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Naomi Novik's Her Majesty's Dragon
Has anyone read it? I started it, but couldn't get into it, so I set it aside, but now I'm ready to tackle it again. Any thoughts?
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Permalink Reply by M. D. Benoit on
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Hmm. That doesn't spur me to read it. I also found it really slow to start, and one of the reasons I stopped reading it the first time. I wonder what the Hollywood people saw in it that got her a movie deal... must be those darn dragons again. I guess they're hip these days.
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Permalink Reply by Gloria Oliver on -
Just started it a couple of days ago. Wanted to check out the hype. The semi colons drove me nuts for thye first few pages, but I started getting into it once they came across the egg. Not far enough along yet to make any real comments. :P
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Permalink Reply by Gloria Oliver on
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Okay, just finished it at lunch. To be honest - I really enjoyed! Just up my alley. As to why Hollywood would pick it up, I can tell you why - dragons big enough to hold crews and Napolionic warfare. Heh. Book 2 looks like it will be even more fascinating.
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Permalink Reply by Richard on -
Oh well, maybe I'm just an old grump, but this one really did not float any of my boats. I'm annoyed by semicolons AND I just can't get into the dragon thing. Since I adored Anne McCaffrey's Pern series, I was expecting more enthusiasm on my part, simply wasn't there.
YMMV, of course. It's all about choices in alternate reality fiction....
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Well, Richard, I'm with you. I tried again to read it, and the English-speaking-right-of-the-shell dragon just didn't excite me. So I stopped again. Glad I'm not the only one.
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