Dragon's Kin (Dragonriders of Pern, 18)

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Summary: It's in Good Hands
Review: This book goes to show that Pern now has two wonderful storytellers. The voice of the narrative, with a few exceptions, holds true to the timbre of previous books. And in its few rough spots, the book does no disservice to its predescessors. Well worth reading, and tally-ho on future works from Todd and/or Anne.

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Summary: A weak book clearly not written by the primary author (Anne)
Review: This book which was "co-written" by Anne Mccaffrey with her son Todd, is too weak to be Anne's production. The plot has little substance, there is little to it, and it moves very slowly. I could not recommend it at all.

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Summary: Disappointing
Review: This felt like a short story that they tried to stretch to a full novel (less than 300 pages). Really fluffy, nothing story and seem like a very rushed ending. All in all a disappointing addition. Maybe the Pern story is just mined out.

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Summary: Disappointing
Review: This felt like a short story that they tried to stretch to a full novel (less than 300 pages). Really fluffy, nothing story and seem like a very rushed ending. All in all a disappointing addition. Maybe the Pern story is just mined out.

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Summary: Another great book by Anne McCaffrey
Review: This is another great Pern book. It's a little weaker on the story line than most of the Pern books but still a great read. It was hard to put down & made me want to go back & read them all again.

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Summary: Not quite 5 star
Review: This is as engrossing as the others: I have read ALL of them. But hey, any Pern is better thsn NO Pern. I think this was mostly Todd. Maybe he will get better as the series goes on ( I hope!!) Anne must be etting along in years now; I wish her well.

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Summary: watch-wher
Review: This is the first book (at least that I know of) that has ever been devoted to a watch-wher. And I have to say, it's about time. They are the least covered of the 3 draconic types. I've always felt kind of sorry for them. And this book shows that they deserve more respect than they get. They help to save lives in their own way too. I didn't really like the ending though (even though everything really worked out for the best), this probably has to do with an established respect for the bonds between human and dragon as well as human and fire lizard. It just seemed wrong on some level for a watch-wher to be able to change that. Anyway, I would gladly reccommend this book to any McCaffrey/Pern fan.

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Summary: Lame plot
Review: This was an exceptionally lame offering, not up to the usual standards of a McCaffrey story. The plot has great gaping holes, and the writing in general makes it much harder to believe in the events of the story than is typical for Anne McCaffrey. Definitely not worth the cover price, no matter what the discount! Now I am wary of anything Todd McCaffrey collaborates with his mother on, if this is what he brings to a book.

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Summary: Dragon's Kin
Review: Watch Whers are perhaps the most scorned creatures on Pern. With neither the cuteness of firelizards or the regalness and majesty of dragons, these ugly creatures are looked down upon, relegated to darkness both because they can not bear the light and because no one can stand to see them. Yet, they are essential to the survival of Pern, especially to the mining communities were this book is set. With their handlers, their relationship somewhat mirrors that of the dragonrider and dragon, but not totally. Still, the mother and son team manages to mine a story from the bond between one handler and his beast. However, none of the characters, human or otherwise, wins readers' allegiance as Lessa, Mennolly, Robinton, or F'Lar has in the past. The main point of this novel is apparently merely to return the readers to Pern, but re-reading one of the older books would suit that purpose better.

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Summary: It's OK so far
Review: Whilie in a bookstore the other night I saw Dragon's Kin and got very excited to see a new Pern book out. I sat down at the bookstore and began to read. The book brought me right in like every Pern novel I've read, but the dissapointing thing was when I stopped reading I checked the page number and I was already 200+ pages into the book, in an hour and a half. Most other Pern books at least take a couple days of reading it. Good book, glad to see another come out, but you may want to wait for the paperback because this one reads at about a third or fourth grade level and finishes way too quickly.