Anne McCaffrey: Dragonflight

Hi everyone

I’ve seen Dragonflight, or more accurately, the entire Pern series by Anne McCaffrey, mentioned a lot in reviews on Goodreads and Bluesky, so I really wanted to read it too. 
I read this on my e-reader.

"How can one girl save an entire world?
To the nobles who live in Benden Weyr, Lessa is nothing but a ragged kitchen girl. For most of her life she has survived by serving those who betrayed her father and took over his lands. Now the time has come for Lessa to shed her disguise-and take back her stolen birthright.
But everything changes when she meets a Queen dragon. The bond they share will be deep and last forever. It will protect them when, for the first time in centuries, Lessa's world is threatened by Thread, an evil substance that falls like rain and destroys everything it touches. Dragons and their Riders once protected the planet from Thread and the blood-red star, but there are very few of them left these days. Only the gigantic, golden Queen can breed new dragons. And the Queen is fading... dying...
Now brave Lessa must risk her life, and the life of her beloved dragon, to save her beautiful world... " 

I did not enjoy this.

Nothing interesting happens, and the few things that do happen are written in such a boring way that it couldn’t keep my attention. I was so easily distracted.
The writing really isn’t very good. The characters lack characterization, the fantastical elements are underdeveloped, the dialogue is abominable, and the plot skips months at a time with no suspense or drive.

The "Threads" were an absolutely ridiculous and unrealistic threat. And the fact that everyone forgets about them, as well as the "importance" of the dragons and the dragonriders, made me think that this world isn’t worth saving, to be honest.

The romance drove me insane. The weird sexual attraction between Lessa and F’lar was just awful and gave off disturbing vibes. What an awful thing to add to the story! The whole book felt very chauvinistic.

All in all, not an enjoyable read and I won't be continuing the Pern series.

Happy reading!
Helena