Paperback, 214 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2010 by ROURKE.
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.
Silly, silly, silly :-). A fun romp complete with the expected vindication of the underdogs. I enjoyed.
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. …
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. Eventually I just had to put the book down before he could detail the name of another filthy disgusting thug. I intend to see the movie's sequel, but will not read another one of these books. It's too bad that the book couldn't have been better. I didn't need it to match the movie- I just hoped for something worth reading.
