Dragonsword
A Fantasy, Science Fiction Fantasy, Dragons book. Lots of cool ideas, not the best execution in the world. I'm a sucker for a good portal...
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- Filetype: PDF
- Pages: 384 pages
- ISBN: 9780451450814 / 451450817
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A solid fantasy story with a modern sensibility and much-needed deconstruction of the genre. Unfortunately, other authors did not take the invitation Baudino extended to examine the fundamentals of the genre.In general I recommend the series for strong transgender themes & characters. This was, I think, the second fantasy book I ever read. I remember starting it, and then looking at all of the pages I had left to read and thinking, Wow, this will take some work.It did, and looking back now, I'm surprised I finished this book. I didn't like it as much as the first fantasy I'd read - a Dragonlance book - and I was... Lots of cool ideas, not the best execution in the world. I'm a sucker for a good portal fantasy, but the main characters mostly came off as self-involved jerks, especially the rapey male protag, who was the worst kind of caricature. He had his redemptive moment, but it felt like it came out of nowhere. And for a book espousing the ways...
