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Dragon Champion
by E.E. Knight
This is decent, though I found it hard to get invested at the beginning. The book felt a lot longer than it did. Idk. I'm kind of indifferent. I liked the book, but I don't know if I want to continue to the sequel. Definitely if you don't like the first part, I recommend continuing because it does get better as it goes along.
The first thing I want to talk about is the cover. Has the cover artist ever seen an animal? That is a very wrong number of leg joints, and I can't begin to properly understand what's going on with the wings.
Now the book is kind of a coming of age story. Our protagonist is a dragon, and far more animal than human at the beginning. That was my first difficulty in relating to the book. Now I love "talking animal" stories and those with nonhuman protagonist, but for much of the first part of the book the main character has no motivations other than eating and surviving. He never really does develop a ton of personality, though he later develops feelings and motivations more relatable to a human, especially when he
But in the beginning, well...for one thing, he eats a small child, because he was hungry. Not to mention that he killed and ate his brother. So...yeah, it was a struggle, at the beginning.
Definitely my first read where the protagonist ate a kid.
The world building is a pretty generic elves and dwarves fantasy land. The dwarves had some interesting details added, like the glowing moss in their beards. I'm always a slut for glowing moss. But pretty usual stuff. Dragons come in a bunch of different colors. I've been looking for a dragon book with a HTTYD-type approach with tons of unique species, but to no avail. Oh well. The development and biology of dragons in this world was still interesting to read about.
A high point: There are talking wolves. They don't come in for too long, but I appreciated Blackhard and the other wolves.
I don't really know how to summarize my thoughts, though. There's plenty of action, and if you love dragons I recommend it, but all the same, this book was overall just okay. Nothing wrong with that, but it won't stick in my memory forever.
Last comment: At one point a room is described as "taller than it is high." What? I think someone definitely is high.
The first thing I want to talk about is the cover. Has the cover artist ever seen an animal? That is a very wrong number of leg joints, and I can't begin to properly understand what's going on with the wings.
Now the book is kind of a coming of age story. Our protagonist is a dragon, and far more animal than human at the beginning. That was my first difficulty in relating to the book. Now I love "talking animal" stories and those with nonhuman protagonist, but for much of the first part of the book the main character has no motivations other than eating and surviving. He never really does develop a ton of personality, though he later develops feelings and motivations more relatable to a human, especially when he
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adopts a small girlBut in the beginning, well...for one thing, he eats a small child, because he was hungry. Not to mention that he killed and ate his brother. So...yeah, it was a struggle, at the beginning.
Definitely my first read where the protagonist ate a kid.
The world building is a pretty generic elves and dwarves fantasy land. The dwarves had some interesting details added, like the glowing moss in their beards. I'm always a slut for glowing moss. But pretty usual stuff. Dragons come in a bunch of different colors. I've been looking for a dragon book with a HTTYD-type approach with tons of unique species, but to no avail. Oh well. The development and biology of dragons in this world was still interesting to read about.
A high point: There are talking wolves. They don't come in for too long, but I appreciated Blackhard and the other wolves.
I don't really know how to summarize my thoughts, though. There's plenty of action, and if you love dragons I recommend it, but all the same, this book was overall just okay. Nothing wrong with that, but it won't stick in my memory forever.
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The part where Auron had to leave his adopted human "daughter" SHATTERED my heart tho.Last comment: At one point a room is described as "taller than it is high." What? I think someone definitely is high.