Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern) (Dragonriders of Pern)
by Anne McCaffrey
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Author: Anne McCaffreyReader: Dick Hill
Edition: Audio Cassette
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Format: Audiobook, Unabridged
Published: 2002-08-28
ISBN: 1590862880
Number of pages: 9
Publisher: Brilliance Audio Unabridged
Book Reviews of Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern) (Dragonriders of Pern)
Book Review: I just didn't care
Summary: 2 Stars
Pern has fallen into disrepair. Because there has been no danger from the terrible "threads" that threaten the planet with destruction every few hundred years, traditions are being lost to the wind like dust. The people of Pern no longer understand why they should bother to remove the greenery from their homes, why they should have to give gifts of food to the Dragonriders. They don't do anything except leech. The "threads" are a thing of the past.
One of the leaders of the Bronze dragons feels differently. The Threads have been too long absent, and the death of their useless Wyerwoman, the companion to the queen dragon, leaves room for improvement. A search is called and Lessa, a kitchen maid who had her lands taken from her birthright is spirited away to the Wyer, the home of all dragons to see if she is fit to be companion to a queen.
Ok, you can shoot me now. Get it over with. Because you're going to want to kill me once I say this next sentence: I didn't like "Dragonflight."
I know, I know! It's a classic, the basis of most modern dragon books, blah blah blah. I'm sorry, I STILL didn't like it. I don't know why I just didn't get it. The plot is simple enough: girl becomes bound to a dragon, together they have great powers, must save the world. That part I get. I suppose the plot was a little TOO simple. There was no real adversary. Ok, yeah so the "Threads" have the potential to destroy the world...but essentially the Dragonriders are fighting against nature, not exactly an exciting adversary that you can love to hate.
I also didn't love McCaffery's characters. I tried to like Lessa, I really did, but I just couldn't get over the fact that she was a brat who thought that it should be her way or the highway. She was in no way loveable or relatable, and the main male character left the same things to be desiered.
Towards the end McCaffery jumps off the deep end by messing around with time travel. I had enough to keep straight with all the scheming and mystery going on and then she throws a wrench in the mix by adding in time travel? I was so confused. I still am to tell you the truth. Just thinking about it makes my head hurt.
The bottom line is, McCaffery failed to make me CARE at all. I didn't care about the characters, I didn't care about Pern and its destruction, I didn't care that the space time thingy was going to be messed with. I felt no love or concern for any of "Dragonflight's" characters including the dragons (and I love dragons!). I just didn't get any emotion out of "Dragonflight," and in my book that just doesn't...well...fly.
Two stars.
Summary of Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern) (Dragonriders of Pern)
On the beautiful planet Pern, colonized for centuries, Land Holders and Craftsmen have traditionally tithed food and supplies to the dragonweyrs to which they are bound. In times past, the mighty telepathic dragons and their riders were the only protection from the dreaded, life-threatening Thread.But it has been over 400 years since the last Threadfall, and some people have come to doubt that the menace will every strike again. But F'lar, rider of Pern's greatest bronze dragon, has no such illusions. The Red Star is near; Thread will fall soon.
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