The plot in Talindor's
Guest is slow to take off, since neither Traveler nor the dragon are
well-established characters before the storytelling begins.
Traveler's conflict with the dragon serves as a framing device for
several short stories. Not much is established about Traveler in the
beginning, which makes it difficult to care about his fate.
The plots and characters
of the stories told by Traveler are hit or miss. Some have engaging
premises, but all suffer under the weight of exposition. They don't
read like short stories or fairy tales, as one might expect based on
the framing device, but like the beginning of (exposition-heavy)
fantasy novels. Often there are too many characters, places, and
events crammed into one story without a concise plot or defining
traits to make them memorable.
The style is competent for
the most part, though a lot of words and phrases are repeated too
often. A lot of the dialogue serves purely as exposition and many
descriptions are overburdened with adjectives. The reader is told a
lot and shown little.
The book does deliver on
the promise of dragons, though. If you have a craving for dragons,
enjoy short fantasy stories, and flowery descriptions, you should
give Talindor's Guest a try.
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