Title: Too different
Product review: I have read all of the Pern novels and own all of Anne's in hardback, but I read a library copy of this one and I'm glad I didn't buy it. All that makes it a Pern novel are the setting and the dragonriders. I couldn't tell where it fell chronologically, and the idea of the Shunned seems unfitting for Pern. the story jumps around and I had trouble keeping the characters straight. The "dramatis personae" (why the fancy sounding name?) at the beginning did not include Moran or Aleesa or Arella.The book did not hold my interest. The biggest disappointment is that the magic is gone.
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