The Dragon's Path Group Read discussion

How did you find "The Dragon's Path"? What did you like the most and what the least at the novel?

I enjoyed the novel immensely. As a matter of fact, it is one of the best fantasy novels I read lately.
The depth of the worldbuilding is excellent. I could feel a vivid world, with economical, political, historical and social aspects treated properly and in perfect measures.
I liked that it is a character driven novel. In most of the fantasy novels, and not only, the characters seem flat and standard, put there because fiction needs characters. But here the characters feel real and true, manifest emotion. Even the smaller characters have dimension. I cannot ask for more in the case of "The Dragon's Path" characters.
The story is gripping and although I felt that the story arcs will collide I am not disappointed that they didn't. I know they will in the next novels of the series, but until then I feel completely satisfied with the way things moved here. Interesting plots, plenty of surprises that took me unaware and some wonderfully maneuvered twists and turns.
There is nothing that didn't work for me in the novel or nothing major comes to mind. As I said, it is a novel almost perfectly wrapped, a first in a series that brings its stories to some kind of conclusion but leaves more to be continued and concluded in the rest of the series. Already I can say that it is one of my favorites fantasy series. Or at least one of my favorites first novels in a fantasy series.

Excellent and well-integrated world-building, characters who inspired complex emotions in the reader, surprises around ever turn, an interesting economic storyline that is uncommon for genre fiction. There was so much to like and I enjoyed every part of it. The book was not perfect but the reading experience certainly was. Once it got rolling I had a hard time putting it down and read these last three sections in a matter of days.

Abraham was already a favorite author because of his short stories and his James S.A. Corey work. This book just solidifies that feeling for me.

I really enjoyed this novel. While it took me a bit to get the different races sorted in my head (perhaps that description the author has on his website should be included in the book?), it did not diminish my enjoyment of the individual characters in the least.

I liked how most of the characters are not archtypes. Like we don't have an ultimate villain nor do we have a goody-goody angle duking it out with each other.

I enjoyed the banking subplot, even though I have no real interest in economics. I like how the coin drove some of the characters' main actions.

Dawson is fascinating because he is, in some ways, a strictly honorable man. However, his honor can only work within 1 system and that system has everyone in their 'rightful' places.

I think I prefer hopping around to everyone's blog for discussion. This goodreads experiment was fun, and I don't think I would turn down a read along again like this. But I do enjoy seeing how each blogger spruces up their post with pictures of the book, different cover art, even fan art. I don't see that kind of flair happening here. So, just a minor comment, and nothing against the book, the quality of the questions, or the discussion itself.