And it drives me bonkers. I’m reading The Dolphins of Pern rn.
Aramina: “My plot x-ray tells me that 16 chapters and 6 in-story years from now my son is going to need some family conflict. I better throw a fit, decide I hate dolphins for absolutely no reason and forbid him ever to have anything to do with them.”
🙄🙄🙄
The only reason to read the later books at all is because you are a super fan of the series.
I still recommend the Menolly books, Dragon Singer and Dragon Song as middle grade to young adult reading. The series generally has not aged gracefully