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Sun Dragon's Song #2

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Title: The Sun Dragon's Song #2


Author: Joyce Chng

Artist: Kim Miranda

Genre: Comics, Fantasy, Kids

Series: The Sun Dragon's Song




Verdict:



I received a free review copy of this book from Rosarium Publishing, via NetGalley, as an opportunity to provide a fair and honest review.



First of all: if you haven't checked out Rosarium Publishing before now, I recommend you do. They rock.



I read and reviewed The Sun Dragon's Song #1 a while ago, and loved it, so figured I'd do the same for #2!

Just like the first part in this series, this was a) cute as all get-out, and b) ABSOLUTELY STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL.

Seriously.

Every panel of this comic is worthy of hanging in a gallery. I can't stress enough how stunningly gorgeous the artwork is.

This one also seemed more developed - in terms of both character and world-building; we get to learn more about the dragon rider's academy, and see more of Ho Yi's determination and strength.

Occasionally the dialogue is still a little stilted - but there is some improvement from the last issue.

Our young protagonist, disabled Asian boy Ho Yi, is strong but realistic (well - as realistic as something with dragons gets) and is truly becoming a great li'l character. :)




And dude - there are awesomely drawn dragons!!!!!!



(I mean, come on, isn't that an excellent reason to read something?!) (...ok, maybe a little coffee. But not much!)



A couple of warnings: there's bullying, in particular ableist bullying, which may be distressing to some readers. Obviously, since there's ableist bullying, there's also ableism.

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I’ve read the first, and more importantly remember it; that doesn’t happen often.
Despite now being a dragonrider in training—or more likely because of it—Ho Yi is still getting bullied. Before he was just an easy target, but now jealousy gets added and he gets a huge beatdown. Much more endearing is how much he likes his new digs: not having to share a room, his own bathroom, so on. That changes quickly as training sets in, leaving him homesick and in pain, but with new friends.
You can’t be a dragonrider if you’re afraid of heights; maybe shoulda thought about that beforehand. . .
I like the artwork here more than I did in the first one. I don’t remember if the first was so watercolor-y, but it definitely works here.
Ends in a cliffhanger, but since it’s the 2nd of 4 chapters that’s to be expected.
3.5 pushed up to 4/5

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I started this without reading the first installment, but found the story easy to follow along with. I found it short, but the concept behind the dragon academy is a fresh one. I would be interested in continuing with this series.

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I am so glad to see that the second book of the Sun Dragon's Song is out. I quite enjoyed the first issue, and now we have the second issue where Ho Yi is sent off train to be a dragon rider. Since this is a school-like settings, of course there are the mean kids, and the good kids, and of course, dragons.

This is a well-written, well-built world. Ho Yi is disabled, but he trains just as hard as the other kids do. We get to see the wonder, and the hard work that it is to be a dragon rider.

I look forward to the next issue. My only real fault with this series is that there isn't enough of it. I would recommend this series to both kids and adults. I'm hoping this will be collected into a larger volume, as these issues are only 25 pages long.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.

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This is the second quarter of a strong book, but it's not a brilliant episode. Yes, I quite like the artwork for its bright colouring and scratchy, handmade feel, but it doesn't have to fill needless pages with bland imagery of journeys by dragon, drawn-out farewells and so on. The young audience this is being marketed at would be served by something much more snappy and punchier, as would we all. It diminishes much of the sense of any of this episode being essential, and by the end we're certainly au fait with the lead character, his problems with his disability, and most of his destiny – let's just see the latter already!

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