there not to know what happened.)
(I was also annoyed at Cimorene for waiting so long, surely send him off the second he's old enough rather than wait for the wizards to find her, does she even want her husband back?)
The recaps that the characters gave of the previous books didn't match what happened, I'm not sure if that's deliberate or not but it really didn't match up with what happened (e.g. I think Cimorene has been married for 14 months at the beginning of Calling on Dragons when the sword is stolen but one of the characters says she wasn't married when the sword was stolen. It's confusing and I can't see any reason for the characters who were actually there not to know what happened.)
starversed's review against another edition
5.0
EDIT: Apparently Wrede wrote this before the other books, but then why the recap at the end that's different to the plot points of the other books?
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So while I loved it, there seems to be some discrepancy in plot? As though the author wrote this years after the last book, didn't reread her other books, and so the plot recap of the other books was...off?
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So while I loved it, there seems to be some discrepancy in plot? As though the author wrote this years after the last book, didn't reread her other books, and so the plot recap of the other books was...off?