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A review by mikaiten
Sky Dragons by Todd McCaffrey, Anne McCaffrey
2.0
This book was hard to follow with all the various names that are similar. I also didn't feel connected to any of the characters, which is very different from the rest of the series, where I always became attached to certain key characters. It took many chapters before I started to feel like I knew the characters enough to properly enjoy the book.
In previous Pern books there was often a short recap of what had happened, so that after a year or more since the last book we could easily follow along with the story. Once I realized who the characters were this time, and could somewhat remember what had happened to them in the previous books, I wasn't quite so confused.
Overall, I just wasn't that happy with this book. There wasn't really a plot, other than having the dragons and people grow up. In older Pern books, the characters always had a mystery to solve, or a disaster to avert, and in the process they grew. There was only one small part of this book that I thought had more to it, and even that was forgotten after part 2.
In previous Pern books there was often a short recap of what had happened, so that after a year or more since the last book we could easily follow along with the story. Once I realized who the characters were this time, and could somewhat remember what had happened to them in the previous books, I wasn't quite so confused.
Overall, I just wasn't that happy with this book. There wasn't really a plot, other than having the dragons and people grow up. In older Pern books, the characters always had a mystery to solve, or a disaster to avert, and in the process they grew. There was only one small part of this book that I thought had more to it, and even that was forgotten after part 2.