Reviews - The Renegades of Pern

87 reviews for:

The one thing that I find annoying about the Dragonriders of Pern sequence is that the timeline isn't quite right! For a couple of books, there's overlap in the first three quarters, and then the story moves on in new ways. I can see why it happens, but it does make me doubt that I've got the sequence in the right order when reading!

luckyladybug3's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

furicle's review against another edition

2.0

Yuck.

By the time I was halfway through the book I disliked all the characters. Every single one of them. They're all doing selfish crud with no redeeming features at all.

This isn't the clear good guys and bad guys Pern I was expecting, and it could have been without even changing the plot.

A few brighter spots towards the end, but to little too late, and a ending only someone selling a sequel would love.

The interesting Pern backdrop just barely helped me make it through, but you're better off finding a different Pern.

felinity's review against another edition

3.0

3.5 stars

As a child I never liked this book, and read it only to fill in some gaps, mainly with Toric's Southern Hold; seeing Pern with flaws was too much. I didn't want to know about the holdless, thieves and murderers, and - unlike all the other books - it covers a broad time span of many years rather than centering on one event or person.

As an adult I appreciate it more, reading it to link events in all the other books, including those which spin off from the main plots. It gives me the distance to watch changes and see connections for myself.

zoes_human's review against another edition

Ummm, where are the dragons?

As far as I'm concerned, the entire point of a Pern book is dragons. 104 pages in and the dragons have made virtually no appearances. The only dragonrider to even be featured is one who lost their dragon. Not for me.

neilsef's review

3.75

adventurous lighthearted mysterious tense 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: N/A

Unlike the other Pern books I have read, the story in this one seemed a bit disjointed, especially in the first half of the book, which did detract from my enjoyment. However, the second half of the book is much better and brings all of these disparate threads together in a satisfactory manner and has an ending that promises interesting storylines for future books.

While this is not the most engaging book of the series, it does fill in some gaps in the events related in previous books so is well worth reading.

jennms_qkw's review against another edition

1.0

This was the weirdest book in the middle of the long-term series. It was all over the map, literally. Two continents on this new planet. Ecological dangers of all sorts. Unhappy aristocrat family members. Even more elite dragon rider culture. A hundreds characters in 5-10 different settings right off the bat. The last 100 pages were as hard as the first 100. Then they discovered their space-faring ancestors. I don't even know what the purpose of this book was. Maybe it was all the plot points left over from all the other books. I don't know if I will return to this series but if I do I will start with book #1.