Dragonflight
Ratings144
Average rating3.8
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Ratings144
Average rating3.8
HOW CAN ONE GIRL SAVE AN ENTIRE WORLD?To the nobles who live in Benden Weyr, Lessa is nothing but a ragged kitchen girl. For most of her life she has survived by serving those who betrayed her father and took over his lands. Now the time has come for Lessa to shed her disguise--and take back her stolen birthright. But everything changes when she meets a queen dragon. The bond they share will be deep and last forever. It will protect them when, for the first time in centuries, Lessa's world is threatened by Thread, an evil substance that falls like rain and destroys everything it touches. Dragons and their Riders once protected the planet from Thread, but there are very few of them left these days. Now brave Lessa must risk her life, and the life of her beloved dragon, to save her beautiful world. . . .From the Paperback edition.
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It was rough going at first, but by the end I was really enjoying it. I still am not sure what the threat was from the threads.
This book is so gross, completely lacking in substance, and utilizes time travel in the laziest way (not to mention it introduces a few glaring plot holes). I can't get on board with the outrageous level of accepted misogyny, manipulation, controlling behavior, and rape that happens. The author attempts to set Lessa apart and show that she's “not like other girls” by showing that every other woman in the world is ugly, smelly, stupid, incompetent, etc. in some way. It's lazy and horrible. Other than that, the world building really isn't there, and most of the book is sitting in meetings or in a cavern talking about what's going to happen without anything happening.
Finally got around to reading McCaffrey's first Pern novel. It's as much science fiction as fantasy and an exciting tale, keeping me hooked right up to the end. I guess I'll have to find a copy of the next book in the series.
Series
3 primary booksDragonriders of Pern is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 1968 with contributions by Anne McCaffrey.
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22 primary books30 released booksPern is a 29-book series with 22 primary works first released in 1968 with contributions by Anne McCaffrey, Karen Wynn Fonstad, and 9 others.
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24 primary books25 released booksPern (Chronological Order) is a 45-book series with 24 primary works first released in 1967 with contributions by Anne McCaffrey, Todd McCaffrey, and 14 others.
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