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lunaliz's review against another edition
adventurous
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? Yes
3.25
sydthewitch's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
I love this series. I love this installment in particular for the exploration of the indigenous peoples of Australia and their mythology. However, this was perhaps the slowest moving of the series so far, I got a little impatient with it.
triplebriiii's review against another edition
3.75
This was fine, just a bit boring. They spent so much time just travelling with nothing happening 😩😩😩. Fuck the British 🖕🖕🖕
rebekah_l's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
wizardcantrips's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Death, Racism, and Colonisation
Moderate: Animal death
Minor: Sexual harassment
bedoesque's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
ceciliatan's review against another edition
5.0
Another fabulous addition to this series. It moved a little slowly, in comparison to the others, but the lessons that Laurence and Temeraire are learning nowadays are no longer the big emotional leaps they made in earlier days, and are subtler and more philosophical. In the spirit of the Patrick O'Brian books, of which this series is a literary descendant, not every book has the same amount of action as every other. And clearly there are some set-ups for things that will happen later in the series. I hear there will only be 2-3 more books? If so, I am greatly looking forward to seeing how it all wraps up!
beaundarrows's review against another edition
3.0
Somehow this one wasn't as good as I remember the previous books being.
Maybe I've just been reading too many "modern" novels, where the language is just like everyday. This one was harder to read, more like an Austen novel - with the somehow flowery language that says not very much using a lot of words.
There was a section around the middle that actually got disappointingly boring. Tracking smugglers over the red Australian desert? Yeah... riveting. Sorry, Naomi, you almost lost me there.
Luckily, there were dragons! Dragons make up for all manner of evils.
Oh, and Bunyips! If there can be dragons and sea serpents, why the hell not Bunyips?! That's awesome. There aren't enough fantasy novels based in Australia that include the legendary Bunyip.
So, this one gets 3 out of 5 from me. I had to read it, because it's part of the larger work of this series. But so far I think it's the weakest.
Maybe I've just been reading too many "modern" novels, where the language is just like everyday. This one was harder to read, more like an Austen novel - with the somehow flowery language that says not very much using a lot of words.
There was a section around the middle that actually got disappointingly boring. Tracking smugglers over the red Australian desert? Yeah... riveting. Sorry, Naomi, you almost lost me there.
Luckily, there were dragons! Dragons make up for all manner of evils.
Oh, and Bunyips! If there can be dragons and sea serpents, why the hell not Bunyips?! That's awesome. There aren't enough fantasy novels based in Australia that include the legendary Bunyip.
So, this one gets 3 out of 5 from me. I had to read it, because it's part of the larger work of this series. But so far I think it's the weakest.