Temeraire novels?

pshrynk · 04-27-2009, 11:45 AM

I just finished "His Majesty's Dragon" by Naomi Novik. It was a fair to good yarn, but I felt that the characterizations were a bit flat. The dragons didn't seem to be much more that humans that could fly and carry great loads. Not a lot of diferentiation from their handlers. Does this sort of character development carry through the rest of the series, or does it get richer with time?

rhadin · 04-27-2009, 01:47 PM

I've read them all and it doesn't get any better in terms of characterization or plot. They are a good read, not a great read.

A couple of very good to excellent series are "The Chronicles of Grimm Dragonblaster" by Alastair Archibald (Fictionwise has the first 5 of the 7 books) and "The Godspeaker Trilogy" by Karen Miller (available at Fictionwise and Sony).

04-27-2009, 11:45 AM	#1
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	Temeraire novels? I just finished "His Majesty's Dragon" by Naomi Novik. It was a fair to good yarn, but I felt that the characterizations were a bit flat. The dragons didn't seem to be much more that humans that could fly and carry great loads. Not a lot of diferentiation from their handlers. Does this sort of character development carry through the rest of the series, or does it get richer with time?

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04-27-2009, 01:47 PM	#2
rhadin Literacy = Understanding Posts: 4,833 Karma: 59674358 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: The World of Books Device: Nook, Nook Tablet	I've read them all and it doesn't get any better in terms of characterization or plot. They are a good read, not a great read. A couple of very good to excellent series are "The Chronicles of Grimm Dragonblaster" by Alastair Archibald (Fictionwise has the first 5 of the 7 books) and "The Godspeaker Trilogy" by Karen Miller (available at Fictionwise and Sony).

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