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<blockquote data-quote="AuroraGyps" data-source="post: 1129285" data-attributes="member: 1166"><p>I liked Dragondoom.&nbsp; It was hard to get into the story due to it jumping around in time, but I'm also still getting used to working 3rd shift at my new job, so getting into anything has been tough.&nbsp; I don't know if I'd call the roles of Dwarves, woman, etc &quot;stereotypical&quot; as much as being the &quot;traditional&quot; way the different people &amp; genders are seen in alot of books like this. That's not to say I don't like things that break the mold, but it doesn't bug me.&nbsp; I enjoyed the development of Thork and Elyn's relationship too.&nbsp; I'm a big fan of those awkward moments &amp; stages of a relationship... they just touch me for some reason (maybe it's the girl in me trying to break out past the tomboy gamer <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> ).&nbsp; I was really sad at the ending though... actually, I almost cried (of course, I also cried at the end of the movies AI and The Whole Wide World, all within a couple of days of each other... just in a sappy mood I guess).&nbsp; I was hoping it would end happy (well, as happy as the aftermath of a war with 1000s of casualties plus the death of the brother on one side and a father &amp; son on the other can be).&nbsp; It was very poignant, but I would've liked Thork &amp; Elyn together more than how it did end.&nbsp; It would have made a bigger impact&nbsp; on Dwarf/Men relations than just having Thork stand by his promise.&nbsp; And, since I haven't read any of McKiernan's other stuff, I have to wonder what Thork's mother was thinking to herself about Men &amp; Dwarves and if it's addressed in any of his other books.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="AuroraGyps, post: 1129285, member: 1166"] I liked Dragondoom. It was hard to get into the story due to it jumping around in time, but I'm also still getting used to working 3rd shift at my new job, so getting into anything has been tough. I don't know if I'd call the roles of Dwarves, woman, etc "stereotypical" as much as being the "traditional" way the different people & genders are seen in alot of books like this. That's not to say I don't like things that break the mold, but it doesn't bug me. I enjoyed the development of Thork and Elyn's relationship too. I'm a big fan of those awkward moments & stages of a relationship... they just touch me for some reason (maybe it's the girl in me trying to break out past the tomboy gamer ;) ). I was really sad at the ending though... actually, I almost cried (of course, I also cried at the end of the movies AI and The Whole Wide World, all within a couple of days of each other... just in a sappy mood I guess). I was hoping it would end happy (well, as happy as the aftermath of a war with 1000s of casualties plus the death of the brother on one side and a father & son on the other can be). It was very poignant, but I would've liked Thork & Elyn together more than how it did end. It would have made a bigger impact on Dwarf/Men relations than just having Thork stand by his promise. And, since I haven't read any of McKiernan's other stuff, I have to wonder what Thork's mother was thinking to herself about Men & Dwarves and if it's addressed in any of his other books. [/QUOTE]

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