storydragon's reviews
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I enjoyed this book more than I expected. Usually, I do not like novellas as much as novels. They are so short and all, and it often feels not completely complete to me.
This novella by Veo Corva, however, is just as good as their novels!
The first few chapters seemed to confirm my feelings about novellas, but once I really got into the story, once Luxorian and their crew got into space, that feeling changed. When I was finished, I felt like I had read a complete story. It was complete. It was satisfactory. Once again, Veo Corva has written a great story.
Space Dragons: Luxorian's Crew is a story about the search for independence, the struggle against a society that is not made for you.
What I loved about the tale is how fatphobic challenges that people who are "too fat" face in our Western society, are represented in the story. The infrastructure and society in the novella is based on humans, most things are human sized and that what is built for dragons is still very tight/cramped. It is even so that the question comes up whether it is better to resize or reshape a dragon, or to change society...

As with the other stories by Veo Corva, this novella is also about friendships, and there have been times I cried in a positive way. In a joyous way. With a gigantic smile on my face. There is so much warmth in the story. There are main characters with autism, with chronical fatigue, there is queerness. It is perfect.

I am looking forward to possible sequels.

Ik heb erg van het boek genoten. Het was ook wel spannend en lastig om weg te leggen.
De politieke spelletjes die in het verhaal naar voren komen zetten tot denken aan, dat vind ik ook een leuk aspect van dit boek.

I love the book. I enjoyed it a lot.
It is marketed as "middle grade", which somehow made me less eager to read it, because I thought it would be very simple or something? Yet this turned out to be not the case.

The book is so full of emotion.
I could not have imagined it, but I cried quite a lot while reading this book. And I smiled a lot as well. Sometimes smiles and tears went together.
There is a lot of action, and some tension, without there being aggressive fights or anything.

I think the themes of the book felt very close to me. Certain struggles resonated, and the themes of family and friendship that feature prominently often touch me. Stephanie Burgis did that really well.

Once I finished the book, I immediately ordered book 2, and I put the third one on my (already way too big) list of books to buy.

The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart deserves 5 out of 5 stars, without doubt.

I definitely recommend it, if you have not yet read it! (And if the prominent theme of chocolate is not a problem for you, of course.)

Feuerstimmen is an awesome novel.
Ich liebe die Idee dass ein Lied, das Weltenlied, die Welt kan retten, der Untergang der Welt kan halten.
I started reading this book because of the colaboration with the great band Van Canto, and I am glad that I did it.

I read this book while listening to the audiobook version. The audiobook *s great. I loved it when the songs were sung, and the narrator has a soothing voice.

Van alle Jonas Dubelaarboeken vind ik dit tot nu toe de beste.
Ik kijk al uit naar het volgende deel.

I found this book to be thoroughly enjoyable.
I love how the acknowledgements at the start of the book are part of the story.
The victorian-esque writing style is lovely.