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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 2698 Views
The Princess Bride? *NM* Camilla - 12/04/2011 03:07:22 PM 874 Views
Already read it. Ghavrel - 12/04/2011 06:34:05 PM 1341 Views
Re: Already read it. Camilla - 12/04/2011 06:37:46 PM 1457 Views
I'll be honest; I'm looking for mind candy. *NM* Ghavrel - 12/04/2011 06:40:54 PM 727 Views
The Scarlet Pimpernel? Camilla - 12/04/2011 06:44:54 PM 1310 Views
Haven't read Wodehouse. *NM* Ghavrel - 12/04/2011 06:48:51 PM 860 Views
He is funny. Camilla - 12/04/2011 06:57:34 PM 1370 Views
Jasper Fforde is a good shout. *NM* Rebekah - 12/04/2011 06:58:46 PM 839 Views
I thought all my shouts were good! *NM* Camilla - 12/04/2011 07:01:32 PM 825 Views
Also Camilla - 12/04/2011 07:01:13 PM 1302 Views
WHICH book? *NM* Aeryn - 12/04/2011 04:22:29 PM 784 Views
Well, you've read it, but it's huge spoilers for people who haven't! Ghavrel - 12/04/2011 06:38:08 PM 1523 Views
I don't know, dude... rebelaessedai - 14/04/2011 03:23:35 AM 1378 Views
From how long away did you see it coming? Ghavrel - 14/04/2011 03:44:06 AM 1345 Views
Hmm. rebelaessedai - 15/04/2011 05:29:55 AM 1439 Views
Re: Hmm. Darth_Katie - 15/04/2011 06:59:13 AM 1381 Views
Re: Hmm. rebelaessedai - 15/04/2011 07:59:52 PM 1335 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 763 Views
The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner Darth_Katie - 12/04/2011 07:02:39 PM 1410 Views
Or Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, perhaps? Camilla - 12/04/2011 07:11:30 PM 1413 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 829 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 1435 Views
Really? Camilla - 12/04/2011 07:48:29 PM 1413 Views
It made me want to be a British gentleman in the 1800s A Deathwatch Guard - 13/04/2011 03:11:33 AM 1496 Views
woops miss-post *NM* Myrdhyn - 13/04/2011 06:23:43 PM 844 Views
I don't really count that as a happy ending, myself... Michael - 14/04/2011 09:03:53 AM 1475 Views
You know, I do not remember how it ends... Camilla - 14/04/2011 02:10:45 PM 1263 Views
The ending is admittedly disappointing. Legolas - 14/04/2011 07:53:29 PM 1340 Views
Agreed. *NM* Ghavrel - 14/04/2011 08:01:10 PM 767 Views
Re: The ending is admittedly disappointing. Camilla - 14/04/2011 10:00:52 PM 1650 Views
He was annoying. Extremely so. Legolas - 14/04/2011 10:06:16 PM 1558 Views
Re: He was annoying. Extremely so. Camilla - 14/04/2011 10:09:08 PM 1461 Views
I thought that's what made him a good villian Darth_Katie - 14/04/2011 10:59:38 PM 1446 Views
Temeraire by Naomi Novik Rebekah - 12/04/2011 07:14:01 PM 1391 Views
Room is great, but hardly qualifies as mind candy if you ask me... Legolas - 12/04/2011 07:23:10 PM 1486 Views
Ghavrel doesn't ask for mind candy in his original post. Rebekah - 12/04/2011 07:40:23 PM 1437 Views
This is true. Ghavrel - 12/04/2011 08:27:25 PM 1457 Views
The Secret History of the Pink Carnation? Legolas - 12/04/2011 07:30:18 PM 1296 Views
Re: The Secret History of the Pink Carnation? Camilla - 12/04/2011 07:36:42 PM 1534 Views
Yes, well... Legolas - 12/04/2011 08:26:43 PM 1481 Views
Bridge of Birds might also be a candidate Camilla - 12/04/2011 07:33:54 PM 1414 Views
Ooh! Anathem! beetnemesis - 12/04/2011 07:45:26 PM 1463 Views
The Sparrow, Mary Doria Russell. Novo - 13/04/2011 09:09:09 AM 1379 Views
Um, no. rebelaessedai - 14/04/2011 03:25:01 AM 1360 Views
Oh, but I did! Novo - 15/04/2011 08:21:26 AM 1490 Views
I don't honestly know. rebelaessedai - 15/04/2011 08:02:08 PM 1423 Views
Jeeves and Wooster. *NM* snoopcester - 13/04/2011 11:07:06 AM 797 Views
Beat you to it. *NM* Camilla - 13/04/2011 11:22:55 AM 723 Views
Dragon Prince trilogy Myrdhyn - 13/04/2011 06:25:14 PM 1344 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 1756 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 1387 Views
A Storm of Swords? It ends with a wedding.... Michael - 14/04/2011 09:05:01 AM 1458 Views
You're a terrible person. *NM* Ghavrel - 14/04/2011 07:03:45 PM 687 Views
Best. wedding. ever. *NM* ironclad - 14/04/2011 08:29:33 PM 750 Views
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