Dragongirl by Todd McCaffrey

Dragongirl falls squarely into the category of "Books I Really Should Have Just DNF'd." It is truly the most boring Pern book I have ever read. The only reason it didn't end up in the DNF Pile was because I'm waiting for the next batch of Pern books to arrive. I am so very, very over the repetitious, uninteresting style Todd McCaffrey has adopted for telling this story. Seriously, my eyes should not glaze over while reading about how the dragons of Pern are in peril... again. I should not be over that, either... and yet... so over it.

Probably the only thing I liked about Dragongirl was the Polycule of Fiona, Kindan, Lorana, and T'mar. I like that it exists. More Poly representation is good. I'm did not, however, need to know the opinion of almost every Weyrwoman on Pern on the existence of said Polycule, but Fiona just seems to keep bringing it up at every opportunity. I mean, yes, it was incredibly weird how the whole thing came about... bordering on problematic, really... but I don't see why she felt the need to discuss it with every Weyrwoman she encountered.

There were also a couple of severe character assassinations here, in my opinion. Lorana went from "Reluctant Savior of Pern" to "Pregnant and Really Worried About It" to... well... spoiler spoiler spoiler. Kindan was severely one-note here. Reluctant Weyrling Master who keeps not Impressing and is just mad about it. I also found it really, deeply weird that Kindan is/was apparently so hung-up on Fiona's long-dead sister that he mistook Fiona for her and still thinks about her... That was barely a relationship and she's been dead for at least 12 years. I'm sorry, what?

Uh... let's see... There were also two pretty identical scenes of M'tal fighting Thread over Keroon. Apparently the wind being messy the first time did not stick in their heads for the second time. Nuella is barely a blip here, even though she really should have been at least slightly more involved. Apparently we're still not including the Wherhold in big, Pern-wide meetings concerning Thread despite Fiona having been close with Nuella previously and knowing how important Watch-Whers are, actually. And just to bring home how really mundane and in the weeds of running a Weyr Dragongirl got... one of the last discussions of the book was Fiona and T'mar discussing moving to the other side of Telgar's bowl. Seriously. Just a discussion about moving house.

I'm really dedicated to reading the Pern series all the way through, at least once. I want to see what I missed out on the first go-through and how the timeline goes. However, if any more of the books are like this, that's going out the window. Dragongirl was just dull for most of the "run time." Again, I should probably care that the dragons are in peril again, but I was driven into not caring at all by how many times it was brought up hopelessly and in the most boring manner possible here. Oh, and Dragongirl does another thing I hate: it doesn't really end, so much a peter out into an apparent, uninteresting cliff-hanger. So.. yeah.

Dragonheart by Todd McCaffrey

Dragonheart is honestly the slowest Pern book I've read to date. The absolute minutiae of Weyr life is explored here, along with the challenges of "timing it" through three years at an otherwise abandoned Weyr. By the end, I was reading every other page and missed nothing. Just so... much... superfluous... detail... and the tantalizing stuff isn't even explained!!

So, Dragonheart does start out during the Dragon Plague. However, since everything interesting about the Dragon Plague is happening over at Benden, instead of Fort, there's nothing out of the ordinary going on. Just day-to-day Weyr stuff and Fiona getting accustomed to it. Cut to the "timing it" portion of the story and it's more of the same, only with Fiona as The Weyrwoman rather than the youngest. Fiona's not a bad character, but this storyline just goes on forever. The pacing is horrendous.

Also, the "timing it" is not at all a spoiler if you've read any of the previous Pern books in the chronology. Just the way Fiona and her fellow Weyrlings act... it's really obvious what's causing it. Especially with the length of time it affects them for. I'm honestly over "timing it" basically being the story, especially with it being as uninteresting as it was in this book.

I did enjoy parts of Dragonheart. Bright spots included the Traders and Nuella. I kind of liked getting a bit of alternate cultures being explained. A good chunk of my Pern experience has been in and around Benden Weyr, so finding out that Igen was definitely more Southern in climate and culture was nice. Kind of would have liked to see Igen Weyr at it's prime, though not under D'gan... but that's neither here nor there. Technically, the "culture" bits were centered around the food and switching up sleep schedules, so it wasn't that deep per-say... but yeah. Nuella continues to be a delight. I've enjoyed her character from the get-go.

But anyway, I'm very glad to be done with Dragonheart. It wasn't exactly bad or badly written, just tedious.

