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4.06 AVERAGE
4.06 AVERAGE
By far the best in this series so far. This story benefits from a relatively simple plot, but even more so, from a move toward humanizing the characters a bit more, moving away from very extreme caricatures and adding a bit of depth and complexity. It was great to see Hiccup with a bit more confidence, and Stoic is more interesting in the last two chapters of this book than he has been in the entire series up to here.
The basic plot involves a deadly slow-acting venom that has affected one of the characters, and a quest to find the vegetable-that-must-not-be-named, which holds the cure.
Camicazi returns, slightly more toned down and likeable, and with the beginnings of a more genuine friendship with Hiccup.
The humor was spot-on, including some fun references, the usual slapstick, and some great one-liners. The much more serious tone of the epilogue also worked really well, and provided a nice takeaway message to the story.
This was well-paced, and it felt like the series really hit its stride with this book.
The basic plot involves a deadly slow-acting venom that has affected one of the characters, and a quest to find the vegetable-that-must-not-be-named, which holds the cure.
Camicazi returns, slightly more toned down and likeable, and with the beginnings of a more genuine friendship with Hiccup.
The humor was spot-on, including some fun references, the usual slapstick, and some great one-liners. The much more serious tone of the epilogue also worked really well, and provided a nice takeaway message to the story.
This was well-paced, and it felt like the series really hit its stride with this book.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
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
adventurous
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Out of all the books I've read this year (minus If We Were Villians), this book takes first place. Like the other books in HTTYD it's funny and lighthearted but this one just feels different. I found myself outwardly laughing and smiling at the book, the importance of a potato really took me out. I have never read anything where a potato played such a part and even at the end where the doomfang took care of hiccup and even one eye. Honestly this book just felt different, it felt like I lost myself completely in it. I'm not one to worry about a characters death, especially when the series is no where near close but I found myself worried and panicked. I especially found the addition of One Eye interesting. The past too books didn't include a dragon that, admittedly reluctantly, helped Toothless and Hiccup and actually came to care for the boy. The addition of One Eye is one that I hope I see more often whether that be One Eye or a new dragon but I think that is what contributed largely to this book feeling different from the others.
http://nwhyte.livejournal.com/2084956.html[return][return]I liked this the most of the four; to save his friend, Hiccup must retrieve a mysterious vegetable called a potato from a vicious neighbouring tribe who have found it in a new land to the west. The is a lot of humour about how America and the potato are actually taboo topics among the Vikings who ought not to have discovered them yet, and Camicazi is a welcome foil to Hiccup.
Another fun instalment of How to Train Your Dragon. This one introduces us to a new clan and takes on a hunt for the vegetable-that-shall-not-be-named (the potatoes). The humour is present again in this book as it is in the others. Kamikaze is back again, although she is still the only female main character in the book. There is a brief mention of other people from her all-female clan on the island. As with the first book, I really did not like Toothless in this instalment. He is just too selfish to be liked as a character. I would have been happy with him hibernating with the other dragons.
It was an alright story. Same as the others in the series; nothing new is brought to this one. The audiobook makes all the difference with David Tenants voices. I hope that the next book bumps it up a little; this one just seemed to fall flat.
It was an alright story. Same as the others in the series; nothing new is brought to this one. The audiobook makes all the difference with David Tenants voices. I hope that the next book bumps it up a little; this one just seemed to fall flat.
This one was a little too silly for me. Cute as always, and Hiccup got to stand up for himself and actually show a bit of his worth as a Viking. But nothing really surprising happened. The potato being the Vegetable-that-No-one-Dares-Name was adorable, though.
adventurous
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
fast-paced