Dragon Prince (Dragon Prince, Book 1)

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Summary: inconsistent, shabby, all over the place.
Review: Simply put, I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone i like. I regret having read it, and I regret even more Melanie Rawn's having written it.The characters were unbelievable in the author's attempt to make them come off as well-rounded; instead they appear undecided. The story stands on its own in winning first place for BORING. The magic wasn't magical or even interesting, it was just a gimmick employed to make the unfathomable love match make sense, and the villain wasn't even a threat to anything important, only sadistic and a contender for the hero's woman. A sexist, unsatisfying story. I'm glad so many people seem to be waking up, and to all you people who were forced to rate this book with even one star, therefore degrading the star, you are the only smart ones out there. If you want real writing and a real story, this isn't the place to turn.

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Summary: why all this trouble over one book?
Review: i didn't find it either as magnificent or as troubling as some of the other readers did. just boring. there was nothing that made me want to keep reading it. frankly, it bored me to tears. the characters were ok, if cliched. the reactions and actions were unrealistic. if it weren't for the fact that the author obviously went to a lot of trouble to think this up, and did take some risk, i'd have given it one start, to reflect personal enjoyment.

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Summary: thoroughly terrible
Review: i don't want to waste too many words in reviewing this book. reading it already took too much of my time as it is, hours i will never get back. how any "author" could write this and publish it instead of keeping it on a comp a home for her own sick pleasure and hope to get away with it is beyond me. it did not contain an insightful view of humanity--just a very delusional, bitter one, perhaps due to childhood traumas. not worth Whelan's effort.

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Summary: too much fluff
Review: Excuse me, but when I read a book, I don't want to be bored to tears. Last time I checked, good books shouldn't put you to sleep. If it weren't for the fact that I wanted to see what was so good about it, I never would've finished it. Can I just say this without being burned at the stake for sacrilige by all the millions of loyal fans this series seems to have garnered? All the major charectors acted like they had had frontal labotomies halfway through the book. Rohan was a moralistic idiot. His actions had little coherence. No one's going to rape his wife after refusing to have sex with her because HE just had sex with some other chic, even if they had just suffered brain damage. Let's just say this; I don't like soap operas, even ones involving magic.

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Summary: Must be the water in Mass...
Review: As a lifelong reader, and published writer, of fantasy novels, this book (and the whole bloody series) ranks with the greatest in the genre. Melanie Rawn makes the magic seem real, the politics true to human nature, and the romance...well, guys aren't supposed to like romance in books, but hell - this time I loved it. So Massachusetts guy, you are too wrong for my humble words to express.

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Summary: (see that yellow thing above? they made me put it there)
Review: hmph.well. admittedly, melanie rawn has one of the best writing styles i've ever seen. but her choices, plainly put....suck. the difference from which chapters of the book could belong to a great story, and what parts could be praisworthy,essays,and what makes it a terrible story altogether. characters: like people, they have the capacity for error. fine. they are vulnerable, weak...the regular foibles. so in order to show a very everyday truth...lets make the main character a selfish delusional fool. let him sleep with a woman, call it rape and not really sadist sex(though the woman seemed in all appearances to consent)have him rough-handle his wife, and knock her around a bit. love: yeah, fiery, unconditional---which, throughout the book, look suspiciously like lust:fire. the unconditional part? after his wife is raped repeatedly, though not by him, he tries to add to her list, and strikes her when she refuses. ah, how moving! admitted, Rawn is tasteful in her descriptions---but only in the case of husband and wife. she does let you view the rapes, and his fun with his abductee. and so tasteful is she that even doesn't bother to stick in a paragaph about where the realitiesa re reconciled with, and the two forgive each other and themselves. one moment he tries to force his already ravaged wife, slaps her, then laughs--the next time they are together, she is coyly suggesting to her husband that they rekindle their fire. truly, love as it should be. this reader never saw love proved---though for some lust may satisfy. yes! what complex, real, well-rounded characters! what truth to real life! hint: NBC daytime mixed in with dragons. but i'm not damning the author--yet. Her other Mageborn series actually is very good,and now my sole hope in Rawn is that by now she matured enough since Dragon Prince (her first book, after all) not to disappoint. But if you like being upset at random attempts of being unconventional, and playing the card of "well-rounded characters" too floridly and carelessly, then read this book.

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Summary: Beautifully written
Review: My sister first recommended that I read the Dragon Prince and the Dragon Star novels. I honestly think that these books are some of the best I have read. There is romance, but it is along with war,fantasy, dragons, and the guardians of light; sunrunners. I recommend to those who thought the characters were one-sided or all good or all bad to read the second and maybe the third books. Your opinion will change.

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Summary: I can't believe this-I'm OBSESSED.....
Review: As an avid reader of historical romance, I am amazed that I have found another type of 'book' that I like.... A co-worker kept bringing these types of books to work...I accused him of reading 'fairy books'...UNTIL he gave me all 3 Sunrunner books at once! I told him that I would 'try' to read these. I am currently starting Stronghold and now I want to read everything that Melanie Rawn has ever written. Just goes to show me that I shouldn't knock something until I have tried it!! I can't recommend these highly enough.

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Summary: I've read this again and again.........
Review: Years ago, in high school, I picked up this book for fun. Not typically a reader of fantasy, I was amazed at the power and majesty of this, Rawn's first book. Quickly, I devoured the rest of the series, but always come back to this one, almost as a comfort. This book is one in a million and I recommend it to anyone, not just lovers of fatasy and sci-fi. I have loaned it to many friends and given it often as a gift. Read this and treasure it...its characters are friends for life!

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Summary: This was incredible.
Review: I can't even begin to understand how some people can say that the characters are one-sided. This book truly moved me. I actually cried on several occasions! I thought it beautiful. The characters were very well rounded. The villains were truly villainous, yet some of them had twists of goodness. Vice versa for the good guys. I believe that Melanie Rawn has captured the spirit of the human being, how none of us are completely one way or the other. The details that were in this book astounded me. This is truly a master piece, and I can not wait to read her other books.