Rain Wilds Chronicles Dragon Keeper, Book 1, (Paperback)

from bjanecarp

When I picked up Dragon Keeper, a novel by Robin Hobb, it was specifically to have a nice, mindless read during my several hours of sitting in airports. I assumed it would be, like most novels with the word "Dragon" in the title, a cheaper knock-off of Anne McCaffrey's Dragonflight series. I've r...

from Kassilem

This is a slow book. I remember picking it up earlier this year, or maybe it was sometime last year, and got halfway through before I set it aside and never got back to it. Luckily I remembered most of the first half so when I picked it back up this month I only had half a book to finish. General...

from maggie1944

I really enjoyed this story as the "world building" was both unique and believable. The setting was similar to a rain forest but with some interesting twists. The characters were both people and dragons with some interesting hints of cross-fertilization, of a sort, to come. The characters were, i...

from KarenLeeField

The book started out slow and even a little boring. I almost turned it aside unfinished. However, Robin Hobb is known (to me) for slow beginning and brilliant endings so I persevered. Once the place markers were set and the characters introduced, the pace picked up and I found myself entertained ...

from majkia

If there is one thing Robin Hobb does well, it is torture her characters. Nothing ever is easy, and few things work out perfectly, despite incredible efforts by dedicated people with the best of intentions. How... realistic is that. Dragon Keeper picks up where her Assassin, Live Ships and Tawny ...