Return of the Dragon Riders
(Dragon Stone Saga 2)
by Kristian Alva
fantasy, subadult
copyright 2011
read in December 2019
rated 5/10: readable if there's nothing else
Kid gets dragon, kid has super magic powers. Simplistic plot, easy to read. More violent than book one. Still no conclusion.
If you do not intend to read the other two books in the series -- rate this as 4: bad but could be read. I consider rating it as a six because I fully expect the story to finally wrap up -- at the end of book three. By itself, this book is childish rubbish.
And perhaps that's the problem: it is childishly simple. Fine, I could enjoy that. But childishly simple plus rather violent? No, not good. And it doesn't help to publish the one story as three separate books. It just highlights the weakness of the story, each book is a series of minor escapades.
I think I'll average my rating: 4 because it's rubbish, 6 because I'm reading it and it passes the time, so an average rating of five. Readable if you have nothing else to read.
Dr Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper
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