96. How To Train Your Dragon. Cressida Cowell. 2003. 214 pages. [Source: Library] [audio book, 3 stars, children's fantasy]
First sentence: A Note from the Author: There were dragons when I was a boy.
Premise/plot:
Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third is the 'hero' of Cressida Cowell's
How To Train Your Dragon. He's the son of a chief, a viking, but among
his peers--among anyone really--he's not the strongest, brightest, best.
The novel opens with him hoping that he can manage to steal a baby
dragon--any kind of dragon. He ends up with the smallest dragon anyone
has ever seen. And the training manual isn't all that helpful. The book
merely says: YELL AT YOUR DRAGON. THE END. Is there a better way? Will
Hiccup get thrown out of his clan?
My thoughts: The book is
nothing like the movie of the same name. NOTHING. I was actually
disappointed that the book is so very different from the movie. (I
really liked the characters from the movie and the premise of the
movie.) That being said, I did like it. There were a few scenes that
were enjoyable. I wish I'd not had the movie to compare it to.
ETA: I listened to this on audio in August 2025. The narrator was David Tennant. I thought he did an excellent job narrating the book.
© 2025 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews
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