Dragonsdawn (Dragonriders of Pern Series)
by Anne McCaffrey
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Book Reviews of Dragonsdawn (Dragonriders of Pern Series)
Book Review: AWESOME BOOK
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an awesome, awesome book. It was my first Anne McCaffrey book ever, after buying All the Weyrs of Pern, and realizing that this was not anywhere near the first Pern book. I finished it in about a day and a half. I'm only 11. I also finished the White Dragon, and Dragonflight in that same week! This book is about how the first Pern colonists came and settled on Pern, and how Sorka Hanrahan and Sean Connell find the first fire-lizard/dragonets, which help them battle against the deadly silver Thread. They are developed into Thread-scorching dragons, which are to become the most important creatures in Pernese history.Book Review: Pern with a little more science fiction spin
Summary: 4 Stars
I enjoyed this book very much. It combines the fantasy charm and character development of the best of the other Pern books with more of a standard "Science Fiction" feel due to the higher tech action of the colonists arriving in their space ships. I personally found it a felicitous combination. When I read this, I had already read the Dragonriders and Harper Hall trilogys, as well as Moreta, Dragonlady of Pern, and it was fascinating to go back in time to the original settlers and learn how dragons came to be. However, this could also be a good introduction to Pern for someone who had never read anything in the series.Book Review: A BIG DISAPPOINTMENT
Summary: 2 Stars
ALLRIGHT, THIS IS THE FIRST PERN BOOK THAT I'V READ, (AND PROBABLY THE LAST,) SO I MAY NOT HAVE PICKED UP ON ALL THE FORESHADOWING TO LATER BOOKS OR SOMETHING, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS PRETTY BORING. ACTUALLY I THOUGHT THE BEGINNING WAS PRETTY GOOD(HENCE THE TWO STARS INSTEAD OF ONE) BUT IT RAPIDLY DEGENERATED TO A COMBINATION UNIMAGINATIVE FANTASY, LAUGHABLE ATTEMPT AT SCI-FI, AND A SOAP OPERA. AFTER ALL THE HIPE THESE PERN BOOKS HAVE BEEN RECEIVING I EXPECTED MUCH BETTER. FOR A BOOK WITH A REALLY GOOD PLOT I WOULD RECOMMEND TOLKEINS LORD OF THE RINGS OR ROBERT JORDANS WHEEL OF TIME, OR FOR SCI-FI, ISAAC ASIMOVS THE ROBOT SERIES.
Book Review: This is Anne McCaffrey's work at its best
Summary: 5 Stars
Dragonsdawn is inspiring, heartfelt, and moving. It is the story of how it all happened on Pern: when Thread started, how the dragons were engineered, who the people were behind the original hold names, why they left the southern continent. But McCaffrey also manages to make some wonderful characters and draws the reader into her world by giving views of the bad guys and the good. Sallah Telgar's death was poignant and sad but the budding romance between Sean and Sorka as well as the first dragons give Dragonsdawn warmth and vitality. In short, this is the best Anne McCaffrey book I have ever readBook Review: Worth reading, but not spectacular
Summary: 3 Stars
Anne McCaffrey's Pern series is a favorite of three of my best friends, so they all conspired to push this book into my hands (I hadn't read any others before). While it wasn't a waste of time, I did feel a bit disappointed. Perhaps this was because it slipped between sci-fi and fantasy, and I definitely prefer science fiction (as I preferred the sci-fi parts of this book). But there were also places where I felt the characters were a bit unrealistic given the situations. While I've already promised to read Dragonflight, I don't think this series will hold my attention beyond that.