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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I enjoyed this book. It was not a farce like I am used to from this author. It was an interesting story about a young man who finds out he is a dragon when he graduates college. He is apparently a powerful near pure blood and so everyone wants a piece of him. This book was slow moving and a bit meandering but was somehow riveting all the same. I just had to keep reading to see how he was going to grow into his powers. It was well written as you'd expect from this accomplished author. Lots of interesting secondary characters. Lovely feel for New Orleans where the main portion of the book takes place. There are a couple more in the series and I will be reading them. ( ) Dragon's Wild lives up to Asprin's tradition of well told but quirky stories that you can't help laughing at. It's less out-right farcical than Phule's Company and the Mything series, which means it worked better for me as a humorous read (I'm not really a fan of farce.) Dragon's Wild kept me laughing out loud. If you are a critical reader, this is not the book for you. Other reviewers criticisms of exposition and weak story are legit. For me the characters, the feel of the Big Easy, the world, and especially the humor more than made up for that, but YMMV. I got a chance to meet Robert Asprin at a convention back in the 80s, and he was awesome. I've very much enjoyed some of his previous works, and I really wanted to like this one, too. I wish I could rate it higher, but there are some major weaknesses in here, particularly the amount of tedious explanations (really, is there ANYONE who doesn't already know about law enforcement profiling?). It gets to the point where, when you see yet another explanation coming (and you will see them coming), you groan to yourself and start skimming. Actually, I would have appreciated some insight into gambling and odds, but but then suddenly an editor showed up out of nowhere and the one bit that would have been most interesting got skipped. Aw. And I forgot how very sexist Asprin can be. I mean, he's not Heinlein bad, but lord, it's not good. I would say it's a nice candy sort of book, but the treatment of female characters smacks too much of adolescent fantasy. Worst part, I bought all three in the series when I found them at Half-Price Books. So I'll probably give the next one a shot. Worst case scenario, it's a fast read. no reviews | add a review
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A low-stakes con artist and killer poker player, Griffen "Grifter" McCandles graduated college fully expecting his wealthy family to have a job waiting for him. Instead, his mysterious uncle reveals a strange family secret: Griffen and his sister, Valerie, are actually dragons. Unwilling to let Uncle Mal take him under his wing, so to speak, Griffen heads to New Orleans with Valerie to make a living the only way he knows how. And even the criminal underworld of the French Quarter will heat up when Griffen lands in town. No library descriptions found. |
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