Favorite Line

"Every day is a test," Cisca replied soberly. "But we'll never learn new ways of doing things if we insist on telling everyone what they should be doing."

Dragon Harper by Anne & Todd McCaffrey

Dragon Harper feels like it probably hit harder thanks to COVID. The primary story, after getting through the teenage drama part, is about a Flu Epidemic (Pandemic?) and how that's dealt with... which is, ya know, not super great given the current level of technology the Pernese are dealing with. I kind of knew what was coming, given that part of Dragonsblood takes place after Dragon Harper, but it still hit rather harder than I was expecting once I'd made the connection.

Okay, so backing up a little bit, the teenage drama parts of Dragon Harper had me rolling my eyes some. I'm just well over the teens and their melodramatic love stories at this point in my life, I think. Also, the duel thing. Kindan gets a sevenday of training to actually do the duel and I was wondering the whole time whether the Harpers also gave Vaxoram training for it. I don't think so and that whole situation just made me kinda mad. Stinks of favoritism toward Kindan. I know everyone knows Vaxoram is a bully and the agressor, but... yeah... didn't like that whole situation. Kindan also felt very Gary-Stu-ish during that whole incident.

I also wasn't a fan of Koriana's. She just seemed rather flat as a character to me. It was very clear she was going to be Kindan's love interest from the moment she Impressed the gold fire lizard and he Impressed the bronze. Other than that... much "meh" in her direction.

Anyway, back to the "Plague," as they dubbed it. Definitely felt true to life in a time period similar to what the Pernese are dealing with. Gotta love the complete loss of technology leading to things being much worse than they could have been. I do like that masks were thought of, although too late for a lot of people, obviously. My brain still can't quite comprehend the actual death toll. The numbers are just too high.

I feel like the time-travel aspect of the dragons abilities gets used alot for something that's not really supposed to be bandied about as one of their abilities. It's not exactly a bad thing, just seems to get used in just about every book so far. I did like the way it was used here and the way the dragonriders were able to help without exposing themselves to infection.

There were a few moments that had me in tears. Like, ugly crying, had to put the book down kind of tears. I won't spoil which moments, but they were there. Definitely a pleasant step up from how I felt next to nothing for any of the characters in Dragon's Fire.

So yeah, Dragon Harper was really good. I would have finished it in a day if I hadn't had life happening. The story's good, the pacing's good, the characters are alright... I find these characters don't exactly stand out vividly to me as ones from other books (Pern or otherwise), but they're at least recognizable. Dragon Harper is my favorite of the Pern books so far (chronologically, anyway).

Dragon's Fire by Anne & Todd McCaffrey

Dragon's Fire is honestly the worst Pern book I've read so far. The antagonists are one-note, most of the characters aren't even likeable, and the story is honestly just boring. The main point, it seems, is to explain the differences in Firestone and how the safe stuff came to be mined as opposed to the more unstable version... and how they figured out the Shunned problem.

I kind of liked getting some "behind the scenes" stuff at Camp Natalon that synchs up with the events of Dragon's Kin. Knowing that Zist had some more going on than just Nuella's lessons. Honestly, Pellar's story toward the beginning of "Book One" was the most engaging part of the book.

I found the rest of the book very disjointed. Too many POVs and too many absolutely horrible characters. Horrible in their personalities, although they also didn't feel very rounded, either. I'm really not sure how D'gan ever became a dragonrider. I would have thought the dragons would be better judges of character, but I guess not. Tenim is one note as all get-out. He's just greedy and that's it. And Tarik... still a horrible human-being. Makes sense that he was Shunned. Oh, and Moran... he's really just super flawed and not fleshed out nearly at all. Like, kind of good for him, taking in strays, but he largely throws their care onto Hala so... eh. Just too much absolute nonsense, in my opinion.

I honestly feel like I could have skipped Dragon's Fire in my chronological reread and not missed anything.

Dragon's Kin by Anne and Todd McCaffrey

The story of Kindan and Nuella. I liked it well enough and it was a quick read. I learned an awful lot about coal mining that I didn't know before. I also don't really have a lot of feelings about Dragon's Kin. It was an okay story with an obvious antagonist who didn't really end up doing that much or really participating in the story.

