Helpful Score: 1
Well, the series does odd things here. Temeraire becomes a viewpoint character and Will Laurence becomes all but a cardboard cut out. Whether this is a failing by the author or actually reflects the character's despair and anger is up to the reader. I liked Temeraire as a viewpoint character, especially as he became an officer under Wellesley (Wellington's) harsh tutelage.
Did I like it? Yeah, grudgingly, but yes. I liked seeing more of the dragons as characters, from Requiescat to Perscitia and what they did in Temeraire's dragon militia. And Temeraire and Perscitia are a formiddably intelligent team. The world changes due to dragons - using them for field engineering and transport - helped make the book. That and the response to play strength to weakness by Wellesley.
I'm curious about a 6th book, but what the heck can they have happen in Australia?
Did I like it? Yeah, grudgingly, but yes. I liked seeing more of the dragons as characters, from Requiescat to Perscitia and what they did in Temeraire's dragon militia. And Temeraire and Perscitia are a formiddably intelligent team. The world changes due to dragons - using them for field engineering and transport - helped make the book. That and the response to play strength to weakness by Wellesley.
I'm curious about a 6th book, but what the heck can they have happen in Australia?
Helpful Score: 1
I love all the books in the series, but this one may be my favorite. Poor Temeraire's been shipped off to Wales, told that if he behaves his captain won't be killed. Temeraire's rise to be a military campaign leader is hilarious, as he plans out how to bribe the humans to herd cattle and stops his dragons from fighting among themselves while developing new battle tactics to drive Napoleon's forces out of England.
