Dragonquest covers a lot of ground, with more storylines than Dragonflight, and more characters. I found it hard to keep track of everyone. Sometimes the writing seemed formulaic, in terms of descriptions especially. It was not as good this time as it was 30 years ago, but it wasn't awful either. It's fun to revisit the Pern stories, and some are better than others.
Dragonquest also contains my least favorite moment, the greatest tragedy in the Pern cycle that I have encountered (I have not read all of the Pern books).
I'd give this three and a half stars if I could.