Dragon's Kin was very slice-of-life. Kindan's story took up the majority of the book, while sprinkling in bits of Nuella throughout. Also, due to the order in which I'm reading the Pern books, I was kind of like "well, this thing with the watch-wher doesn't last all that long and I vaguely remember Nuella having more to do with watch-whers so... let's just see where this goes." I did not remember anything from my first read, though.

It was a little surprising and heart-breaking to know that any knowledge the Pernese might have had about watch-whers was completely lost between when Wind Blossom created them and the "present" of Dragon's Kin. I know they lost a great deal of information when the computers ultimately went down, but I also feel like watch-whers and their care should have been more important than I guess they are. It also kind of hurts to know their original purpose and "see" them chained up as they often are. Just thoroughly disheartened by the loss of important information... though not completely surprised... Roman concrete and all.

Dragon's Kin is definitely a more intimate story than the last few Pern books. I don't really think that's a bad thing, just different. 

In Other News

I have hit my recent goal and updated to 125.

Dragonseye by Anne McCaffrey

Dragonseye is interesting. First, it has to let readers know the changes that have happened, basically since the last moment of Dragonsdawn (as Dragonsblood had yet to be written at this point). It had to straddle the 200+ year time difference and the divide in technology levels during that timeframe. I think it did that reasonably well. Secondly, Dragonseye had to tell an entertaining story. This went mostly okay, though the overall ending felt protracted.

It is interesting to read these books in chronological order. I haven’t read a good chunk of them before. I can see where parts of Pernese history are being filled in. Like the learning songs being written. It doesn’t quite feel like a checklist of things that need to be explained being explained, but it also kind of does. I didn’t ever think about how certain things (like the learning songs) came to be, but it is nice to have the explanation. “Seeing” the experience of declining tech is also kind of sad, to be honest. Like, you know it’s gonna happen eventually, but “being there” for it is a whole other matter. I was also not expecting there to be any kind of argument over “losing” Earth’s history, though it makes sense from the person it came from. There really is no reason to keep absolute ancient history from a planet you will never go to or interact with alive for most of the population.

Okay so… Lord Chalkin. Immediate hatred for this man and all his ilk, in and out of fiction. The EXPERTS are telling you what’s going to happen and you are just willfully not listening to them because you “know better” because of your rudimentary science classes. Speaking of which, he apparently also didn’t pay enough attention to understand that the tech the original Pernese settlers had is WAY beyond current capabilities. And, ah yes, Chalkin is such an ass he doesn’t want to thank a dragon for transporting him. Fuck this guy. I am extremely glad everyone in the text agrees. I also feel like Chalkin’s inclusion is just a little too much reality seeping into my Science Fantasy book right this moment. I will concede that this feeling is a product of when I’m reading. The ending to Chalkin’s storyline was satisfying.

I really enjoyed the look into being a newly Impressed dragonrider. Even more so that it’s a female Green rider. Debera’s a good POV character and I’m in love with Morath. Hard not to love the dragons, I think, but still. Love them. I also didn’t mind the romance between Debera and Iantine. It was sweet and just enough in the romance category.

I felt the ending of Dragonseye went on a bit too long. I understand that the actual story had to do with the reemergence of Thread and not Chalkin’s whole thing… but it felt like the end of Chalkin’s storyline should have been the end of the book. Not that I didn’t like getting a bit more of day-to-day in the Weyr, but it seemed to go on longer with each page.

But yeah… overall, I enjoyed Dragonseye. Had a hard time putting it down, actually. Excellent story. Excellent writing. Had enough info to stand alone, if need be.

Favorite Lines

"That was the purpose of education: to develop the skills required to solve problems. And to utilize the potential that existed in everyone -- even a Bitran, he added sourly." - Narration, Clisser's POV

"The people needed dragons' help. I listen. We all do." - Charanth

Thought This Was Interesting

"He read accounts of persons who never left their home place, contacting others only by electronics, living as eremites. Not so much out of fear of the outside world, as out of indolence." - Narration, Clisser's POV

Just amused at the Sci-Fi foresight of McCaffrey from 1997.

The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall by Anne McCaffrey

My review is broken into pieces following each individual story in the order I read them in. I read all the stories from this anthology. You may clap.

“The Survey: P.E.R.N.”: I enjoyed it. Actually kind of interesting to see an off-planet team evaluation of Pern.

“The Dolphin’s Bell”: Really nice to get some idea as to what “Dolphineering” was like in the beginning of Pern’s occupation. I was not expecting the Dunkirk reference. I’m honestly not sure what I was expecting, but this was a nice story following The Crossing’s water route.

