Reviews

The Dragon's Path by Daniel Abraham

stacias99's review against another edition

4.0

I hear that [a:Daniel Abraham|134|Daniel Abraham|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1207149629p2/134.jpg]'s other series, The Long Price Quartet, is revolutionary in it's approach to the fantasy genre. The Dragon's Path, while a really interesting and well-written read, isn't as game-changing, and it's a rather conventional fantasy novel in my opinion. I think hearing so much praise for The Long Price Quartet may have set me up for disappointment in any event.

I liked the characters. I liked how the story unfolded with seemingly disparate characters and plots ending up being deeply connected. I am interested enough to want to see how the rest of the story unfolds, and will continue with the series. Again, I think glowing praise about the other series made this read suffer in comparison.

andreacpowers's review

4.0

Based on the story and characters, I thought this was written before the Long Price Quartet which I loved, loved, loved. The Dragons Path seemed "first book" to me and I felt I have read The Dragon's Path or stories like it before. There are some neat plot twists and I'm going to finish the trilogy but I didn't fall in love with the book. But I think the trilogy is worth reading.

grack21's review

5.0

This is a weird one for me. I love it to death but I can see how it would turn some people off.

alex1vo's review

3.0

I saw second book in this series in "New Releases by Authors You've Read" and I was thinking about reading this new installment, but I cant remember a thing about this first book. It's been a year, sins I read this book, so either I'm going senile or this book is unremarkable.

jennundersea's review

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

2.0

DNFed at 74%. I tried so hard to get into this and just couldn't. Then, at around the 73% mark, the (rival) lizard-man banker trope reared its ugly head and I quit trying.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Antisemitism

davechua's review

4.0

A medieval fantasy in a low-magic setting where the emphasis is on economics.

whattamess's review against another edition

3.0

Definitely an epic fantasy. I've been spoiling myself with grimdark and I'm wanting The Dragon's Path to have more of a despair tone to it. Alas! This is not that kind of book, Karen!

This is my first time reading a Daniel Abraham novel and I really enjoy his writing style. I love dialogue, and Daniel Abraham is all about dialogues!

There are a lot of characters in this book, and several different character POV chapters. I thought I was going to have a hard time keeping up with them, but I had no difficulties what-so-ever. I had more difficulties keeping the thirteen different races straight. This was easily solved by referencing back to some fanart that I found.

Well done, Daniel Abraham! But there is some sort of missing spice to this recipe. I can't put my finger on it. I want to say action, but there is action. I lost my interest around the last 150 pages. After Geder got his big HOO-RA the story took a major zzzz dive with me.

kluthek's review

4.0

I went back and forth between giving this 3 or 4 stars. It's a slooooow start but I ended up really enjoying the second half.

strombolibones's review against another edition

5.0

GRRM had it right; everything I look for in a fantasy.

leeleet's review

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

A great epic political fantasy. The audiobook was great as well. I hope book 2 keeps the trend going.