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Trone av Jade

Naomi Novik, Gry Wastvedt

3.82 AVERAGE

yona260's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous hopeful informative reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

hedvigvj's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous lighthearted 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: No

winged's review against another edition

3.0

Although my rating is probably more like a 3.5 -- I did think this was long in places, and there's only so much "the English find Chinese customs weird" I can do at a time -- I thoroughly enjoyed this second of the Temeraire books (even without Capt Roland, who I'm very fond of, for long stretches at a time).

I definitely thought that the contrast in philosophies about dragons, the ethical questions involved and personhood of dragons, along with the more naval-histories feel of the long sea voyage, were worth the slower pace at times. I'm very curious if there will be a return to questions of poverty among paid dragons or if that will just go hand waved.

And as always, Temeraire himself steals the show. Looking forward to the next one.

kassiani's review against another edition

4.0

Again, I’m here for the dragon shenanigans, but less the military setting.
This book delt more with the indentured servitude aspect of dragons’ life in the UK, especially faced with such a cultural shock in China, respecting dragons and having a real place for them in society as contributing citizens, and Temeraire still choosing to go back for Laurence’s sake. It felt a bit rushed at the end, but since it’s a continuing series I’m not too mad about it.