How to train your dragon

214 pages

English language

Published April 3, 2004 by Little, Brown.

ISBN:
978-0-316-73737-1
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Chronicles the adventures and misadventures of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third as he tries to pass the important initiation test of his Viking clan, the Tribe of the Hairy Hooligans, by catching and training a dragon.

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I picked this book up at the library having recently seen the movie. Though the volume was small and the plot synopsis seemed rather... different, I assumed that books were always better than movie and decided to give it a try. Obviously, I was wrong. From the start, I did not like any of the characters. Hiccup was annoying, weak, and lacking in intelligence. He had no redeeming qualities, at least none apparent to me. He heads for a cave in hopes of coming out with a big strong dragon, and I thought, maybe this dragon will somehow teach him a lesson. But no. The dragon is small, whiny, and altogether worse than he is. He hides this fact from his father (Who is almost unbelievably stupid) and from there on, all I could focus on was the crude humor and general crudeness which had nothing to do with humor. …

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Subjects

  • Vikings -- Juvenile fiction
  • Vikings -- Fiction
  • Dragons -- Fiction
  • Humorous stories