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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 2915 Views
The Princess Bride? *NM* Camilla - 12/04/2011 03:07:22 PM 972 Views
Already read it. Ghavrel - 12/04/2011 06:34:05 PM 1541 Views
Re: Already read it. Camilla - 12/04/2011 06:37:46 PM 1693 Views
I'll be honest; I'm looking for mind candy. *NM* Ghavrel - 12/04/2011 06:40:54 PM 829 Views
The Scarlet Pimpernel? Camilla - 12/04/2011 06:44:54 PM 1528 Views
Haven't read Wodehouse. *NM* Ghavrel - 12/04/2011 06:48:51 PM 986 Views
He is funny. Camilla - 12/04/2011 06:57:34 PM 1616 Views
Jasper Fforde is a good shout. *NM* Rebekah - 12/04/2011 06:58:46 PM 934 Views
I thought all my shouts were good! *NM* Camilla - 12/04/2011 07:01:32 PM 935 Views
Also Camilla - 12/04/2011 07:01:13 PM 1545 Views
WHICH book? *NM* Aeryn - 12/04/2011 04:22:29 PM 881 Views
Well, you've read it, but it's huge spoilers for people who haven't! Ghavrel - 12/04/2011 06:38:08 PM 1756 Views
I don't know, dude... rebelaessedai - 14/04/2011 03:23:35 AM 1613 Views
From how long away did you see it coming? Ghavrel - 14/04/2011 03:44:06 AM 1557 Views
Hmm. rebelaessedai - 15/04/2011 05:29:55 AM 1689 Views
Re: Hmm. Darth_Katie - 15/04/2011 06:59:13 AM 1623 Views
Re: Hmm. rebelaessedai - 15/04/2011 07:59:52 PM 1557 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 903 Views
The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner Darth_Katie - 12/04/2011 07:02:39 PM 1645 Views
Or Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, perhaps? Camilla - 12/04/2011 07:11:30 PM 1625 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 965 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 1659 Views
Really? Camilla - 12/04/2011 07:48:29 PM 1645 Views
It made me want to be a British gentleman in the 1800s A Deathwatch Guard - 13/04/2011 03:11:33 AM 1738 Views
woops miss-post *NM* Myrdhyn - 13/04/2011 06:23:43 PM 952 Views
I don't really count that as a happy ending, myself... Michael - 14/04/2011 09:03:53 AM 1680 Views
You know, I do not remember how it ends... Camilla - 14/04/2011 02:10:45 PM 1478 Views
The ending is admittedly disappointing. Legolas - 14/04/2011 07:53:29 PM 1555 Views
Agreed. *NM* Ghavrel - 14/04/2011 08:01:10 PM 880 Views
Re: The ending is admittedly disappointing. Camilla - 14/04/2011 10:00:52 PM 1882 Views
He was annoying. Extremely so. Legolas - 14/04/2011 10:06:16 PM 1839 Views
Re: He was annoying. Extremely so. Camilla - 14/04/2011 10:09:08 PM 1700 Views
I thought that's what made him a good villian Darth_Katie - 14/04/2011 10:59:38 PM 1661 Views
Temeraire by Naomi Novik Rebekah - 12/04/2011 07:14:01 PM 1613 Views
Room is great, but hardly qualifies as mind candy if you ask me... Legolas - 12/04/2011 07:23:10 PM 1747 Views
Ghavrel doesn't ask for mind candy in his original post. Rebekah - 12/04/2011 07:40:23 PM 1694 Views
This is true. Ghavrel - 12/04/2011 08:27:25 PM 1697 Views
The Secret History of the Pink Carnation? Legolas - 12/04/2011 07:30:18 PM 1514 Views
Re: The Secret History of the Pink Carnation? Camilla - 12/04/2011 07:36:42 PM 1758 Views
Yes, well... Legolas - 12/04/2011 08:26:43 PM 1718 Views
Bridge of Birds might also be a candidate Camilla - 12/04/2011 07:33:54 PM 1648 Views
Ooh! Anathem! beetnemesis - 12/04/2011 07:45:26 PM 1669 Views
The Sparrow, Mary Doria Russell. Novo - 13/04/2011 09:09:09 AM 1614 Views
Um, no. rebelaessedai - 14/04/2011 03:25:01 AM 1578 Views
Oh, but I did! Novo - 15/04/2011 08:21:26 AM 1706 Views
I don't honestly know. rebelaessedai - 15/04/2011 08:02:08 PM 1649 Views
Jeeves and Wooster. *NM* snoopcester - 13/04/2011 11:07:06 AM 926 Views
Beat you to it. *NM* Camilla - 13/04/2011 11:22:55 AM 820 Views
Dragon Prince trilogy Myrdhyn - 13/04/2011 06:25:14 PM 1564 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 1993 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 1599 Views
A Storm of Swords? It ends with a wedding.... Michael - 14/04/2011 09:05:01 AM 1678 Views
You're a terrible person. *NM* Ghavrel - 14/04/2011 07:03:45 PM 807 Views
Best. wedding. ever. *NM* ironclad - 14/04/2011 08:29:33 PM 888 Views
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