Book 17 - Anne McCaffrey "The Skies Of Pern"

Anne McCaffrey "The Skies Of Pern" (Corgi)




Of all the Pern novels i have read this is quite disappointing. There is too many characters in it and the story does not gel. 

Thus in my estimation it is definitely one of the lesser Dragonrider books, bedevilled by too many main characters all jostling for elbow space (and getting only paper-thin characterisation as a result), strawman villains, and the two halves of the plot sitting in uneasy relationship to each other. Having said that, there was some gravitas to be had from: A) the planet-wide emergency caused by the tsunami (this is lent extra weight by the fallout of the major tsunamis of the last five years in our own world), and B) by a terrible event befalling on a main character, which has genuine repercussions that aren't completely glossed over.