This is a Rain Wild book.
This volume of the story picks continues the trek of dragons, humans and
a live ship up the Rain
Wild River
The characters of the story undergo many changes in this
book. Hobb imbues her stories with
character growth. She takes a
personality and exposes it to many stressing factors and lets it grow
organically, albeit with author oversight.
Thymara seems to undergo the greatest growth. She embodies the struggle of women in a man's
world. Hobb slips in the philosophic
urging for equality which sadly is still grossly needed.
The dragons are given more identity and are fleshed out in
multiple ways.
Hobb has the ability to address current social ills through
her book. Her addressing the inequities
of societal roles is threaded throughout the book. Addressing homosexuality, equality and
gender bias while refraining from preaching is no easy task.
I highly recommend.
This book may have been received free of charge from a publisher or a publicist. That will NEVER have a bearing on my recommendations.
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