Customer Reviews

Dragon Nimbus 01 The Glass Dragon

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Okay, I've read the histories first, so it's cool to know what the characters are talking about pertaining to historical events. So first off, I suggest you do that... Anyway, I'm not DONE with the book yet, got a lil' less than 1/4th to read, and so far I've really enjoyed it. I like the rules for magic and everything that the author sets for her world. The romance was really pulling me into it, until I crossed a questionable romance(?) scene... I'll leave you to read and decide, and I'm going to continue it hopes that the ending will make up for it.

What first drew me to this book was, like most of the books I've read, the fantasy. I flipped through the first few pages in the bookstore and became intrigued enough to buy it. The characters seemed human enough and independent of one another.

Until.

As the story progresses, and the characters interact, they become more dependent on each other, not just in the relationship that characters have, but in their bases, their cores. They lost the potential I saw in the beginning, and everything became too cliche.

I've only just recently exited junior high school, being a high school sophomore, and I have to agree with my dad in that this book feels like something written for grades seven and eight. It could have been a lot better; the names need revising, the writing needs to be consistent in style, the dialogue needs to be less cheesy. I'm not planning on picking up the next in this series, and that's something I don't often do.

Wow this was a good book,... This is a magical story aabout a journeyman magician (Jaylor) who goes on a quest to rescue the prince darvile. His quest involves great dangers as he finds out more about himself, the evil one, and the witch woman (Brevelan) who is the daughter of lord krej and has powers different of the commune of magic just as jaylor does. This book has found a way into the top 5 of the books I have read and I dont normaly even like to read so this book does leave an impression. ... Well I hope you read and enjoy this book, so long.

Since everyone else seemed to be giving this book a not-so-good review, I thought it deserved some praise! I really enjoyed this series. I thought all of the characters had very distinct personalities and the dragons (especially in the last two or so books) are very neat and different from other dragons as one can see by the cover. Irene Radford's descriptions were extremely vivid, and I think she deserves more praise. As in most fantasy novels, you've got to read the whole series! Overall, I think this was an excellant little fantasy novel, especially if you love dragons.

I picked this book up at a used book store a while ago because it sounded interesting, a few days later I started it and was d one in three days. I enjoyed the book and its twists, but there were some things that I did not like.

To start out I definitely did not like the names, though they fit the characters they just weren't names I liked, my least favorite being Jaylor. Also, the characters personalities were interesting at first, but as the book went on they made decisions and statements I couldn't relate to. My least favorite personality being Darville, he was too typical, and maybe he was supposed to be.. but he had a most unattractive personality in my eyes.

The plot of the book and being left hanging are what makes me want to continue the series... I just recently bought "The Perfect Princess" and I hope its at least as good, if not better, but somehow I doubt that it will be. It seems to be almost entirely about Darville...

The Glass Dragon was ok. It wasn't the worst book i'v ever read but it was by no means the best. It didn't have a plot that held me exactly spellbound, but there were some interesting parts of the book such as why would a dragon care about a wolf? As a whole the book isn't bad but there are definetly better books out there!

Rarely do I feel so strongly about a book that I want to throw it across the room. This was one. I haven't yet thrown it away or used it for firework starter, but I was terribly disappointed. Perhaps because this was her first book (?) I might try another more seasoned one by this author, but I found the character development awkward and the style of overshadowing with some mysterious italicised voice infuriating.

Don't waste your time or money. There are good fantasy books out there, but this is not one of them.

At the beginning of this book, I was very interested. I couldn't wait to figure out what happened, and some of the plot twists were interesting. But then it seemed that Radford got too interested in the little love story and not interested enough in the plot. The two male characters became less and less distinguishable as the story progressed and so did the way the magic worked. The book should have been under "Romance" not "Fantacy/Sci-fi."

Radford, unfortunately has a tendancy to jump all over the place. The charters are not really developed and there are consistancy problems with how magic works. You really get the feeling that Radford created the story as she went instead of planing things out. You also get the feeling that about 3/4rths into the book Radford was rushing to end the story. This book will probably be great for those who like the Ann McCaffery series.

I enjoyed this novel. I love to read fantasy novels and when I purchased this novel I was unsure of what to expect. When I read the novel I was pleasantly surprised, it is the type of book that when you pick it up it is hard to put down. I read it in two day and by the time I finished I could hardly wait for the sequels. Granted, there are some flaws with the novel (some weak scenes etc.), however you do get flaws in just about anything; look past the flaws to the things that you enjoy and entertain you and you will be entertained. Besides why do we, the general masses, read? We read to be entertained, so read to be entertained, not to find the flaws.

I had a hard time deciding which of the three novels I enjoyed more. My advice, just read it, you will be entertained.