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Dragon Keeper (Rain Wilds Chronicles, Vol. 1) [Hardcover]


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2.0 out of 5 stars A good idea that never quite works Feb 21 2011
By Mike @ Books of Fantasy
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Firstly and for those that don't know, this book is set in Robin Hobbs long standing universe and therefore has a whole host of books preceding it. As an absolute minimum you should read The Liveships Traders trilogy first, and ideally each of the following.

The Farseer Trilogy (3 books) >> The Liveship Traders Trilogy (3 books) >> The Tawny Man Trilogy (3 books).

So on to the review, is the Dragon Keeper a good book? Well, at the risk of being harsh (something I loathe in a review) it's.....ok, but much less so than any of the above. It's hard to tell if the author overachieved earlier in her career or is underachieving now, but either way this return to her classic universe does not deliver the hoped for return to form.

Let's be clear, Dragon Keeper is not a bad book per say, but a sluggish pace, characters it's hard to identify with and a somewhat meandering story seriously undermine its positive aspects (the irritating, somewhat loathsome nature of the Dragons doesn't help much either).

The bottom line? If you enjoyed her earlier work then this will make for a few hours of reasonably entertaining reading, but unfortunately (and as much as I admire and respect the author) that's about all.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Real Magic and Real Monsters Feb 14 2012
By Heroes Die
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Hobb writes with such realism that I can't help but bury myself in her writing. Her characters are varied and rich, and are the true focus of the novel--like the rest of her writing--rather than the 'fast-paced' action others might be expecting.

Dragons have been brought back to the Rain Wilds, but not in the glorious form everyone had hoped. Malformed, stunted creatures emerged and suddenly everyone is twisted around trying to care for dragons that have little left to them beyond their pride. They're manipulative creatures but some of the monsters lie instead in the realm of humans.

If you're going to pick it up, make sure you read her earlier books first in order to really understand what's going on. And if you've already read them, then this is a great continuation of a rich, vibrant world of characters that are truly alive rather than characters pushed along through the pages. Hobb really knows how to write an amazing story, and I'd highly recommend this or any of her works!
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1.0 out of 5 stars Good concept, terrible excecution. Also rape. Lots of rape. Dec 16 2012
By Juandfr
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I would not recommend this series. At the beginning, I had high hopes. The setting is enchanting and the overarching plot intriguing. The book's written by a woman and contains plenty of female characters striving for agency. But the sheer amount of skeeviness, rape culture and outright rape was enough for me to loathe the read. The flat, self-absorbed characters didn't help any either. If the author's intent was for the novel to be skin-crawlingly creepy, she succeeded.
Unless you're sure that the world is compelling enough to slog through a story seemingly designed to slap you in the face every time you start to get comfortable, save yourself the trouble and leave this on the shelf.
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