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3.63 AVERAGE
3.63 AVERAGE
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I don't like this as much as the others. A bit episodic so that the characters don't feel so real.
Dude, even McCaffrey got bored with her own new (deeply boring) characters halfway through the book, chucked the whole Holdless plotlines for huge swathes, and went back to focusing on Piemur and Toric and the politics of the Southern continent. It irks my sense of order that huge chunks of the through-narrative from the original (in my mind) six books/two trilogies has to be continued here before being picked up as the A story once again in [b:All the Weyrs of Pern|61926|All The Weyrs Of Pern|Anne McCaffrey|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1191941122s/61926.jpg|2341135] again. It seems a poorly put-together book, but I nevertheless relished the bits about Piemur growing up and continuing his story from [b:Dragondrums|28553|Dragondrums (Harper Hall Trilogy, Book 3)|Anne McCaffrey|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167947308s/28553.jpg|1592020]. I also like the gaps filled in a bit in and around [b:The White Dragon|127586|The White Dragon (Dragonriders of Pern, Book 3)|Anne McCaffrey|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171940148s/127586.jpg|2886933]. Those two reasons are worth it to me to slog around the Jayge-Aramina-Thella bits to fill in details for the overarching storyline.
Oh, also? The cover shown here does not match my book, even though I selected via ISBN number. ::grumps::
Oh, also? The cover shown here does not match my book, even though I selected via ISBN number. ::grumps::
Too many characters and plotlines. I actually liked following Thella as a character, but her storyline just petered out into narcissistic crazy person. Also there are rapid jumps forward in timeline that were a bit jarring.
Where I thought Moreta and Nerilka should have been combined into one book, this one felt like it should have been two separate books. There are two very different stories haphazardly crammed into one. It's kind of a mess. It jumps all over the place in location and time and point of view. And every time I read one of the love scenes, I just roll my eyes. They are so awkward and forced! I am beginning to ask myself how McCaffrey became so famous when she was turning out books like this.
I vaguely remember this books main characters, and do remember the ending, but the middle I remember as dragging a bit. Probably would have given it a 3 stars but cannot rate it without re-reading.
Ok, reread and now remember why I didn’t give this a better rating. It ends right when they start learning about themselves and we don’t get to see where it goes. Very abrupt ending though...
Still Jayge is kind of our main character. He connects with the Girl Who Hears Dragons, who unlike queen riders, hears them all the time and it makes her crazy. There is a very poorly drawn evil woman, sister of a holder, who calls herself Lady Thella as Lady of the holdless. Jayge cross paths with her and she doggedly pursues him even So this main line wasn’t all that good for the evil person but was pretty good for Jayge. Aramina was not really fleshed out.
I’ve gone on to [b:All the Weyrs of Pern|61926|All the Weyrs of Pern (Pern, #11)|Anne McCaffrey|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1322034004l/61926._SX50_.jpg|2341135] which has the future of how the southern continent will be divided. It is definitely worth reading as a continuation but it drags a lot with the telling of people’s stories. 3 stars solid, good, mainly only for readers of the series.
Ok, reread and now remember why I didn’t give this a better rating. It ends right when they start learning about themselves and we don’t get to see where it goes. Very abrupt ending though...
Still Jayge is kind of our main character. He connects with the Girl Who Hears Dragons, who unlike queen riders, hears them all the time and it makes her crazy. There is a very poorly drawn evil woman, sister of a holder, who calls herself Lady Thella as Lady of the holdless. Jayge cross paths with her and she doggedly pursues him even
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to the Southern Continent, which makes no sense as it is so so far away and she must have her own needs and the needs of her followers. Where did the get the time or money? Why would the idiots follow on a long journey to get him.I’ve gone on to [b:All the Weyrs of Pern|61926|All the Weyrs of Pern (Pern, #11)|Anne McCaffrey|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1322034004l/61926._SX50_.jpg|2341135] which has the future of how the southern continent will be divided
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all the amazing new discoveries of AVIS and who will be in charge.
A tale of Pern's gypsy-like Holdless culture as well as the discovery of AIVAS, the artificial intelligence system leftover at Landing. Aside from the brief introduction at the beginning about the human settlers on Pern, this was the first time this series took an actual science-fiction turn for me.
I was in a rough spot, reading two books at the same time that dragged on (the other was A Crown of Gilded Bones) for me. This is one of my least favorite OG Pern books, and in doing this reread right now I’d already read the same couple of scenes (Ramoth’s egg drama for instance) in 4 different Pern books so far this year, and being that I already don’t prefer this particular book it was it hard to get through sometimes. Important things do happen, but since McCaffrey isn’t afraid to re-tell important events in other books, if you’re not a Pern purist you wouldn’t miss out much if you skipped it.
Surprised by my re-read of this. I remember thinking it wasn't written well, felt rushed, and in great need of editing, but worth the read because of favorite characters and the archaeology of the Ancients' mounds on Southern. I still feel it is not in the top ranks of her books and very repetitive if you've read the main trilogy (Dragonflight, Quest, White Dragon), but if one wishes to read further into Pern's history it has some important moments. I still wonder where the editor was - there are some name inconsistencies throughout! Is Mardra's weyrmate T'ton or T'ron? Depends on which book you read, and in this one goes back and forth! There are other mistakes like this that startle the reader. There are a lot of people and places to remember with a novel that covers such a large range of time.
I won't say it's for huge fans only, but those readers headed in that direction will enjoy it if they can get past the feeling of having read much of it before.
I won't say it's for huge fans only, but those readers headed in that direction will enjoy it if they can get past the feeling of having read much of it before.
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No