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Reading this book was a trip into nostalgia, as the first two novels were favorites of mine from high school. They still stand up well to the test of time, but the third novel, The White Dragon, is strictly for kids.

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taobooks's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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majorditzy230's review against another edition

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adventurous hopeful inspiring medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

librarimans's review against another edition

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4.0

I had not read any of these books in something like 25 years and only had the vaguest of memories of what the books were about. I knew there were dragons (obviously) and they were used to destroy something called Thread that fell from the sky but that was about it, and that I enjoyed the books as a kid. So it was with great enthusiasm that I revisited the series with this handy collection that covers the first three novels in the Pern series.

I was surprised to discover it was a science fiction series and not fantasy, despite the trappings this isn't a medieval society in a made up kingdom, it's actually the story of humanity after they had gone to the stars and colonized other worlds and lost the technological know how from days past. Pern is a world where society had declined and stagnated and was only just beginning to find the lost secrets of the past again. While they are able to breath fire, the titular dragons are genetically engineered creatures, not the mythological beasts that typically frequent these kinds of books.

All that said, I had a blast reading these books again. Anne McCaffrey seems like an author whose works I should revisit now as an adult.

rberdan's review against another edition

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I just wasn’t in the mood for it. Maybe I’ll try again someday.

readthesparrow's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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