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Re: Some of my favorite books, but you're spot on with your caution about Dragon Star. *spoilers* Myrdhyn Send a noteboard - 14/04/2011 06:36:39 PM
Dragon Star trilogy is good as well, but the ending of the first book is depressing.


*spoilers*

You aren't kidding about that. Rohan's death and Sioned's subsequent reaction is probably the saddest thing I can remember reading. Things don't exactly get better, either, what with Meiglan kicking the bucket as well. Don't get me wrong; I loved the trilogy, but it had some very unhappy parts.


I agree 100%. It ends on a bittersweet note, but things never really got cheerful again like the first trilogy. I've literally read this whole series more than two dozen times. That's no exaggeration. To this day when I do a re-read, occasionally I get so distressed/depressed by the end of Stronghold that I can't pickup the next book and finish the series, sometimes for months.

The author, Melanie Rawn, went through a long period of extreme clinical depression mid-writing-career. In fact, she's just getting her feet back under her the last few years. I've long suspected that the last three books were, at least in part, either the product of or the cause of that depression.
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I need a book with a happy ending. Ghavrel - 12/04/2011 02:14:15 PM 2799 Views
The Princess Bride? *NM* Camilla - 12/04/2011 03:07:22 PM 911 Views
Already read it. Ghavrel - 12/04/2011 06:34:05 PM 1439 Views
Re: Already read it. Camilla - 12/04/2011 06:37:46 PM 1559 Views
I'll be honest; I'm looking for mind candy. *NM* Ghavrel - 12/04/2011 06:40:54 PM 766 Views
The Scarlet Pimpernel? Camilla - 12/04/2011 06:44:54 PM 1414 Views
Haven't read Wodehouse. *NM* Ghavrel - 12/04/2011 06:48:51 PM 927 Views
He is funny. Camilla - 12/04/2011 06:57:34 PM 1490 Views
Jasper Fforde is a good shout. *NM* Rebekah - 12/04/2011 06:58:46 PM 876 Views
I thought all my shouts were good! *NM* Camilla - 12/04/2011 07:01:32 PM 876 Views
Also Camilla - 12/04/2011 07:01:13 PM 1405 Views
WHICH book? *NM* Aeryn - 12/04/2011 04:22:29 PM 830 Views
Well, you've read it, but it's huge spoilers for people who haven't! Ghavrel - 12/04/2011 06:38:08 PM 1633 Views
I don't know, dude... rebelaessedai - 14/04/2011 03:23:35 AM 1485 Views
From how long away did you see it coming? Ghavrel - 14/04/2011 03:44:06 AM 1434 Views
Hmm. rebelaessedai - 15/04/2011 05:29:55 AM 1570 Views
Re: Hmm. Darth_Katie - 15/04/2011 06:59:13 AM 1487 Views
Re: Hmm. rebelaessedai - 15/04/2011 07:59:52 PM 1434 Views
I seem to remember Modesitt's Towers of the Sunset had a romance element and a happy ending. *NM* PhotoJim - 12/04/2011 05:23:39 PM 840 Views
The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner Darth_Katie - 12/04/2011 07:02:39 PM 1518 Views
Or Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, perhaps? Camilla - 12/04/2011 07:11:30 PM 1498 Views
I was gonna suggest JS & MN as well. And Christie generally cheers me up as well, true. *NM* Legolas - 12/04/2011 07:20:44 PM 885 Views
While not a bad read I don't even know what feeling that book caused in me ironclad - 12/04/2011 07:47:08 PM 1527 Views
Really? Camilla - 12/04/2011 07:48:29 PM 1527 Views
It made me want to be a British gentleman in the 1800s A Deathwatch Guard - 13/04/2011 03:11:33 AM 1624 Views
woops miss-post *NM* Myrdhyn - 13/04/2011 06:23:43 PM 886 Views
I don't really count that as a happy ending, myself... Michael - 14/04/2011 09:03:53 AM 1563 Views
You know, I do not remember how it ends... Camilla - 14/04/2011 02:10:45 PM 1365 Views
The ending is admittedly disappointing. Legolas - 14/04/2011 07:53:29 PM 1429 Views
Agreed. *NM* Ghavrel - 14/04/2011 08:01:10 PM 822 Views
Re: The ending is admittedly disappointing. Camilla - 14/04/2011 10:00:52 PM 1764 Views
He was annoying. Extremely so. Legolas - 14/04/2011 10:06:16 PM 1681 Views
Re: He was annoying. Extremely so. Camilla - 14/04/2011 10:09:08 PM 1566 Views
I thought that's what made him a good villian Darth_Katie - 14/04/2011 10:59:38 PM 1544 Views
Temeraire by Naomi Novik Rebekah - 12/04/2011 07:14:01 PM 1494 Views
Room is great, but hardly qualifies as mind candy if you ask me... Legolas - 12/04/2011 07:23:10 PM 1585 Views
Ghavrel doesn't ask for mind candy in his original post. Rebekah - 12/04/2011 07:40:23 PM 1562 Views
This is true. Ghavrel - 12/04/2011 08:27:25 PM 1578 Views
The Secret History of the Pink Carnation? Legolas - 12/04/2011 07:30:18 PM 1406 Views
Re: The Secret History of the Pink Carnation? Camilla - 12/04/2011 07:36:42 PM 1633 Views
Yes, well... Legolas - 12/04/2011 08:26:43 PM 1587 Views
Bridge of Birds might also be a candidate Camilla - 12/04/2011 07:33:54 PM 1531 Views
Ooh! Anathem! beetnemesis - 12/04/2011 07:45:26 PM 1554 Views
The Sparrow, Mary Doria Russell. Novo - 13/04/2011 09:09:09 AM 1488 Views
Um, no. rebelaessedai - 14/04/2011 03:25:01 AM 1465 Views
Oh, but I did! Novo - 15/04/2011 08:21:26 AM 1592 Views
I don't honestly know. rebelaessedai - 15/04/2011 08:02:08 PM 1530 Views
Jeeves and Wooster. *NM* snoopcester - 13/04/2011 11:07:06 AM 850 Views
Beat you to it. *NM* Camilla - 13/04/2011 11:22:55 AM 763 Views
Dragon Prince trilogy Myrdhyn - 13/04/2011 06:25:14 PM 1440 Views
Some of my favorite books, but you're spot on with your caution about Dragon Star. *spoilers* Aemon - 14/04/2011 06:12:16 PM 1871 Views
Re: Some of my favorite books, but you're spot on with your caution about Dragon Star. *spoilers* Myrdhyn - 14/04/2011 06:36:39 PM 1481 Views
A Storm of Swords? It ends with a wedding.... Michael - 14/04/2011 09:05:01 AM 1569 Views
You're a terrible person. *NM* Ghavrel - 14/04/2011 07:03:45 PM 743 Views
Best. wedding. ever. *NM* ironclad - 14/04/2011 08:29:33 PM 808 Views
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