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The ending seems rather rushed, and the whole thing seems somehow unfinished. Lots of things not really explored, quite a few loose ends left dangling (for example, Laurence's relationship with Jane Roland is given no consideration at all in his consideration where and how to settle, despite his enthusiasm for the renewal of the relationship), there was no confrontation with Lien and all of a sudden she seemed to be taking no active part in anything other than offending Temeraire with comments about "mongrel egg", etc. Writing is overall quite good as usual, its just that after such a png wait the book feels rushed and unfinished. I hope the author will consider adding a couple of short stories to flesh out unsatisfactory ending.


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League of Dragons Temeraire Naomi Novik 9780345522924 Books Reviews

Neither brilliant nor a flop, League of Dragons ends the amazing Temeraire series. Parts of the book ring with Novik's wit and care - any time Laurence interacts with Napoleon; most of Temeraire's words. Other parts just feel rushed or not fully developed.
One of the most important character arcs in the series belings to Laurence. In fact, a good deal of the series is his wrestling with the notions of duty, citizenship, vocation, government, fairness, etc. It is one of my favorite things about the series. However, in League, we do not get a satisfying reflection of Laurence's mental progress. It is a noticeable lack, particularly at the end of the book.
I would have wished for more - more inner depth, a continued exploration of character arcs, and a better conclusion to Laurence's personal life. Temeraire's, too, really, although he is not as neglected.
There was perhaps another half a book here that didn't get written. The end result is a decent story, with parts that ring with satisfaction, and parts that leave you feeling rushed through.
This book honestly reads like Novik was just glad to be done with the story line but really didn't know how to wrap it up. She hurriedly threw in a number of characters from previous books (who hadn't been mentioned at all since then) as a sort of deus ex machina device to enable the good guys to win. She led up to a number of potentially great action sequences but then simply stopped and moved on to the next plot point. Most disappointing of these was the final confrontation between Temeraire and Lien; Novik sets up the fight that fans have been waiting for late in the book, but skips right ahead to what happens after the battle is over. It was a complete letdown, to say the least.
On the positive side, Novik's writing is satisfactory, with few obvious errors or typos, and the dialogues are believable (once we suspend disbelief enough to accept dragons talking with people about politics, commerce and finance, relationships, and the like).
The final book - and still I had to give it only 4 starts.
As this is the final book, I was hoping for a better closure. The book ended with no real future which is quite disappointing.
The book itself is good and is not very different in its standards of writing then the other books - although I still don't like the jumps between stories. I.E, the whole battle between Temeraire and Lien which we just skipped.

However, the ending made me wonder what happened to all the supporting characters we love and followed during our 9 books reading. What happened to Ferris, Roland etc.

I was really hoping to see a better closure after 9 books of multiple supporting characters and the ending was not really what I expected.
After following this series from the start I feel a bit cheated. I think Novik just wanted to be done with it. We left off right after the aftermath of the Russian invasion, and pick back up here with the pursuit. Following the real world timeline we have 2+ years of war and one big comeback. After getting 60% through the final book with nothing big happening, I started to get worried. I won't spoil it, but as it is alternate history I will say the ending is very different.

The usual themes of dragon/minority rights take center stage as well. There is one baffling sequence with Laurence early in the book that I'm assuming Novik put in to get our dragon hero off alone. Most of the dragons are silly stereotypes still, but whatever. Anyway it is done. Thank you for a fun story.
I wish I'd been able to give this 2 1/2 stars, but overall it was just too disappointing. Not only did it feel rushed and thin, the characters were just barely recognizable in places -- and in a final book to a long series, that's unacceptable. Throughout the book, the reader feels that the author has just grown tired of the series and is writing to get it over with and move on. That's understandable, but her fans deserved better.

If you need to know just how the series achieves its resolution, this is a must-have book. But the earlier ones will be read and re-read while "League of Dragons" gathers dust. (Plus, pet peeve here -- I got tired four books ago of the constant use of "repine" as a prepositional verb. If you can't get the language of the time correct, don't go there.) Temeraire and Lawrence are fascinating characters and I'm glad Ms. Novik wrote this series. I just wish she'd cared enough to finish it properly.
The ending seems rather rushed, and the whole thing seems somehow unfinished. Lots of things not really explored, quite a few loose ends left dangling (for example, Laurence's relationship with Jane Roland is given no consideration at all in his consideration where and how to settle, despite his enthusiasm for the renewal of the relationship), there was no confrontation with Lien and all of a sudden she seemed to be taking no active part in anything other than offending Temeraire with comments about "mongrel egg", etc. Writing is overall quite good as usual, its just that after such a png wait the book feels rushed and unfinished. I hope the author will consider adding a couple of short stories to flesh out unsatisfactory ending.