“The Ford of Red Hanrahan”: Liked it well enough. Felt like it got a little too into the details of moving from Fort to the new holding. I was pleasantly surprised at which holding this turned out to be, so I won’t spoil it.

“The Second Weyr”: Teared up a bit when the Weyr was named, even though I knew it was coming. The rest of the story was just a lot of “ah yes, these things need to happen” but it was entertaining enough.

“Rescue Run”: Honestly, really weird to be thrown back into the hardcore Sci-Fi part of the the Pern universe after being out of it for a bit. I hate Kimmer. I think it was ultimately irresponsible of Benden and his crew to not do some more investigating of the Northern Continent, but, ya know, Pern can just exist outside of the broader human empire or whatever.

Dragonsblood by Todd McCaffrey

Dragonsblood is a beautiful first outing for Todd McCaffrey. It truly feels completely connected to the rest of the Pern novels. Not only that, but the triumphant ending had me in tears. The overall story line is a little complicated and there are a lot of characters to keep track of, but it really makes the world feel lived-in.

I quite like Lorana as a character. She does kind of seem like an overly-cheerful type, but that's balanced by all the suffering the poor girl went through and goes through in this book. I feel, like her multi-dragon-hearing predecessors, Lorana would, and I guess does, make a good Weyrwoman. I am glad we get to know her some before she Impresses Arith.

Wind Blossom was nice to get to know outside of the small bits in Dragonsdawn. I feel for her. Generational trauma combined with the Watch-Wher stuff could not have been easy for her. Not to mention trying to break herself of similarly traumatizing Emorra. It must have also been heart-wrenching for a healer like her to be faced with the decline in technology, as she was. I can't imagine having to go from having genetic manipulation capabilities to not even being able to synthesize antibiotics.

I honestly found the parts with D'gan extremely annoying, though they do eventually pan out plot-wise. I despise characters who are just so caught up in their own crap to the detriment of others, especially if they're supposed to be leading them. Like, sir, you're not even listening to your DRAGON when he tells you he's unwell. What. The. Fuck. Ugh. Thanks for being a despicable plot-point, though, I guess.

I'm also not going to lie, my eyes glazed over when the intricacies of Pernese DNA/PNA was discussed. That felt a little too in the weeds, but I also understand how it was necessary to explain just how different they are from the humans we're used to dealing with. Just got a little to hard Sci-Fi for my little brain to handle for a moment there. That said, the entire disease story line definitely hit different in 2024 than I imagine it did on my first read. COVID and all that. And worse, as it's the dragons affected and the human characters have little to nothing they can even do about it.

Dragonsblood is definitely a fantastic entry into the Pern lexicon.

Favorite Line

"A atarved stomach needs to learn to eat all over again." - K'tan

Dragonsdawn by Anne McCaffrey

This marks the beginning my first full reread of the Pern series. This time, I'm reading in the chronological order recommended by the Pern Fandom Wiki. So far, this reread has been interesting. I think I was more fully invested this time, than my last time reading. Sallah, Sean, and Sorka, being the main touchstones. Sean and Sorka, in my honest opinion, just fell into that category of "you know we're going to grow up together and end up married just because" thing... which is fine. I didn't really need this to be a sweeping romance.

Dragonsdawn did exactly what it needed to do, in terms of telling the story of how Pern was first settled. It didn't feel like a check-list, either, which tends to happen with some prequels. Having read it, and a good chunk of the Pern series before, I really feel like this did a good job. Dragonsdawn is also told in such a way that is can definitely serve as the first book of the series proper, as well. There are definitely bits that are kind of Easter Eggs for those reading the series in publication order (or however you're reading it where this isn't the first book), but it's not overburdened by them.

I found the Avril Bitra storyline rather "meh." Her plan just seemed really silly to me. Doable, apparently, according to the story, but very silly. Add Nabol, a name that tends to produce antagonistic characters in the Pern series, and I was just checked out of the whole thing. Greedy humans will greedy human their way to death and that's fine. Honestly, it's interesting that the names Bitra and Nabol long outlasted their namesakes, especially as Bitra, at least, didn't have any descendants.

I found myself incredibly enraged at Ted Tubberman as he stubbornly lobbied for calling for help. He reminded me a lot of certain Right Wing people who just refuse to listen to reason... or even the majority. I vaguely remember some mention of felines being hunted on the Southern Continent later in the series, but I don't know that I was interested enough to really care about where they came from. Good to know, I guess.

