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A review by jeynonymous
The Dragon and the George by Gordon R. Dickson
2.0
Like self absorbed main characters?
I read this because I knew it had something to do with Flight of Dragons but…geez. The main character basically doesn’t question anything, or not much, and he totally forgets about his girlfriend for MOST of the book and didn’t care at all what happened to the dragon who’s body he was in and somehow he’s ‘a great guy’? Somehow his girlfriend still remotely likes him at the end? And most of the characters basically get no development and talk in a sort of ‘canned fantasy trope’ sort of way. The wolf is really bad with that. And the wizard just gets mad when anyone asks him to explain anything so that’s ridiculously convenient to not have to, I guess since no one calls him on it enough or pushes him. I actually liked the first few chapters and the way some things were described… until I noticed how what I started calling ‘weather reports’ seem to fill the paragraphs instead of the characters behaving intelligently or being developed. So… yeah. I think I’m not heading to book two. If for no other reason than Angie didn’t kick him in the fun bits. I sure would have.
I read this because I knew it had something to do with Flight of Dragons but…geez. The main character basically doesn’t question anything, or not much, and he totally forgets about his girlfriend for MOST of the book and didn’t care at all what happened to the dragon who’s body he was in and somehow he’s ‘a great guy’? Somehow his girlfriend still remotely likes him at the end? And most of the characters basically get no development and talk in a sort of ‘canned fantasy trope’ sort of way. The wolf is really bad with that. And the wizard just gets mad when anyone asks him to explain anything so that’s ridiculously convenient to not have to, I guess since no one calls him on it enough or pushes him. I actually liked the first few chapters and the way some things were described… until I noticed how what I started calling ‘weather reports’ seem to fill the paragraphs instead of the characters behaving intelligently or being developed. So… yeah. I think I’m not heading to book two. If for no other reason than Angie didn’t kick him in the fun bits. I sure would have.