Tad Williams

A thrilling, heartstopping quest that blends the machinations of a king gone mad with the politics of empire, breathtaking suspense with the pity of war, a brilliantly conceived world of ancient days with the joys - and terrors - of magic ...

The Dragonbone Chair

Simon, a young kitchen boy and magician's apprentice, finds his dreams of great deeds and heroic wars becoming an all too shocking reality in a terrifying civil war.

Cody Degen

you can definitely see why people consider this a forebearer of ASOIAF. maybe unfair but the aspects i liked the most about ASOIAF are much weaker in dragonbone chair. Also it can't be judged solely on its' own given it's the first book of the series but i feel a little underwhelmed with where things were left at the end of the first book. lots of plots i want resolved or questions answered but i'm not sure i'm ready for another 650 pages or whatever to find out, let alone another 1k after that to totally resolve everything

Anyaconda

3.5 ⭐⭐⭐✨

A staple in every fantasy readers bookshelf. I heard it was slow going into reading this series, but by God it's really slow.
I really enjoyed the beginning hearing Simon's story and get to know all the other characters in the Hayholt, but then it just drags until about 45%.
There's also lots of dreams (which I generally dislike if not extremely well done) and going from point A to point B to point C to get the thing that'll help to fight evil. Basically your standard fantasy tropes. BUT I do want to know how the story continues. Also I painfully collected the whole series in the same paperbacks from thrift stores.

Simon, a young kitchen boy and magician's apprentice, finds his dreams of great deeds and heroic wars becoming an all too shocking reality in a terrifying civil war

Magnus Dahl

May contain lethal doses of epic fantasy.

Judy Hudgins

Just couldn't get into it. Was a bit slow.

A. D. Knapp

Sherry

Jeff Borton

The Dragonbone Chair

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