![]() To avert catastrophe, the council rules to relocate the young dragons to "a better location" up river, and residents are recruited to escort the valuable yet fearsome creatures on the arduous journey. The Traders Council, the city's leadership, fears that if the Rain Wilders stop providing for the young dragons, the hungry and neglected creatures will rampage and destroy Cassarick. Tending these stunted dragons has left the people of the surrounding area weary. But something is wrong with the creatures each is inferior or weak in some way, and many die. ( )Īfter many years, dragons have hatched again outside the ancient city of Cassarick. Might even go on to read more by the author, dragons or no dragons. Will definitely read the rest of this series, which I absolutely did not expect picking it up. dragons aren't fucking real, so what's to say they don't? It was certainly refreshing. At first I was a bit skeptical about them being serpents and "hatching", because it doesn't sound like something that isn't an insect would do but. Had it continued to be "discreet" or whatever I would have maybe even retracted a star, but now I don't find that necessary. I was annoyed that a certain relationship took forever to be properly established, but since it actually was, I'm not holding it against the book. I can't even begin to explain how much I couldn't take him seriously, and that's probably why I didn't hate the guy as much as he deserved. That literally translates to "Horse Finebook" in Swedish, except horse is misspelled into our most ancient meme (similar to doge). Though I can't get over the name "Hest Finbok". But all these characters, different as they were, brought interesting insights and views when speaking. ![]() Which is rare, for books with heavy multi-POV. ![]() It switches between different characters, and while I'm not gonna say I liked all of them, they were interesting and there wasn't a single perspective that made me sigh or feel disinterested. Despite taking forever for me to finish, I enjoyed this a lot, and when I finally did read it I had a hard time putting it down. Well, I'll give most things with dragons a chance, and I'm glad I did. Though I've of course heard the name before, I'd never read a Robin Hobb book before this: before I picked this up, I didn't even know she was a woman. ![]()
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