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A review by little_sparrow3
Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey
3.0
Magical Readathon 2019: History of Magic (A book published at least 10 years ago)
As with the other Pern books I've read, Dragonsong is merely a meh read for me.
In this story, we follow 15 year-old Menolly, the daughter of a Lord Holder near the sea who wishes desperately to become a Harper, but can't because the profession is traditionally for men only. Her attempts to break this tradition are frequently challenged by members of the Hold, including her own family. While I was curious to see if Menolly would eventually achieve her dream by the end of the book, I wasn't in any rush to find out. This book is only 180 something pages and it took me over a week to finish; that's how detached and uninterested I was in it. I keep telling myself to put this series down so I can make way for better, more exciting books, but for some reason, I don't listen.
I can say that the poor development of females characters from the prior two books is improved a little bit here. There's more of a balance between female characters in traditional "women's roles" and characters in unconventional roles and their characterization has also improved. This gives me hope for future books if I continue reading this series (which we all know I'm going to because I'm a masochist).
The only thing I really didn't like was that most of the end of the book was (basically) a word for word rehash of the conclusion of Dragonquest, but from Menolly's point of view. I thought it was completely unnecessary and was only included to bolster the page count of this already tiny novel. I don't mind a little overlap if two stories are connected, but I don't need to reread scenes word for word in one book when I basically just read that scene five minutes ago in the other book. This made me leave this book on a sour note when I should've left it feeling satisfied.
As with the other Pern books I've read, Dragonsong is merely a meh read for me.
In this story, we follow 15 year-old Menolly, the daughter of a Lord Holder near the sea who wishes desperately to become a Harper, but can't because the profession is traditionally for men only. Her attempts to break this tradition are frequently challenged by members of the Hold, including her own family. While I was curious to see if Menolly would eventually achieve her dream by the end of the book, I wasn't in any rush to find out. This book is only 180 something pages and it took me over a week to finish; that's how detached and uninterested I was in it. I keep telling myself to put this series down so I can make way for better, more exciting books, but for some reason, I don't listen.
I can say that the poor development of females characters from the prior two books is improved a little bit here. There's more of a balance between female characters in traditional "women's roles" and characters in unconventional roles and their characterization has also improved. This gives me hope for future books if I continue reading this series (which we all know I'm going to because I'm a masochist).
The only thing I really didn't like was that most of the end of the book was (basically) a word for word rehash of the conclusion of Dragonquest, but from Menolly's point of view. I thought it was completely unnecessary and was only included to bolster the page count of this already tiny novel. I don't mind a little overlap if two stories are connected, but I don't need to reread scenes word for word in one book when I basically just read that scene five minutes ago in the other book. This made me leave this book on a sour note when I should've left it feeling satisfied.