tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2554943708551676241.post7151042257540257834..comments2024-02-06T14:22:08.095-07:00Comments on Provo City Library Staff Reviews: DragonsongAGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18089515677655906854noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2554943708551676241.post-5492986248910297102019-08-05T20:36:39.342-06:002019-08-05T20:36:39.342-06:00In Dragonsong, the discrimination Menolly receives...In Dragonsong, the discrimination Menolly receives for her musical talent is the catalyst for the story, but is also the way McCaffrey builds a connection between the world (Pern), the characters (Menolly and her flock of tiny dragons), and the reader. McCaffrey is able to so believably create the atmosphere of abuse that Menolly lives in, that when Menolly decides she's not going back to her fishing village (despite the fact that her culture believes living out in the wilderness is tantamount to death) it seems like the most natural thing for her to do.<br /><br />The resulting series of events that leads Menolly to embrace her gift, and in turn showing the world of Pern aspects of her dragon friends that no one had ever discovered before, feels a lot like she's being pushed through event after event, but because of the heart that McCaffrey infused into all the characters involved, it's easy to forget the fact that the book is so plot driven it's easy to predict.Stirling Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17397328327801366913noreply@blogger.com