This book launches a series that can serve as a standalone as well as an expansion to Hobb’s previously written Liveship Trader’s trilogy. Second on our list of coming of age fantasy books for adults is Dragon Keeper by Robin Hobb. and joys beyond their wildest imaginings. Thymara, an unschooled forest girl, and Alise, wife of an unloving and wealthy Trader, are among the disparate group entrusted with escorting the dragons to their new home.Īnd on an extraordinary odyssey with no promise of return, many lessons will be learned–as dragons and tenders alike experience hardships, betrayals. If neglected, the creatures will rampage – or die – so it is decreed that they must move farther upriver toward Kelsingra, the mythical homeland whose location is locked deep within the dragons’ uncertain ancestral memories. The Traders have forgotten their promises, weary of the labor and expense of tending earthbound dragons who were hatched weak and deformed by a river turned toxic. Too much time has passed since the powerful dragon Tintaglia helped the people of the Trader cities stave off an invasion of their enemies. The Dragon Keeper by Robin Hobb Description Whereas ‘ Lord of the Rings meets Star Wars with dragons’ delighted fans, these readers thought that Eragon was too predictable.īecause of this, several commented that the book might be better suited for newer fantasy readers. Its similarities to Lord of the Rings and Star Wars frustrated critics. Unfortunately, the same reason that fans loved this fantasy book was the same reason that critics didn’t: the familiar tropes.
They often commented that fans of Lord of the Rings would find elements to this story that they’d enjoy. Readers said that Eragon swept them away into the world of Alagaësia and its many interesting characters. Readers appreciated that much of what they loved seeing in fantasy books featured in this epic: supernatural abilities, sword-fighting, dragon riders, prophecies, elves, hidden realms and of course, the hero pitted against a seemingly invincible empire. What Do Readers Say?Įragon: a fantasy novel famous in its first release for taking beloved fantasy elements and mixing them together to create a swashbuckling, dragon-filled adventure. The fate of the Empire may rest in his hands. With only an ancient sword and the advice of an old storyteller for guidance, Eragon and the fledgling dragon must navigate the dangerous terrain and dark enemies of an Empire ruled by a king whose evil knows no bounds.Ĭan Eragon take up the mantle of the legendary Dragon Riders? Overnight his simple life is shattered, and he is thrust into a perilous new world of destiny, magic, and power. yeah, right.When Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the forest, he thinks it is the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy perhaps it will buy his family meat for the winter.īut when the stone brings a dragon hatchling, Eragon soon realizes he has stumbled upon a legacy nearly as old as the Empire itself. It would be a poor representation of The Witcher series if Geralt didn't sleep with a few women.Īs for the person that listed Dragon Age as one of the best RPGS. The Witcher series requires it because of the lore in the game. I've seen what happens when romance isn't included in these games, and it usually ends up with lonely young men harping on to high heaven why there isn't a romance option, or why there aren't enough, so on and so forth, so I know where this likely wi ead. All of these have active romance elements to pursue, and in all of them the elements add a lot to the game. Baldur's Gate, Baldurs Gate 2, Neverwinter Nights, Witcher, and Witcher 2. Lets look at some of the best CRPG's ever made shall we. If your purchasing decision rests on whether you get to kiss the cute elf girl or not then maybe you really should be looking at fixing what's missing in real life, or looking at other genres, because while it's possible that such a subplot is in this game, it's just additional frosting on the cake and shouldn't be a factor in whether you buy it or not because kissing elf girls is not a staple of the genre and shouldn't be treated as such. This is a CRPG where you shoot fireballs at orcs and chill out with wizards.
Ursprünglich geschrieben von MindlessAutomata:This is't a Japanese dating sim or Danielle Steele novel.
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