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Summary: Awesome!
Review: I love this book and the whole series, it's funny, exciting and definetly has a plot. Anyone who reads this book would love it unless they're not intto fiction because this book is loaded with it. It has Magic, Dragons, Wizards, and a Magician. Not to mention a princess who ASKED to be a Princesses Dragon! I know, I know, It's just not done. Have Fun!
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Summary: It Could Have Been Better
Review: The Book, "Dealing with Dragons", was a book about a princess who does things that are considered improper, like fencing. She runs away and discovers a world filled with dragons, magic, and evil wizards. This book was pretty good, but I liked the third book in the series better. I think that these books are better than the Harry Potter books for more mature people, because they aren't quite as simple as Potter is. I enjoyed the part when Cimorene, the main character, cast a fireproofing spell, because it is a clever idea. I didn't like the part where Cimorene was at the Ford of Whispering Snakes, because it didn't really describe the ford well enough. I think that the author also could have squeezed in a few more characters. Even though I liked the other books in the series better, it still helps if you read it before reading the others, because she wrote them to be read in order. Wrede also could have gone into the other dragons' personalities a bit more. Overall, this book was good, but it could have been better.
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Summary: Dealing With Dragons
Review: I love this book tremendously. When I was deciding what to read after Harry Potter I came across a book suggestion list that included this book. I had read it two or three times before, and on that list's prompting I read the whole series again. Even at 19 I still love them. I recommend this book totally to anyone and everyone who loves to read, and even those who don't.
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Summary: Excellent!
Review: I think I wore out my hometown library's copy of this book. Imagine my distress, then, when my family decided to move, and I couldn't find this book, or the rest of the series, anywhere! I finally broke down and purchased all four books, and proceeded to read them over and over and over. . . you get the picture.Cimorene breaks the mold when it comes to princesses in enchanted kingdoms. She's not at all proper. She likes to fence, and cook, and conjugate Latin verbs! Her parents and their advisors, being all very proper themselves, are quite shocked. . . and they decide that they should get Cimorene married off to proper Prince Therandil as soon as possible. Cimorene tries with all of her persuasive powers to convince her parents, their advisors, and Therandil himself that this is a big mistake! However, she finally sees that the only solution to her problem is running away. So, she leaves, and with a bit of advice from a talking frog, falls in with an interesting crowd: dragons, who keep princesses to cook and clean for them. This job description being more in Cimorene's line, she goes to work with a will. This book will have you rolling as Cimorene meets up with persistent suitors, finicky princesses, unscrupulous wizards, and some extremely delightful dragons. Read on and enjoy! (By the way, as other reviewers have mentioned, if you enjoy Harry Potter, you'll love this book!)
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Summary: Want I a child to read?
Review: This is a great book for anyone! Ecspecial those who don't think dragons are all that bad. Also this is a book for just about anyone no matter how well they read ecspecially kids. I read this book when I was in 6th grade and then the whole series after! In grade school I had a hard time reading I even had to be tutored for my reading problem. I was very picky about what I read and this was someting I really liked that shoule tell you something about this book. As a matter of fact I enjoyed this so much I've been looking for it every where for years! I'm so glad to have found it here. I would recommend this book to anyone, even if you don't think your son or daughter can read it I think you should read it to them! They will be begging you to read the whole series!
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Summary: My favorite book, after Harry Potter of course
Review: If you are waiting for the next Harry Potter book to come out then you should read this book! It's an enchanting tale about a princess who was bored with her life and ran away to the dragons, and wait and see what she'll encounter there! It captures the reader's imaginations and you'll want to read all the books in this series over and over again! I definitely recommend this book to read if you are a fantasy lover like me!
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Summary: Fun with a princess, dragons, wizards and soapy water!
Review: Dealing with Dragons is a great book for all ages. It is perfect to be read aloud, as it was when I first read it. It is also a fun fast read for anyone over 8. It has all the aspects of the classic fairy tale but with some new twists. Has strong female characters, and humor from slapstick to sophisticated. Has a plot of mystery and magic. It is enjoyable through till the end. If you enjoyed this book, read the other Enchanted Forest Chronicles for more fun with soapy water with lemon juice.
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Summary: A delightful romp
Review: The start of four wonderful books, Dealing With Dragons is a light, funny fantasy classic. Princess Cimorene is not allowed to use swords, spoons, or magic-it's simply not done by princesses! Irritated, she takes advice from a magic frog and runs away, and is quickly adopted as the personal princess and housekeeper for a dragon, Kazul. In doing so, she discovers and explores an interesting and sometimes hilarious new culture, and is enmeshed in a conspiracy. Forget ages of foreshadowing-this book goes straight to the point, where Cimorene wants to leave. It skips along at a brisk pace with lots of funniness, such as Cimorene reasoning with a homicidal genie and trying to shrug off her various knights and suitors, who want to rescue her whether she likes it or not. It spoofs the various damsel-in-distress stories by making the princess WANT to live with the dragons, and telling her wannabe boyfriend to go away and rescue some other princess. The tea party with the four "trapped" princesses, two proper and two ordinary, is a riot. The wizards and dragons manage to be endearing and funny without even needing much character development. And Morwen is one of the most magical witches since... well, she's as unique as Gandalf! You'll fall in love with this book and the three sequels, I promise!
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Summary: One of my fave. books..
Review: Cimerone is one unusual princess. She tried to learn to cook, fence, etc, etc, and her parents kept trying to persuade her to act more like her airheady sisters. So she gets sick of everything, and decides to be a dragon's princess, which in her opinion is more interesting kind of princess to be, and it is more interesting to read. Many of the dragons want to eat her, but she is able to talk them into the thought that she would be much more valuable alive then dead. So Cimerone deals with much more than dragons in this book, such as annoying princes, witches, and sorcerers that can be melted with lemon juice/ soapy water- or something like that. I also like the second book, but the third & forth books were a little sad. But, still, these books are all great.
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Summary: This is an excellent book! I reccomend it to anyone!
Review: This is really an excellent book, full of excitement and fantasy. Princess Cimorene- an ambitious young princess- is anxious to get away from her home, where an annoying prince wants to marry her. So... She goes to live with dragons, what else! There, she encounters wild adventures, evil wizards, and rule-breaking dragons. I reccomend this to anyone!
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