The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde was a great book overall. It started out slow in the beginning but I had to read the book. Less than halfway through the book, Jennifer, the main character, turned into a dragonslayer and it totally changed her role in the book and in her world. When the problem is resolved, you would think she just ended the book in a bad way. And then you see there are still a couple pages left. I don't want to spoil the book here though. I definitely recommend it to anybody.
What's next? The book is the first in a series of books. I can also see at the end of the book that there is still lots more that could happen. I want to read the series as I usually do with any good book in a series. I'm currently reading Deeper by Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams. I'm about halfway through this book and it is the second book in its series. I think there is two or three more to read. I have a lot more to do.
If you read this post, comment what book you read over this summer.
Here is a link to a summary of Tunnels. The first book in the series I'm reading.
Thursday, August 21, 2014
Sunday, August 17, 2014
In chapter 13 of The Last Dragonslayer, Jennifer meets a man named Brian Spalding. Brian is an old man who is the most recent dragonslayer of the dragon. Jennifer meets him on a bench and they have small talk at first. Then, they both find out that they are waiting for each other. Brian then takes Jennifer to the Dragonstation and quickly makes Jennifer the last dragonslayer. She is hesitant and not very sure about what to do. She is now the last dragonslayer and has nobody to help her. The central idea of this chapter is to have Jennifer become the important role of the last dragonslayer without the knowledge of what to do next.
This is a link to an article talking about the book and the author, Fforde. The Last Dragonslayer Article.
This is a link to an article talking about the book and the author, Fforde. The Last Dragonslayer Article.
Here is a link to a video where the author tours the setting of the book, Hereford.
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