I love the dragons. I had honestly been expecting Sean and Sorka to Impress first, so it was surprising when they didn't. I really enjoyed the Dragonriders figuring out how the Dragons worked, mostly on their own. That part of the book kind of flew by in a 1980's-style montage, even if it was satisfying. The ending, despite knowing full well the Dragons would be fully functional, made me cry.

So yeah, Dragonsdawn is a very good prequel and a very good beginning. I've been looking forward to this reread and continue to do so.

Talking to Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede

I love Talking to Dragons. Patricia C. Wrede says in her introduction that Talking to Dragons was one of those books that basically wrote itself without her really thinking about it. It feels that way to read. The story grabs you and pulls you along to the end. The whole thing is very good.

It's interesting to know more than the main character. Daystar knows absolutely nothing about his family history and very little about the Enchanted Forest. Whereas, having read the previous three books, we know much, much more. Morwen and Telemain, for instance. We know who they are and that they can be trusted, even is Telemain is messing around with a wizard staff for research reasons, probably. Then there's the whole castle thing and freeing Mendanbar... we know that's where Daystar and Shiara are ultimately headed, even if they have zero clue.

I really quite liked Shiara, Suz, and the young dragon. Shiara's right up my alley, as far as temperament goes. Love those fiesty characters. Suz reminds me a lot of The Worm from Jim Henson's Labyrinth. I don't quite imagine Suz having The Worm's voice, but it's close. The young dragon was a delight. It's nice to see a young dragon, as up 'til now, we've only seen adults. Plus, I think they lend an extra air of whimsy to the whole thing.

I think the most memorable random-happening outside of cameos was the princess and her knight. That seemed to go on a bit, but it was amusing. I was very much of the same mind as Shiara about the princess. Girl needed to grow a brain, that's for sure. Also actually gave a bit of added perspective on how Cimorene was expected to behave when she was a princess.

It seems like Antorell has really gone downhill in terms of intelligence in the 17-ish years since we last saw him. I mean, he wasn't too bright to begin with, but... yeah. Man's got some serious issues regarding his thinking process.

But yeah... Talking to Dragons is easily my favorite of the quartet after Dealing with Dragons. It's refreshing to have that sparkle back after the, uhm, slowness... drudgery... of Calling on Dragons. Definitely a fitting end to the series, even if it was written first.

Favorite Lines

"Being upset is no excuse," Mother said sternly. "If you're going to be rude, do it for a reason and get something from it." - Cimorene

"That," said Morwen, "was a sword. They are long, pointed, and very sharp. You're lucky it didn't take your head off."

A Slight Spoiler Comment

I just want to say that Morwen and Telemain planning on getting married all of a sudden is unecessary, in my opinion. I know that we're basically missing 17-ish years of their lives between Calling on Dragons and Talking to Dragons, but their relationship just wasn't skewing romantically, like, at all in Calling on Dragons.

I remembered that this was a thing and so I was looking for some kind of romance between them... but no. It's just not there. I'm personally going to head cannon it away. They are platonic friends forever in my mind.

Calling on Dragons by Particia C. Wrede

A Spoiler Free Reread Review

Calling on Dragons is, ah, very much a middle book. The characters spend most of the time running around to track down Mendanbar’s sword, which is key to the problem also set up in this book. Calling on Dragons is definitely more of a romp than it isn’t, but I’m not sure it’s a particularly good bit of story.

First off, I very much dislike this cover (the one with the blue donkey front and center). Something about the way Killer is portrayed in the art is just… 🤢 Thanks, I hate it. So, so much hatred. Growing every time I look at the cover. It has to sit face-down at all times because that blue donkey is just BLECH. Killer himself is probably the most annoying character I’ve encountered in recent memory. If he wasn’t needed to resolve a thing at the end, I’d have rather Morwen just left him alone to deal with his own stupidity.

You like cat companions? Like more than one? Oh good, cuz Morwen’s got 9. Not that we spend all book with all 9 cats, but the cat companions are definitely highlights. Trouble and Scorn are a very helpful, snarky duo.

The quest for Mendanbar’s stolen sword is largely just a series of mishaps, largely to Killer’s detriment. It was only slightly amusing to come across a Farmer MacDonald. He was boring, in my opinion. Getting Brandel on board the sword-finding-train was much more satisfying. I like the concept of fire-witches. I liked the small reference to Baba Yaga’s flying mortar and pestle. But yeah, the rest of the quest was just whatever.

