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imakandiway's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
chlojewell's review against another edition
3.0
a sweet cozy little tale with way too much detail about how the camp is set up
orsuros's review against another edition
4.0
A good entry in the Pern series. It does much of what many of the good Pern books do by exploring the life of a few individuals and a community. I feel like the villain in this one was a little flatter than what you'll get in some of the other Pern books.
birdloveranne's review against another edition
5.0
This story was wonderful!!! I listened to the audio narrated by one of my favorites, Dick Hill. It was so wonderful to visit Pern again.
beccak24's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
meredithrlyons's review against another edition
3.0
From what I've read, this is Todd McCaffrey's first joint effort with Anne at creating this world. I do feel that there is potential for him to grow, so I will probably read other books. I liked the characters and the story and I did enjoy reading it, but often the pacing was a bit clunky. In some spots, I felt like things resolved way too quickly, especially near the end.
Still, I loved learning more about the watch weirs and I always enjoy stories about different generations from passes/intervals prior to the Lessa/F'lar years.
Still, I loved learning more about the watch weirs and I always enjoy stories about different generations from passes/intervals prior to the Lessa/F'lar years.
taxideadaisy's review against another edition
3.0
It was OK. I wouldn't recommend it as a first or one of the first Pern books one reads. I was a fairly big fan of Anne McCaffrey a couple of decades ago, especially the Pern books. Saw this used recently and thought it might be fun to read a book about watch-whers and their people. It did fulfill that goal, plus some of the Pernese mining culture stuff was interesting.
It seemed like a slow starter, and I thought there were usually more visuals in Pern books. Overall I'm glad I read it, but very glad that I got it cheaply as a used paperback.
It seemed like a slow starter, and I thought there were usually more visuals in Pern books. Overall I'm glad I read it, but very glad that I got it cheaply as a used paperback.
dragononashelf's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
informative
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
jeni_dean's review against another edition
2.0
Good lord… What a struggle this was…
I’ve started re-reading all the Pern books in chronological order because it’s my favourite series and Anne is my favourite author. I was kind of dreading reaching the books written by Todd because of what I had heard about them, and I was right to be full of dread.
Firstly… since when did all these young kids get so damn rude? Talking back to Dragonriders and the Master Harper. Good grief…
Also the writing is just so lackluster in comparison to Anne… it’s like Young Adult Pern. So bad…
Now on to the many mistakes. I’m rusty on my lore, so some of this could be accurate, but to me this all seems wrong… happy to be proven wrong, but so much stood out to me as incorrect.
• Time travel
I didn’t think was a known thing until the time of Lessa and later Ruth? Now suddenly everyone knows about it?
• Watch whers/dragons/Fire lizards
Watch whers can fly, Talk to people and other dragons, see heat and can go between… ummm since when? Is this all new information that Todd just decided to slip in? I don’t remember any of this in previous books.
Dragons can talk to anyone they like? I thought it was only certain Queen riders that could speak to all the dragons? Specifically Lessa and I believe Moreta?
Didn’t Fire lizards disappear after the eruptions at the first landing sites? And were only rediscovered later in the Harperhall trilogy by menolly?
How can Nuella talk to dragons and watch whers when she hadn’t impressed either of them? Considering how particular dragons are, why would they talk to some random girl?
There was a mention of dolphins… I thought these were also unknown of after the eruptions?
Again, a lot of this I could be forgetting and am wrong on but it all seemed so out of place and like Todd was trying way too hard to insert lore of his own and failing at it in the process.
I could only stomach giving this a 2 because it’s Pern, otherwise it would have gotten a 1.
Lord help me as I move on to more Todd books…
I’ve started re-reading all the Pern books in chronological order because it’s my favourite series and Anne is my favourite author. I was kind of dreading reaching the books written by Todd because of what I had heard about them, and I was right to be full of dread.
Firstly… since when did all these young kids get so damn rude? Talking back to Dragonriders and the Master Harper. Good grief…
Also the writing is just so lackluster in comparison to Anne… it’s like Young Adult Pern. So bad…
Now on to the many mistakes. I’m rusty on my lore, so some of this could be accurate, but to me this all seems wrong… happy to be proven wrong, but so much stood out to me as incorrect.
• Time travel
I didn’t think was a known thing until the time of Lessa and later Ruth? Now suddenly everyone knows about it?
• Watch whers/dragons/Fire lizards
Watch whers can fly, Talk to people and other dragons, see heat and can go between… ummm since when? Is this all new information that Todd just decided to slip in? I don’t remember any of this in previous books.
Dragons can talk to anyone they like? I thought it was only certain Queen riders that could speak to all the dragons? Specifically Lessa and I believe Moreta?
Didn’t Fire lizards disappear after the eruptions at the first landing sites? And were only rediscovered later in the Harperhall trilogy by menolly?
How can Nuella talk to dragons and watch whers when she hadn’t impressed either of them? Considering how particular dragons are, why would they talk to some random girl?
There was a mention of dolphins… I thought these were also unknown of after the eruptions?
Again, a lot of this I could be forgetting and am wrong on but it all seemed so out of place and like Todd was trying way too hard to insert lore of his own and failing at it in the process.
I could only stomach giving this a 2 because it’s Pern, otherwise it would have gotten a 1.
Lord help me as I move on to more Todd books…