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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 2580 Views
The Princess Bride? *NM* Camilla - 12/04/2011 03:07:22 PM 788 Views
Already read it. Ghavrel - 12/04/2011 06:34:05 PM 1229 Views
Re: Already read it. Camilla - 12/04/2011 06:37:46 PM 1346 Views
I'll be honest; I'm looking for mind candy. *NM* Ghavrel - 12/04/2011 06:40:54 PM 640 Views
The Scarlet Pimpernel? Camilla - 12/04/2011 06:44:54 PM 1194 Views
Haven't read Wodehouse. *NM* Ghavrel - 12/04/2011 06:48:51 PM 774 Views
He is funny. Camilla - 12/04/2011 06:57:34 PM 1257 Views
Jasper Fforde is a good shout. *NM* Rebekah - 12/04/2011 06:58:46 PM 752 Views
I thought all my shouts were good! *NM* Camilla - 12/04/2011 07:01:32 PM 735 Views
Also Camilla - 12/04/2011 07:01:13 PM 1187 Views
WHICH book? *NM* Aeryn - 12/04/2011 04:22:29 PM 695 Views
Well, you've read it, but it's huge spoilers for people who haven't! Ghavrel - 12/04/2011 06:38:08 PM 1417 Views
I don't know, dude... rebelaessedai - 14/04/2011 03:23:35 AM 1261 Views
From how long away did you see it coming? Ghavrel - 14/04/2011 03:44:06 AM 1227 Views
Hmm. rebelaessedai - 15/04/2011 05:29:55 AM 1323 Views
Re: Hmm. Darth_Katie - 15/04/2011 06:59:13 AM 1260 Views
Re: Hmm. rebelaessedai - 15/04/2011 07:59:52 PM 1219 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 677 Views
The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner Darth_Katie - 12/04/2011 07:02:39 PM 1297 Views
Or Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, perhaps? Camilla - 12/04/2011 07:11:30 PM 1299 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 744 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 1318 Views
Really? Camilla - 12/04/2011 07:48:29 PM 1301 Views
It made me want to be a British gentleman in the 1800s A Deathwatch Guard - 13/04/2011 03:11:33 AM 1389 Views
woops miss-post *NM* Myrdhyn - 13/04/2011 06:23:43 PM 753 Views
I don't really count that as a happy ending, myself... Michael - 14/04/2011 09:03:53 AM 1355 Views
You know, I do not remember how it ends... Camilla - 14/04/2011 02:10:45 PM 1148 Views
The ending is admittedly disappointing. Legolas - 14/04/2011 07:53:29 PM 1226 Views
Agreed. *NM* Ghavrel - 14/04/2011 08:01:10 PM 680 Views
Re: The ending is admittedly disappointing. Camilla - 14/04/2011 10:00:52 PM 1530 Views
He was annoying. Extremely so. Legolas - 14/04/2011 10:06:16 PM 1440 Views
Re: He was annoying. Extremely so. Camilla - 14/04/2011 10:09:08 PM 1345 Views
I thought that's what made him a good villian Darth_Katie - 14/04/2011 10:59:38 PM 1330 Views
Temeraire by Naomi Novik Rebekah - 12/04/2011 07:14:01 PM 1279 Views
Room is great, but hardly qualifies as mind candy if you ask me... Legolas - 12/04/2011 07:23:10 PM 1369 Views
Ghavrel doesn't ask for mind candy in his original post. Rebekah - 12/04/2011 07:40:23 PM 1321 Views
This is true. Ghavrel - 12/04/2011 08:27:25 PM 1344 Views
The Secret History of the Pink Carnation? Legolas - 12/04/2011 07:30:18 PM 1185 Views
Re: The Secret History of the Pink Carnation? Camilla - 12/04/2011 07:36:42 PM 1428 Views
Yes, well... Legolas - 12/04/2011 08:26:43 PM 1364 Views
Bridge of Birds might also be a candidate Camilla - 12/04/2011 07:33:54 PM 1306 Views
Ooh! Anathem! beetnemesis - 12/04/2011 07:45:26 PM 1348 Views
The Sparrow, Mary Doria Russell. Novo - 13/04/2011 09:09:09 AM 1248 Views
Um, no. rebelaessedai - 14/04/2011 03:25:01 AM 1242 Views
Oh, but I did! Novo - 15/04/2011 08:21:26 AM 1358 Views
I don't honestly know. rebelaessedai - 15/04/2011 08:02:08 PM 1306 Views
Jeeves and Wooster. *NM* snoopcester - 13/04/2011 11:07:06 AM 710 Views
Beat you to it. *NM* Camilla - 13/04/2011 11:22:55 AM 632 Views
Dragon Prince trilogy Myrdhyn - 13/04/2011 06:25:14 PM 1225 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 1491 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 1270 Views
A Storm of Swords? It ends with a wedding.... Michael - 14/04/2011 09:05:01 AM 1337 Views
You're a terrible person. *NM* Ghavrel - 14/04/2011 07:03:45 PM 593 Views
Best. wedding. ever. *NM* ironclad - 14/04/2011 08:29:33 PM 658 Views
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