I finally finished it. *Whew* This book was probably one of the more boring ones in the Pern series. Or at least that's how I felt. (sorry sig! ^_^v) It seemed longer than usual, plus they often went into detail about such things as bacteriophages, optics and other technological stuff. Eergh. I never used to feel that Pern was of the sci-fi genre, until I read this book that is. (Although come to think of it, I've always pretty much known that it was sci-fi. It just felt more like a fantasy book.) And although I had my usual issues with it, as I've had with previous McCaffrey books, after a short sms conversation with Sig, I kind of forced myself to be a little more accepting (or at least to ignore a lot of the things that bothered me if I couldn't accept it). I won't bother going into details, cause I've always found it hard to explain. ^^; The book rarely focused on some of my favorite characters, but I guess that really tends to happen in a world with so many other characters. There were also noticeable typos, (once a dragonrider's name was obviously misused for another, etc.) though I can't really fault anyone for that. ^^; But the end was a bit redeeming. I almost *
almost* teared up in the last part of the book. I guess it ended quite nicely.
To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heavens - Ecclesiastes 3:1 (Mentioned towards the end of the book as a quote taken from the greatest book mankind has written.)
I finally finished it. *Whew* This book was probably one of the more boring ones in the Pern series. Or at least that's how I felt. (sorry sig! ^_^v) It seemed longer than usual, plus they often went into detail about such things as bacteriophages, optics and other technological stuff. Eergh. I never used to feel that Pern was of the sci-fi genre, until I read this book that is. (Although come to think of it, I've always pretty much known that it was sci-fi. It just felt more like a fantasy book.) And although I had my usual issues with it, as I've had with previous McCaffrey books, after a short sms conversation with Sig, I kind of forced myself to be a little more accepting (or at least to ignore a lot of the things that bothered me if I couldn't accept it). I won't bother going into details, cause I've always found it hard to explain. ^^; The book rarely focused on some of my favorite characters, but I guess that really tends to happen in a world with so many other characters. There were also noticeable typos, (once a dragonrider's name was obviously misused for another, etc.) though I can't really fault anyone for that. ^^; But the end was a bit redeeming. I almost *almost* teared up in the last part of the book. I guess it ended quite nicely.
