Temeraire
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The war tearing Europe apart is not fought upon land and sea alone, for battalions also fill the sky. And the feiry death they bring has little to do with gunpowder - it comes from the very guts of the beasts they are flying: dragons.
I don't know what to say about this book. It is compelling alternate history. The characters grow during the story. I absolutely loved the dragons.
I am so glad I have the next in the series. As soon as I finished this I picked up the next.
I am so glad I have the next in the series. As soon as I finished this I picked up the next.
Released 14 yrs ago (2/1/2010 UTC) at Darwin, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases
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Chosen from the OZ VBB.
Chosen from the OZ VBB.
Wow! When I picked 'Temeraire' from the Oz VBB, I didn't realise it would come with the next two books! Thanks amberC fo the lovely surprise package!!
Part of the reason why I requested 'Temeraire' from the VBBOz was because I had #4 in the series sitting on my shelf, but didn't want to read it until I'd at least tried number one so I was especially pleased when I received #1,2&3 in the post and then all of the sudden had a complete set!
I have to say in the first couple of chapters of this first installment I was a little bit skeptical - the writing seemed a bit stilted, the characters a bit wooden, and I wasn't really captivated by the story. However I persisted and I have to say that once I'd finished the book I'd call it one of the most compulsive reading experiences I'd had in a while - so much so that I finished books 2-4 in very quick succession after that!
(helped in part, though by the Easter Long weekend and me being sick in bed for part of that)
I'm not really a dragon person, nor am I a boat person - as evidenced by my failure to finished 'Master and Commander' earlier this year. I actually saw a lot of similarities between the two books (and Naomi Novik cites the M&C series as an inspiration) - but for whatever reason this combination really worked for me. I wouldn't call them the most intellectual books in the world (though the alternate history and dargons-rights/slavery stuff is very well done) but as entertainment they worked very very well.
I have to say in the first couple of chapters of this first installment I was a little bit skeptical - the writing seemed a bit stilted, the characters a bit wooden, and I wasn't really captivated by the story. However I persisted and I have to say that once I'd finished the book I'd call it one of the most compulsive reading experiences I'd had in a while - so much so that I finished books 2-4 in very quick succession after that!
(helped in part, though by the Easter Long weekend and me being sick in bed for part of that)
I'm not really a dragon person, nor am I a boat person - as evidenced by my failure to finished 'Master and Commander' earlier this year. I actually saw a lot of similarities between the two books (and Naomi Novik cites the M&C series as an inspiration) - but for whatever reason this combination really worked for me. I wouldn't call them the most intellectual books in the world (though the alternate history and dargons-rights/slavery stuff is very well done) but as entertainment they worked very very well.
I took this series to the Perth October Meetup - pretty sure they got picked up. Hope the next reader enjoys them!
Journal Entry 7 by AnonymousFinder at Perth City, Western Australia Australia on Saturday, March 26, 2011
Picked this up at the October meet and thoroughly enjoyed it, along with the other 3 books in the series (just didn't get around to commenting here earlier!). Great series, very entertaining. Dropping off at the March meet today for someone else to enjoy.