A review by deservingporcupine
The Story of Owen by Emily Kate Johnston

2.0

This should have been a book I liked, but I ended up skimming the last half to see how it ended. The idea is so good, and the narrator’s voice was strong and original. What dragged it down for me was the way dragons were inserted in the story. There were entire chapters about real historical moments... but with dragons. And entire chapters about the chemistry of a dragon corpse. And entire chapters about types of dragons and their characteristics. It just felt so forced, like dry non-fiction that you had to slog through for the story. Which ended up being not quite exciting enough to make up for the trying-too-hard world building.