So, here's the thing... the last few days have been... mind-boggling, to say the very least. For reference, I'm writing this on February 4th, 2025. Trump is president again and Elon Musk has taken over the Treasury Department illegally and these things have taken up a lot of my brain-space. Dragondrums was a little distraction between all the insanity and cat-pictures via social media. It was alright, overall.I had the thought, upon finishing Dragondrums, that Piemur reminded me of Mags and Skif from Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar series. All three are precocious, knowledge soaking, semi-spy trainees. Piemur less so, than Mags or Skif, but the way Robinton uses Piemur's skills is much the same.
My edition of Dragondrums included an introduction by Brandon Sanderson that had me thinking Piemur was going to spend a lot more time in the Southern jungle/forest than he did... so that was a little bit of a let-down. I think I spent more time wondering when that particular adventure was going to happen than I did actually paying loads of attention to the story.
But yeah, that's pretty much where my thoughts on Dragondrums end. It was entertaining enough, but not super thought-provoking. A nice combo of school-story and adventure novel.
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