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  • Dragonheart

  • Dragonriders of Pern, Book 20
  • By: Todd McCaffrey
  • Narrated by: Emily Durante
  • Length: 20 hrs and 13 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (793 ratings)

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Dragonheart

By: Todd McCaffrey
Narrated by: Emily Durante
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When young Fiona impresses a queen dragon, she doesn't realize the perils and privileges that come with her new role. The challenges of becoming a Weyrwoman - co-leader of an entire dragon Weyr - can be overwhelming. And then, on top of it all, she faces the possibility of losing her dragon to the sickness that has already claimed so many others. Now Fiona is forced to confront the question: What is she willing to give up in order to truly be a queen rider?
Pay another visit to Pern.
©2008 Todd McCaffrey (P)2008 Brilliance Audio, Inc.
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Loved it

Todd is following in his mom's literary footsteps.

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What did I just read?

Narration was brilliant but the story was filled with cringy hard to get into dreck.

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Glad to revisit Pern

I have really enjoyed the return to Pern. The stories have been good and Todd has done a great job.

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And

A different way to get the most important thing is that the is a good day

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Time Traveling Dragons and PERN

Not my favorite narrator. Good story line.
looking forward to more. Thanks Todd McC love you and your Mom!

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Excellent addition to the collection

Impressive intermingling of stories! I loved immersing myself in the story! Very hard to stop long enough to sleep.

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Not the best Pern story

I love the pern stories, and I didn't think I'd really be able to tell that Anne didn't write this, but it is surprisingly very different. I don't prefer Todd's style of describing every little thing the main characters feel (mostly Fiona). It's too much description in the sense that it leaves nothing for the reader to infer so it feels more like a lecture than a story absorbing you. I was actually irritated at points during Dragonheart because it was stretching so long unnecessarily. The overall story arch is an interesting concept and should make for an intriguing read (listen) but I was very glad to finish it and will have to put off reading the next one so I don't end my beloved pern on a sour note.
The narrator is actually much better in Dragonheart than she is in Dragon's Time (which I mistakenly read prior to this one which chronologically comes before it), she has much more feeling in her voice and doesn't sound like an AI at all.

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Poorly read by performer

The story and writing is decent enough, but the person reading the story makes it almost unlistenable. Speaks way to fast, slurs names and has awkward sentence breaks. Really makes it impossible to enjoy the story. Would not buy again.

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Dry and boring, worst narrator ever.

The story is the worst DRoP so far (reading chronologically) that is just a struggle to get through. I find myself wanting to ffwd through large parts just to get it over with. No character attachment and just poor story pace. Narrator is by far the worst I have ever heard her voice is like nails on a chalkboard and it's like she is reading an adult book to children. Very bad and just makes this iteration of a pern story that much harder to stomach.

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I actually enjoyed it.

A lot of the reviews of Todd’s books of been pretty harsh and some deservedly so - I mean how many freaking plagues can we have- but this one was actually interesting as it gave nitty-gritty details of how an isolated weyr is run and detailed Weyrling training. Some interesting characters among the traders and weyr folk.

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