The Gryphon Generation

Found this one at a Value Village, thought it would be funny. The racial allegory is REALLY heavy handed. I think this book could've been a lot more satisfying if the bad guys weren't portrayed as racist xenophobes from the beginning, and the readers watched their ideology reveal itself. The book se......more

I think the best thing to say about this book is that it has potential, but is currently not polished to the level required. The main characters are, for the most part, interesting enough. They share some great scenes, and you do get a good insight into their lives, which is nice. However, their scen......more

I'd probably give this book 3.5 stars. I enjoy griffin stories, and this one was unique in the fact that it had griffins and humans living together, with griffins being some sort of intelligent test-tube species. A little difficult to grasp if you think too much about it, but simple and fun if not.......more

Having just finished the fourth (and currently the last) book in series - I like the story. It's an interesting world with interesting characters and fairly good storytelling. There are quite a few problems, though. First book in this series has many issues with writing itself, which steadily picks......more

If I could, I would give this book 3.5 stars. It was an interesting read regardless of some the issues I had with it. What I like most about this book is that I see a rich world of potential, not just in the lives of the characters in the book, but the world in which they life in. But on the other h......more