Customer Reviews

The Glass Dragon (Dragon Nimbus)

5 star:		(10)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(7)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

I thought this book was very good, though I've read better. I did, however, loose quite a few hours of sleep reading it. I particularily liked the sections of thought of "the evil one." I think it would have been better if the romantic and sexual aspects of the novel were toned down a bit, but they didn't deteriate the basis of the story-line. I wasn't, however, thrilled with the ending. (For the soul reason that I just finished the book last night and won't get the next book for 3-7 business days and have been left hanging.) I would, and have, reccomend this book to anyone interested in fantasy, dragons, sci-fi, and, perhaps, romance.

Well, the first 1/2 deserves the star, the second 1/2 deserves nothing at all (except another trip to the editors).
This is trite junk-food fantasy. The characters are unimaginative, the names are worse. Those tambootie trees . . . I never could take then seriously.

The plot is fairly cohesive for the first two thirds, but when the action picks up it falls apart. The special mysteries are also very obvious and not at all interesting. It takes all of three or four pages when the wolf shows up at the beginning to figure out why he's so special. But overall the plot drags.

Just bland overall. Best thing about the book is the cover art.

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.

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.

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.

I love dragons. That is what drew me to buy this book. The idea of the story is a really great one. I don't disagree with that.

I just feel that the writing wasn't that fantastic. The characters are a little underdeveloped and they are too much alike.

If I start reading a series, I usually buy all the books in it, but in this case I might make a trip to the library....

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.

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;)

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."

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.