Dragon's Bait by Vivian Vande Velde Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Dragon's Bait
Book Review: I love this book!
Summary: 5 Stars
I read this a long time ago and I'm really glad to find it again. The Dragon character Selendrile has stuck with me for years, I can't wait to read it again.Book Review: Loved it - Too Short
Summary: 5 Stars
Velde did an excellent job. You get attached to the characters as if you knew them for a lifetime. It is well written and has several unexpected twits and happenings that are truly cunning and have the reader with their eyes glued to the page. It is way to short but there is room for a book two if Velde decides to do that. Amazingly, Velde can convince you in such a little amount of pages. The plot is great and entirely original i have never read anything quite like it! it is easily a rainy Saturday book I finished it in one day. It was great, not a book to pass up despite its size.
Book Review: Short and Sweet
Summary: 3 Stars
I've read a few short YA books lately, most of which have been good. This one is the shortest of any of them, and it is also good, but lacks the depth that the other books have. The dragon character doesn't have much of a personality at all, and the girl accused of being a witch is driven only by revenge. I was waiting for the part where the girl realized that revenge doesn't make you feel any better, but I don't think she really got to that point, not truly. I still don't understand why the dragon is drawn to the girl, nor why he decides to help her with her revenge. Since he barely talks and has no feelings, I guess we will never know. Still, the book is enjoyable. It is so short that I had no problem reading it quickly, I finished it and thought it was okay. Nothing special about it at all that would warrant any rating above a three. There is no complexity, no excitement, just go from here to there, plot a bit of revenge, and move on. I know that YA can be deeper and better than this, but oh well. Dragon's Bait is an enjoyable little escape from reality, and to some it may be fun to see a girl reek havoc on her tormentors. To me it just felt shallow.Book Review: Short, witty, ironic, and fun
Summary: 5 Stars
I just happened upon this book a few days ago, thinking that the concept of a dragon taking human form pretty interesting. This is the first book I have ever read by the author, so I cannot compare this with her other books. What I have to admit is that I am rather impress. I am so use to reading big thick 300 pages book (they usually ended up being a classic) that I have forgotten the fun in reading one with less than 150 pages.Aside from critizing witch hunts, Dragon's Bait also gives reader a refreshing look at Dragons, damsel, and the midieval world in general. With humour that can almost rival with Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer, every pages are full with wonderful irony. The book makes me laugh out loud at three in the morning.
The two main characters characters are highly likable. Alys is courageous and realistic. She is certainly not your normal perfect, totally righteous, helpless demsal. As for Selendrile, he characteristic is as shady as a shadow, making a reader wonder whether he was trustworthy or not, and his intentions. He was also suppose to be handsome too so that also gives him some points (it was totally amusing seeing girls and woman alike falling for him).
I have to admit this book is perhaps too short, with the plot Dragon's Bait has, I think this book could at least be 200 pages, if not 250. She definately has the material to write that much. I am not complaining though, at least the book has a fast pace and has absolutely no dragging parts.
The author left a lot of room for a sequel but it has been years since this book was first publish and still no sequel. But perhaps it is better this way, sequels are often disappointing, not because I do not believe in the Vivian Vande Velde's ability to write a good sequel, but I know, from experience that sequels seldom produces the an ending I desire. So perhaps it is best that Dragon's Bait ends where it did, at a point that leaves readers plenty of room for imagination.
Book Review: Short, witty, ironic, and fun
Summary: 5 Stars
I just happened upon this book a few days ago, thinking that the concept of a dragon taking human form pretty interesting. This is the first book I have ever read by the author, so I cannot compare this with her other books. What I have to admit is that I am rather impress. I am so use to reading big thick 300 pages book (they usually ended up being a classic) that I have forgotten the fun in reading one with less than 150 pages.Aside from critizing witch hunts, Dragon's Bait also gives reader a refreshing look at Dragons, damsel, and the midieval world in general. With humour that can almost rival with Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer, every pages are full with wonderful irony. The book makes me laugh out loud at three in the morning.
The two main characters characters are highly likable. Alys is courageous and realistic. She is certainly not your normal perfect, totally righteous, helpless demsal. As for Selendrile, he characteristic is as shady as a shadow, making a reader wonder whether he was trustworthy or not, and his intentions. He was also suppose to be handsome too so that also gives him some points (it was totally amusing seeing girls and woman alike falling for him).
I have to admit this book is perhaps too short, with the plot Dragon's Bait has, I think this book could at least be 200 pages, if not 250. She definately has the material to write that much. I am not complaining though, at least the book has a fast pace and has absolutely no dragging parts.
The author left a lot of room for a sequel but it has been years since this book was first publish and still no sequel. But perhaps it is better this way, sequels are often disappointing, not because I do not believe in the Vivian Vande Velde's ability to write a good sequel, but I know, from experience that sequels seldom produces the an ending I desire. So perhaps it is best that Dragon's Bait ends where it did, at a point that leaves readers plenty of room for imagination.