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I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons by Peter S. Beagle
adventurous
emotional
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons is a wild ride once you get almost half through. It took me that long to start enjoying the story. Up until then, the characters annoyed me and I couldn't figure why I should care about them. In the end, I was endeered to Reginald and Cerise and didn't want her to get eaten by a dragon. The unconventional princess was a great characterization; however unbelievable. This book definitely had lots of quirky characters. I felt like the book was almost 2 in one: a lead up for a love story, then a dragon quest. And while you learn a lot about dragons, I felt wasted opportunity for the pet ones that didn't really get a storyline.
Story is told with lots of comedy and definitely has a YA vibe to it. I'm not a fan of the writing (lots of words to explain something simple) and I had to reread to understand some things. I read the second to last page 3 times before I truly understood what happened. That said, many of the made up words threw me off too. Just a lot for my tastes, but def imaginative. Overall, a cute-ish funny epic fantasy with some mild romantic lead ups. Dragons, romance, adventure, wizards, oh my...
Story is told with lots of comedy and definitely has a YA vibe to it. I'm not a fan of the writing (lots of words to explain something simple) and I had to reread to understand some things. I read the second to last page 3 times before I truly understood what happened. That said, many of the made up words threw me off too. Just a lot for my tastes, but def imaginative. Overall, a cute-ish funny epic fantasy with some mild romantic lead ups. Dragons, romance, adventure, wizards, oh my...