Which can be kind of satisfying when you know the drill. Yeh, that kind of tidy ending definitely happens a lot with Austen. (view spoiler) Maybe I didn't read enough Austen."
G33z3r wrote: "I thought the ending was waaay to tidy. It reinforces the anatomical different between a human lying down or sitting and a 4-legged winged critter. I thought it was cute that Walton used terms like couchant, rampant & sejant to describe posture, those terms being from heraldry, where dragons are often depicted in those poses. Plus it didn't hurt to be reminded from time to time that no matter how human-like their customs, they are definitely NOT human."
(I'm only half way through, so can't say for sure there's not backstory to be told, but it doesn't seem the novel is headed that way.)Īndrea wrote: "I liked that though they were human-level sentient they still acted like dragons. On his death bed, Bon Agornin seemed to feel some guilt about some of his meals, even though his size suggested he dined on his species quite often. It also enforces a survival of the most ruthless. The characters spent a fair amount of time thinking about that aspect, which at first I felt it was just the author trying to make a point."Īpparently cannibalism is necessary to grow up big & strong, something about dragon "magic" in the flesh. The characters spent a fair amount of time thinking about that aspect, which at first I felt it was just the author trying to make a point but then, if I was in daily risk of being eaten by someone twice my size, I'd probably think about it a lot too! Plus it didn't hurt to be reminded from time to time that no matter how human-like their customs, they are definitely NOT human.Īs people might have noticed, I've been reading a lot of dragon books lately and I can definitely say, this concept is unique.Īndrea wrote: "Ithe whole cannibalism thing horrifying. Talking of flying, the rules on who was allowed to fly was an interesting quirk, and the whole cannibalism thing horrifying. They didn't have furniture, liked to sleep on gold, and ate their meat raw (and had servants wipe them down afterwards *shudders*) and their clothing was limited to hats and maybe a piece of jewelry or two. I liked that though they were human-level sentient they still acted like dragons. It was meant to be Victorian but since most of my references for this kind of style is Austen I was also picturing a Regency novel with humans replaced by dragons and taking it to the logical conclusions.
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