I couldn’t completely enjoy his character, b/c Novik states early on that Chinese dragons are bred for intelligence, and after establishing that fact, uses him to spout insightful and ahead-of-his-time political ideals. Temeraire was probably my favorite part of the book. That's not to say it didn't have its moments. Why on earth would you write a Norrington-like character, when you could write a Will Turner:Įspecially, when the Norrington-type character has a DRAGON? B/c really? What would Norrington do with a dragon?įunnily enough, I now feel qualified to answer that question: not much. What I do know is that b/c I have James Norrington in my head, every time Laurence is on the page-and that's pretty much all the time-all I can think is: He is ostentatiously dull.Īnd while there is significant character growth throughout the book, it is completely in regards to the small-mindedness that comes with his gentleman status, having no impact whatsoever on the dull, dull, dullness of his disposition.Īnd maybe this is irrelevant, and maybe it isn't. Laurence is a Captain in the British Navy. But UPROOTED isn't being released until May, so this is the first Novik review I've posted.

In fact, the whole reason I finally got on with reading HIS MAJESTY'S DRAGON is b/c I read and absolutely adored Uprooted.

Temeraire his majesty's dragon