Friday, July 30, 2010

DragonFlight -- Thrown In & Style (Part 1)

Lasagna:
I don't think I read far enough into this to actually get anything, because this is one of those books where they just throw you right into it, and you have to think for a little bit about what it's talking about and then you'll understand it. I just didn't really get it.


Dande:
When I was reading it recently to reread it, it was different for me because—while I knew that all these cool, interesting, great things came later, and so I kept reading, but I was thinking that if I just started reading this book now, I probably wouldn't keep reading through it. The beginning would have totally turned me off. I must have been a more open reader five years ago when I read it for the first time.

Smiley:
In the beginning, you know when Fax, F'lar—I always say flare when I'm reading it, but I know it's F'lar—Fax, F'lar, and F'nor, you know when they're all talking, and after they say one sentence, it's like, "Oh, he directed this insult at him. Oh, he said it like this." That was kind of annoying to me to get past. If they said it once, "they said it insultingly," then OK, I get it. But they kept mentioning it throughout the whole dialog. "Oh, he said it like this, which was so insulting. Oh, he said it like that, which was so OhMyGosh."


[laughs]


Smiley:
It was annoying, in a way.


Wvskier:
In later books, she actually sort of changes her style. She doesn't do that as much, and she actually has the dragons talk directly.


Dande:
Yeah, I'm not sure if this was her first book overall, but it was definitely her first book in this whole series that lasted thirty years. So we could cut her some slack, maybe.


Smiley:
I don't think I was able to enjoy it as much because I was trying to read by today as a deadline.


Dande:
I gave it to you last week!


Smiley:
But I haven't read it since, like, today!

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