The White Dragon - Chapter Three

[kalinara]

(A note: this review complains a bit about my timeline confusion at the time I was reading.  Actually, I was wrong.  The timeline issue IS cleared up by chapter headings that I completely managed to miss.  Oops.  Chapter One takes place in the 12th Turn of the Present Pass, while Chapter Three takes place in the 15th Turn.  So Jaxom should be 18-19 in this chapter.  Mea culpa.)

So last time, things were pretty readable. Robinton referenced an adventure we hadn't read yet. F'lar and Lessa did some leadery stuff, and we met a new Lord, Toric, who's pretty damn willing to push for what he wants. I like that.

I feel like it helped that no one was trying to convince me to pity this poor unfortunate heir to a throne, with a dragon.

Look, I'm not saying that Jaxom can't have had an unhappy childhood. Or even that said unhappy childhood has to manifest in a certain way. But please consider how likely it is that a peasant boy should be able to openly bully the heir to the throne, when EVERYONE KNOWS that this is the heir to the throne. Oh and he also has a telepathic dragon!

McCaffrey can and has handled this kind of thing better.

( But I digress )