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williamsdebbied's review against another edition
3.0
Kindan is the son of a miner and an aspiring harper. However, when his whole family is killed in a mining accident, along with their watch wher. As Kindan, Nuella, and Harper Zist learn more about the watch-whers and their abilities, finding one to guard the mine becomes ever more important.
greenbeem's review against another edition
2.0
While I appreciated and enjoyed learning more about the little-known watch-whers that we first met as Lessa's only friend at Fax's Ruatha Hold, it was a struggle to finish this book. I just did not enjoy reading it. It did not engage my interest the way most other Pern books do (even the ones I think are not very well written), and I felt no empathy with the characters. I was I wouldn't say Dragon's Kin was badly written, just not very well written.
angelahayes's review against another edition
5.0
Love this series of books. It's one of my all time favourites. I decided to re-read the entire Dragonriders of Pern series and over the past couple of months, I have been working my way through them all. Anne McCaffrey has such a wonderful, boundless imagination and such a vivid and descriptive style, her stories transport the reader into the fantastic world that she created and sweeps you up on the breathtaking adventures. Spellbinding!
amalyndb's review against another edition
5.0
This was really absorbing to read - set in an earlier time, a bit more than a decade before Thread is to arrive, in a mining camp eager to prove itself. After the death of his father and brothers in a mine cave-in along with his father's watch-wher, Kindan fosters with the camp's harper. After more accidents, the camp's head miner decides they must have a watch-wher again and that Kindan is to be the one to bond with it.
Secrets and subterfuge are rife, but Kindan and Nuella discover more about themselves and watch-whers, allowing them to help save others.
Secrets and subterfuge are rife, but Kindan and Nuella discover more about themselves and watch-whers, allowing them to help save others.
bookcrazylady45's review against another edition
3.0
Another easy read, nice characters, learning about watch-whers.
katekat's review against another edition
3.0
Anne McCaffrey is the quintessential writer of fantasy books pertaining to dragons. These books are always wonderful, well written, and perfectly characterized. All of her series are great but the ones that take place on Pern are the best of all. A thoroughly fun and engaging read.
kathijo63's review against another edition
5.0
Week 52 of the 2017 Reading Challenge: A book set in a fictional location. The last book in this year's challenge!
Oh Pern, how I have missed you with your glorious dragons and dragonriders. This tale focused on the watch-wher's, a relative of the dragons. I had read most of the Dragonriders of Pern series but had not read any that she wrote in collaboration with her son. This makes me want to read all of them plus go back and read the entire series again.
Oh Pern, how I have missed you with your glorious dragons and dragonriders. This tale focused on the watch-wher's, a relative of the dragons. I had read most of the Dragonriders of Pern series but had not read any that she wrote in collaboration with her son. This makes me want to read all of them plus go back and read the entire series again.
ineffablebob's review against another edition
4.0
Dragon's Kin has quite a bit of cross-over with Dragonfire, another book set in the same timeframe. I was impressed with the way both books worked as solo stories, expanding on different aspects of the same characters as they appeared at various times. Pern fans will enjoy learning more about watch-whers in this book (and to a lesser extent in Dragonfire), a topic which hasn't been explored much in the original set of dragonrider novels.
hseldon's review against another edition
3.0
Do yourself a favor and stick with the older books written by just Anne. If you just have to read more Pern books then this first collaboration with her son Todd is probably the best of them. I can only assume Anne had more to do with this one than the later efforts. Personally I'm making a conscious decision to leave my memories of Pern positive and will avoid any future attempts at authorship by Todd. Sadly, talent is not hereditary.