A review by lauralynnwalsh
The Harper Hall of Pern by Anne McCaffrey

4.0

This was a re-read from long ago. I remember enjoying McCaffrey when I was in my science fiction reading peak, and I enjoyed the first two of these books a lot, again. But after thinking about the three of them, I am suffering from a bit more disappointment. McCaffrey created an interesting character in Menolly in the first book, developed her in the second and then abandoned her to the males in book three. The third book should have been about Menolly coming into her powers and exerting some influence in the world. Instead, it was going off with the important guy and following the hijinks of the boy who always got in trouble. I am disappointed. I still enjoyed reading the books, which is more than I can say about a lot of more recent book attempts, but I have to take off one star in the rating (it should be even more) because of the third book. Sigh.