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Dragonquest by Anne McCaffrey

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messica's review against another edition

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3.75

This one was good too. I read these in a weird order lol. This one should have ended after the queen’s flight, the rest of the book was oddly paced and felt like it lacked a driving force. Not sure I like Lessa’s actions there at the end.. wasn’t expecting any moral grayness out of her
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rosemaryfay's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

Definitely a comfort reread for me, but dang does McCaffrey hate women. Biggest not like other girls energy from this author. The universe of pern is incredibly misogynistic and women are treated more as sex objects (with the exceptions of lessa and brekke) than anything else. also. uh. the weirdness around oooo the weyrs are so ~promiscuous ~ women can have ~sex~ here, but then the only named women who you know, do that are treated as evil manipulative sluts by the narrative? legitimately what are we even doing here.

side note on bad worldbuilding, apparently going between makes a woman barren? because it's too cold? what in the bad science? 

the storyline is really enjoyable to me, probabl  because I've read it a thousand times, but I have more trouble reconciling it with the aggressively patriarchal world building. 

I like this series for nostalgia reasons, but I certainly wouldn't recommend it. there are better fantasy series out there. read one of them instead .
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