The Dragon Keeper by Robin HobbMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
If there is one thing Robin Hobb does well, it is torture her characters. Nothing ever is easy, and few things work out perfectly, despite incredible efforts by dedicated people with the best of intentions. How... realistic is that.
Dragon Keeper picks up where her Assassin, Live Ships and Tawny Man series ended.
The one dragon who is alive, helps to usher sea serpents up the Rain Wilds River to cocoon and become more dragons. Only... Well, the sea serpents have been at sea for too long and the hatching doesn't go well, and the story is about what to do with 'failed' dragons.
It is a moving tale, as are all her books, difficult in that you want things to work, but somehow they never quite seem to work well. But at the same time, she can grow her characters like no one else can, letting them struggle against impossible odds which might defeat them, but never quite breaks them
Highly recommended, if you are NOT looking for light or happy fantasy. (
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