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dustydigger
Posted 2020-02-12 3:51 PM (#21803 - in reply to #21614)
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Location: UK		Hornblower - with dragons! Thoroughly enjoyed Temeraire. (aka His Majesty's Dragon) Naomi Novik's charming take on what would the Napoleonic Wars be like if dragons existe,nd were used in battled. Great fun The relationship between the dragon Temeraire and his human Captain Laurence was delightful,and Novik was very careful to make the settingand premise very believable..I jumped straight into book 2.Throne of Jade.and went off to China with Laurence and Temeraire,and the voyage is very sticky! Huge storms,a horrible sea monsters,and attempts on Laurence'slife,followed bythe Chinaof 1806also with dragons.Cultural disconnect at its roughes,but a good follow up to book 1.t
I am now on book 3,Black Powder War,but am struggling through it.I dont find the story riveting,and there is a theme building up about Temeraire wanting to emancipate dragons,which is already boring me. I wont be continuing the series after this first trilogy,as much of the innocence and charm of the relationship between dragon and handler is rapidly fading.From the story synopses of the rest of the series I doubt if I'd enjoy them much,so its best tofinish here,at the end of book 3. Back in 2006 Del Rey did the almost unprecedented decision to publish the over 3 months one a month,and it paid off.
But certainly the first book was sheer delight.
I am reading other genres at the moment,but hope to finally read PKDs Ubik before the end of the month.And only 100 pages left of the wrist breaking Map of Daysso I should finish that too. But I had to return Altered Carbon to the library,wont get it again for about 3 weeks,so thats one of my TBR which wont get done this month..

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