3.5. This one wasn't quite as good as the first 2, mostly just because it kind of drags and gets bogged down in the middle. Still very good and above average!
Still enjoying this series -- and grateful I started it when there were so many books already out -- but I am starting to wish that the structure was not quite so broad. It would be nice if each book had something to distinguish it a little more from the others, some trick of symbols or theme. (If t...
I never would have guessed that I could be this fond of a series about the Napoleonic Wars. This volume has Temeraire and Laurence and crew traveling back overland from China. The action is just intermittent enough for us to take in the scenery, the privations of each leg, to really relax and catch ...
I love this series. Naomi Novik has written one of the most incredible fantasy series with dragons as the protagonists. And dragons unlike any others who seem closer to humans than to animals. I honestly recommend this to all fantasy lovers. If you've never read this series, believe me, you are miss...
The theme of this book seemed to be that the characters are utterly screwed, and then the situation continues to get worse. Right up until the very end, I really had no idea how the hell they were going to get out of it all. It was almost too intense, if anything.Like the ones before it, the book is...
I just had to give this one five, though I'm still not sure if I should leave room for more awesome books to have the five stars exclusively. It is possible to be more awesome than this book, but damn, it was a good one, and well-written, intelligent historical fantasy deserves props.
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