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callmecat's review against another edition
4.0
GREAT BOOK! I really enjoyed how inevitable the solution was, even tho I didn't see it coming. Also, I loved the very end too! woot!!! Excited to read the next one!
qu33nofbookz's review against another edition
3.0
It starts off a bit confusing like there is a chapter or two missing. It also reads like a middle grade book intended for young boys of the D&D or Magic persuasion. However about a third of the way through it finds it's rhythm and becomes a book for adults with all it's mentions of little/young boy rape by lots of the characters along with beating of others. The dragon bones aren't really a big part of the book until almost the conclusion of the book and a mention in the beginning. Also there is no dragon until the last few pages. The middle of the book needs a flow chart to keep track of all the characters and who plays what role but thankfully this smooths out to towards the end. Last the ending felt very rushed, most of the book plodded along at a good pace and then it was a sprint to the end and not very climatic. A fairly decent book all in all for it being among the authors first works.
holl3640's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
ailsaod's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
dawn_marie's review against another edition
4.0
A friend lent me this book and I was very happy she did. I enjoyed the author’s writing style and even liked how occasionally the viewpoint went from our protagonist (Ward) to someone else. The plot points, while very typical fantasy troupe, were well executed and had just enough spin on it to make the story interesting and entertaining.
heidenkind's review against another edition
4.0
Briggs is a really great storyteller. I can't recommend her work enough.
welkinvault's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
I'd been told for years that I would enjoy this author, but I thought they were all romances. Well this was not a romance, but a simply written well paced adventure tale. No great suprises, some very nice world building, and am off to get the second book. No cliffhanger. Extra points for that!
livarleth's review against another edition
3.0
3 1/2 stars.
This is a good classic home-journey-home story in an intruiging high fantasy setting. This should make this an automatic solid four star book. However it is very evident that this was written early in Patricia Briggs career. While there was just enough story for all the characters to have character arcs it was only just. And the pacing of the story was just odd. It has the pacing of an action novel, but is written as a high fantasy one.
The book just doesn't seem, if you will forgive my bad metaphor, like it has been cooked quite long enough. All the ingredients are there, but you do not get the opportunity to savor them, due to fast pacing and the side dish is missing too. Only the bare bones of the meal are being presented. And while that still does satisfy ones hunger, it does not necessarily satisfy ones palate.
So while I enjoyed reading it, I was dissatisfied when I was done. I will be reading the next one, just to see whether any of the loose ends get tied up there.
This is a good classic home-journey-home story in an intruiging high fantasy setting. This should make this an automatic solid four star book. However it is very evident that this was written early in Patricia Briggs career. While there was just enough story for all the characters to have character arcs it was only just. And the pacing of the story was just odd. It has the pacing of an action novel, but is written as a high fantasy one.
The book just doesn't seem, if you will forgive my bad metaphor, like it has been cooked quite long enough. All the ingredients are there, but you do not get the opportunity to savor them, due to fast pacing and the side dish is missing too. Only the bare bones of the meal are being presented. And while that still does satisfy ones hunger, it does not necessarily satisfy ones palate.
So while I enjoyed reading it, I was dissatisfied when I was done. I will be reading the next one, just to see whether any of the loose ends get tied up there.
blodeuedd's review against another edition
4.0
I have not have the best of luck with Brigg's fantasy books. I did like the Hob, it was light. Raven was good, then turned worse. Wolf was gone, it just showed it was her work early on. But Dragon, I was hooked from page one. It's still light fantasy somehow, but there is a true darkness in it too. I am not saying that makes it more fantasy, I am just saying here she was not afraid to talk about things that I might not want to know, but that makes it so much better.
Ward started to act like he was simple so his father would not kill him. His father was cruel, liked to beat his children and wife and rape the servants. It was difficult to read about Ward and how everyone looked down at him for being an idiot. They said he was nice, but an idiot. Which made it the more interesting to read about him. He had played the act for so long so when it was time to let go who would believe it.
This was a troubled land. A king who grow more disturbing the more I learned about him. And then there is Hurog and Ward would not be allowed to Lord over it if he is a simpleton. War is brewing from the south too, well actually most people are pissed they just hide it. I do like conflict in fantasy and here after the book ends, well one battle done but there are more to come and I wanted to read book 2 at once. I did start it at once too. Things are never simple.
Ward, him I liked. Oreg who met was nice too. Ward's sister, well she was not really in focus. Then there are other men (and women) who were interesting to to read about. Some I did not know whether to like or not, but that is the good part. Everyone plays a role.
It was short, but I liked it. I will still call it light cos it does not have the epicness, it would have, but does not. Totally recommend it too.
Ward started to act like he was simple so his father would not kill him. His father was cruel, liked to beat his children and wife and rape the servants. It was difficult to read about Ward and how everyone looked down at him for being an idiot. They said he was nice, but an idiot. Which made it the more interesting to read about him. He had played the act for so long so when it was time to let go who would believe it.
This was a troubled land. A king who grow more disturbing the more I learned about him. And then there is Hurog and Ward would not be allowed to Lord over it if he is a simpleton. War is brewing from the south too, well actually most people are pissed they just hide it. I do like conflict in fantasy and here after the book ends, well one battle done but there are more to come and I wanted to read book 2 at once. I did start it at once too. Things are never simple.
Ward, him I liked. Oreg who met was nice too. Ward's sister, well she was not really in focus. Then there are other men (and women) who were interesting to to read about. Some I did not know whether to like or not, but that is the good part. Everyone plays a role.
It was short, but I liked it. I will still call it light cos it does not have the epicness, it would have, but does not. Totally recommend it too.