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“In a novel as good as it is massive, the first of two Rain Wilds Chronicles...Hobb continues to occupy a perch at or near the top among contemporary fantasists. This book is imaginative, literate, and compassionate from first page to last.” (Booklist (starred review) )
“Hobb does an admirable job of creating a complex and engaging medieval fantasy world …with originality and subtlety [she handles] such traditional fantasy elements as dragons and magical items…A nicely imagined fantasy setting that will engage readers and raise anticipation for the second installment. (Kirkus Reviews )
“Hobb’s meticulously realized fantasy tale is a welcome addition to contemporary dragon lore.” (Publishers Weekly )
“Hobb does an admirable job of creating a complex and engaging medieval fantasy world …with originality and subtlety [she handles] such traditional fantasy elements as dragons and magical items…A nicely imagined fantasy setting that will engage readers and raise anticipation for the second installment. (Kirkus Reviews )
“Hobb’s meticulously realized fantasy tale is a welcome addition to contemporary dragon lore.” (Publishers Weekly )
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Too much time has passed since the powerful dragon Tintaglia helped the people of the Trader cities stave off an invasion of their enemies. The Traders have forgotten their promises, weary of the labor and expense of tending earthbound dragons who were hatched weak and deformed by a river turned toxic. If neglected, the creatures will rampage—or die—so it is decreed that they must move farther upriver toward Kelsingra, the mythical homeland whose location is locked deep within the dragons' uncertain ancestral memories.
Thymara, an unschooled forest girl, and Alise, wife of an unloving and wealthy Trader, are among the disparate group entrusted with escorting the dragons to their new home. And on an extraordinary odyssey with no promise of return, many lessons will be learned—as dragons and tenders alike experience hardships, betrayals . . . and joys beyond their wildest imaginings.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Real Magic and Real Monsters,
This review is from: Dragon Keeper: Volume One of the Rain Wilds Chronicles (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!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Return to the Rain Wilds,
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This review is from: Dragon Keeper: Volume One Of The Rain Wilds Chronicles (Hardcover)
Although this book is yet to be available in North America, I knew it was being released 6 months earlier in the UK. Being a huge Hobb fan I ordered it from Amazon.uk. Hobb spins a tale of the hatched dragons starting sometime shortly after the last Liveship book.As always I was drawn into the story and characters quickly. The brief apperances of some of the characters we know and love really added to the tale. One thing is for sure, when the second installment is out, I will once again be ordering from across the seas. I am not sure when the next release date is but with the quality of Dragon Keeper I am sure there will be a lot more people anxiously awaiting its arrival.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
A good idea that never quite works,
This review is from: Dragon Keeper: Volume One of the Rain Wilds Chronicles (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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