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Phil Leader (619 KP) rated Tongues of Serpents (Temeraire #6) in Books
Nov 27, 2019
On paper this book ticks all the boxes for one that I should like: Alternate history, historical setting and dragons.
Unfortunately the reality for me fell well short fo what I felt could be acheived. This is the first book by Novik I have read and perhaps starting at number 6 means I am missing something, but this just failed to gel.
The concept of the dragons being a reality and influencing history was one that was easy to grasp but so very little was done with it. The dragons themselves are quite dull - far from the spectacular beast of legend they have little interesting to do and virtually no personality. There is also not a great deal of plot strung out very thinly involving a chase across Australia, but it takes so long to get going and the chase is repettitive and didn't capture my imagination.
There are some sparks of good ideas here - the smuggling, the political issues in Sydney (caused by the governer - a certain Captain Bligh) - but they end up undeveloped and drowned by the plodding narrative which doesn't seem to want to examine anything that doesn't involve the dragons.
The central idea may have promise in other books of the series, just not this one. Sorry Naomi
Unfortunately the reality for me fell well short fo what I felt could be acheived. This is the first book by Novik I have read and perhaps starting at number 6 means I am missing something, but this just failed to gel.
The concept of the dragons being a reality and influencing history was one that was easy to grasp but so very little was done with it. The dragons themselves are quite dull - far from the spectacular beast of legend they have little interesting to do and virtually no personality. There is also not a great deal of plot strung out very thinly involving a chase across Australia, but it takes so long to get going and the chase is repettitive and didn't capture my imagination.
There are some sparks of good ideas here - the smuggling, the political issues in Sydney (caused by the governer - a certain Captain Bligh) - but they end up undeveloped and drowned by the plodding narrative which doesn't seem to want to examine anything that doesn't involve the dragons.
The central idea may have promise in other books of the series, just not this one. Sorry Naomi
writinchinchila (10 KP) rated Dragalia Lost in Apps
Feb 8, 2020
Lots of characters with varying attacks and abilities (2 more)
Extremely easy to get 5 star heros and dragons without paying anything
Always putting out new events and heros to keep you involved with lots of things to do
This is a very bright, colorful game that runs smoothly and always has new things to do. There are new events all the time, which means new stages to play through, new heros and Dragons to obtain, and new rewards for playing the stages.
Like a lot of other apps, in this game you collect heros who you put in teams and use to get through stages and complete the story. This game also gives you Dragons to collect, all of which are very visually appealing, just like the heros art is. Dragalia Lost, unlike many games in its same vein, makes it incredibly easy to get heros and Dragons in without ever paying money. You can get 5 stars very easily in Simmons and theres never anything you HAVE to pay for to get.
Overall it's a very fun game that always has something to do in it.
Like a lot of other apps, in this game you collect heros who you put in teams and use to get through stages and complete the story. This game also gives you Dragons to collect, all of which are very visually appealing, just like the heros art is. Dragalia Lost, unlike many games in its same vein, makes it incredibly easy to get heros and Dragons in without ever paying money. You can get 5 stars very easily in Simmons and theres never anything you HAVE to pay for to get.
Overall it's a very fun game that always has something to do in it.
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