So now we’re set up for Talking to Dragons. Yay. That’s really all Calling on Dragons was, was set up.

Favorite Lines

"Wizards don't know how to handle cats. I don't think they're very smart." - Fiddlesticks

"You shouldn't give advice you don't follow." - Queen Cimorene

"Rabbits aren't supposed to have adventures. Our temperaments aren't suited to them." - Killer

"Telemain and Morwen?" Kazul muttered. "What am I, diced troll food?"

Searching for Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede

A Reread Review with a very slight spoiler

Searching for Dragons is a very good sequel to Dealing with Dragons. I personally enjoyed the world-building of The Enchanted Forest and her King. I also enjoyed the visiting of Fairy Tale tropes and the bending of them. Overall, it was a fun time.

I very much love how sarcastic Mendanbar is. When paired with Telemain, Mendanbar reminded me of a science educator. One who is able to take the more complicated language and translate it into something a lay-person can understand. I feel like Mendanbar and Cimorene's relationship is well-constructed. They feel like they just fit together, even before any hint of romance happened. That's as it should be, I think. Being friends before turning to romance seems to work out the best.

I definitely feel the wizard's plot here was more involved than their plot in Dealing with Dragons. I would be interested to know how they got ahold of Kazul, exactly. Probably for the best we didn't see that bit as I doubt it would have either worked well or lived up to expectations. Zemenar just didn't count on everyone being rather more sensible than I guess people usually are in these situations. That's actually what I really like about Searching for Dragons; people actually talk to each other rather than just throwing accusations around, sight unseen.

I quite like that witches, wizards, and magicians are all separate things, rather than different word for different genders of magic user. I very much enjoyed the introduction of Telemain as the more scientific approach to magic. It's nice to have someone around to explain what's actually going on with the magic as opposed to being like "it just works." I also thought The Enchanted Forest basically working on string-theory was fun. Kind of like ley line stuff, only on a smaller scale.

Anyway, Searching for Dragons was a fun romp. Definitely a good sequel. Could maybe stand on it's own if it had to, but definitely builds on what came before it.

Favorite Line

"I'm just as curious as you are, Telemain, but I never heard that a spirit of scientific inquiry precluded taking intelligent precautions." - Morwen

Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede

Spoiler Free Reread Review

Dealing with Dragons had been one of my favorite books since the first time I read it as a kid. It was more than likely my first introduction to the “Fractured Fairy Tale” sub-genre. I remember feeling so smart when I realized Cimorene’s aunt was Sleeping Beauty. I am very happy to say that Dealing with Dragons holds up. It’s got a very nice pace, enjoyable characters, world-building that’s not heavy-handed nor too light. I love it so, so much.

Cimorene is probably my favorite princess character ever. She’s no-nonsense, determined, curious, clever, and unafraid of work. I guess she technically falls into the “not like other girls” category, given that all the other princesses are apparently blonde, blue eyed, and waifish. This is not a problem for me as Cimorene doesn’t exude that “not like other girls” aura… if that makes sense.

Morwen, though not featured heavily in this book, is witchy life goals. I would like nothing more than to live in a secluded house with a ton of cats… and internet, which does not exist in that world so… whatever. I really like Morwen.

I like the way the world-building is done, first through the narration and then through Cimorene learning while doing her Dragon Princess duties. I’m definitely in love with the entire way the fairy tale world is fleshed out. All the fairies, dragons, giants, etc. existing and coexisting somehow. Chef’s kiss. Actually quite glad none of it is overly delved into, because I also have a feeling there’s a very real dark side to all this… but Dealing with Dragons isn’t that kind of book.

I’ve largely run out of things to say about Dealing with Dragons. I feel like it’s a really good book that stands the test of time. Prefect for the younger generations and still enjoyable for rereading as an adult. 

Favorite Lines

"I didn't ask what you'd said about it," the frog snapped. "I asked what you're going to do. Nine times out of ten, talking is a way of avoiding doing things."

"No soapsuds! It's demeaning." - Zemenar

"It certainly does," the escort dragon said. "It said all, and I meant all. If I'd meant 'all the humans,' I'd have said 'all the humans,' or maybe 'some of you' or 'you over there' or 'all you non-dragons' or --" - Frax