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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.


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The Glass Dragon Dragon Nimbus Irene Radford 9780886776343 Books Reviews

This book is, at best, okay. I'd give it 2.5 stars, because I didn't completely dislike it, though it contained a lot I did dislike.

The characters intrigued me, but then, as someone else stated, things started getting cliche. If done properly, cliche can work out to be okay, but this wasn't done well at all. There's a little love triangle between the three main characters. I'm going to give a slight spoiler here to show one of the many weaknesses of this book.

When the girl and the other male lead character think their friend is dead, he comforts her and they wind up having sex. Um...it seems to me that if you're really love someone that much and are that upset, sex isn't going to be on your mind. It was rather stupid.

Tambootie isn't given a great explanation, the older mage that we see a lot of seems rather conflicting at times. Part of me is curious to see what happens, but another part of me doesn't want to because of the mediocre writing in parts.

This book had potential, but it went down the drain abouta third to halfway through. If you really want to read it, borrow it from a library, don't spend the money on buying it. If they don't have it at your library, ask about interlibrary loan.
THE GLASS DRAGON is a fairly mediocre effort. While there are some interesting ideas here--the concept of dragons as bound to the health of the kingdom; a depiction of sorcerers who draw their magic from dragons as the only legitimate force of power in the kingdom, and so on--the execution of these ideas is clumsy and awkward. I was fairly unclear about basic points of her plotting--for example, was King Darcine dying because the dragons were leaving or was he actually being poisoned? Throughout most of the book, she maintains the first possibility but suggests the second near the end, however, doesn't seem to verify it. How does Jaylor's magic actually work, and why is it different from Krej's? Is all rogue magic idiosyncratic? Because if so she doesn't tell us. And so on. Characterization is rather uneven as well. I really didn't see much to distinguish Jaylor from Darville, except that Jaylor was the one who could do magic and Darville was the one who could turn into a wolf, and I didn't see much of anything special about Brevelan at all. Important developments--such as Brevelan repairing Jaylor's magic staff--happen offscreen and are simply dismissed with a sentence or two, not shown to us. The relationship between Brevelan and Jaylor showed some promise at the beginning, until with the addition of Darville it turned into a fairly bland love triangle. In fact, I'm reluctant even to call it a love triangle, since both Darville and Jaylor seemed more or less completely fine with each other's interest in Brevelan, except for a few throwaway sentences. (What a waste of a possibility for characterization and dramatic tension.) I give the book three stars instead of two because of the interesting ideas and the initial tension between Jaylor and Brevelan, even if it didn't go anywhere in the end.
You may think the fact that I didn't even finish The Glass Dragon should keep me from writing a review, but I don't think so. I almost never actually give up on a book completely. I really wanted to like this book. From the reviews and synopsis I read before, I thought it would be right up my alley. I got about halfway through the book. There was never any real hook. I read about 130 pages...but it took me almost four weeks to do so. I spent most of my time finding other things to do other than read this book.

The premise is interesting, glass dragons as a source of magic and also the basis of national security. And then a public who thinks they are the enemy. A bit cliche, but still a good foundation for what could be an exciting story. Brevelan and Jaylor's story is interesting, but there never was anything to really entice me to keep reading. It is an interesting book, but not exciting, and not engrossing. It is the type of book that would be most enjoyed if you either have nothing better to do, or just want to read and nothing more. I like a story that will draw me in and make me excited about reading further. This book did neither for me. Maybe it gets better; maybe someday I'll return to it...but overall it holds no more interest for me.

As I did not finish the book, feel free to disregard my imput...I know normally I would;)
I'm not sure how old I was when I first encountered this series, but pretty young from what I recall. I read about half the books in the series, but completely out of order. Despite, this I recall really enjoying them as a child. So, now that I have acquired the entire series, I thought I would read them again (some for the first time) and in sequential order. This first book was one that I had to track down in used book stores, so other than a few names ringing some vaguely distant bells in my memory, it was all new to me.

I did enjoy reading this, though I must admit, I have no idea why I loved this series so much when I was younger. It really is a pretty average fantasy novel. The plot is quite straightforward, and predictable. And the point-of-view, in its herky-jerky shifts, presents the book's main flaw as it becomes downright confusing at times just who is providing the inner monologue. The overuse of pronouns (perhaps to avoid typing out these mouthful names) adds to this general confusion as well.

I hope that the series shows improvements not only in the written mechanics of the novels themselves, but also in the plot and character dynamics as well. I have to admit, reading this debut into a series is not making me very anxious to read the remainder of the series...
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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.