The Dragon's Eye by dugald a. steer

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April 17,2025

I'm giving it a 4.5 star mostly because by the end of the story a wyvern was leashed... I have always consider a wyvern to be as dangerous as a velociraptor, so to see a wyvern being leashed and walked around was not amusing. I did enjoy the dragon football and am well aware that this is a children's book, I personally don't like to see dragons being leashed and walked like a pet. But then I guess it was necessary at that part of the story.

On the story in general, it is great! with awesome dragons and interesting theories on dragons' existence and behaviours. It makes me very much want to swear the binding oath of a Dragonologist and join the S.A.S.D..

The Russian dragonologist, Alexandra Goryntchka makes a great villain, and her part is written very well with the element of mystery.

For readers who like dragons, The Dragon's Eye is a very interesting read. You can even read this to your children or younger relatives. I know i would!

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maegan_kk

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

April 17,2025

In this book, Daniel and Beatrice go to a guy named Dr. Drake. He is a Dragonologist. Which means he studies dragons and he takes care of them. Daniel, Beatrice, and Dr. Drake go on an adventure to find the dragon eye, which an evil person named Ignatious Crook wanted, so he could be a Dragon Master. But Daniel, Beatrice, and Dr. Drake saved it before Ingatious could get to it.

I think some of the poetic devices used in this book are rhyming words and that the author uses to summon dragons and to do spells. The author also uses hyperbole's when someone was exaggerating. The author also put in some metaphors.

I liked this book because it had a lot of action and dragons. It was also really well written so It was really interesting.

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SkyFullOfStars

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

April 17,2025

Fun world and loved the illustrations, would love to attend the dragon school!

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Krishae

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April 17,2025

The Dragon’s Eye, by Dugald A. Steer,
First, two children, Daniel and Beatrice are left with their uncle, Dr. Drake, because their parents were in India. After a while, Daniel decides to disobey Dr.Drake and go down stairs in his shop. He hears a loud noise and looks through the keyhole and he thinks sees a dragon! Dr. Drake catches him and tells him not to tell anyone what was in there. Dr. Drake takes them to his home which is a castle. At the castle they see very strange things. Will they find out what is behind the door? Will they find out what they are truly seeing? Find out in this book.

The amazing book,The Dragon’s Eye, Is a great book that anyone that likes adventure, thrill, and fantasy will love this book.
One thing i did not like about the book was that Daniel got mad for no reason, he got mad just because Dr.Drake left. I did not like that Daniel and Beatrice’s parents just left them with someone they had never met before and did not give them a reason why they left.I did like that the book gave beautiful drawings in it. I Ioved drawing them! The book gave clear descriptions on what the characters looked like and what they acted like, I like that because most books don’t do that. I loved this book and if you read it I bet you will like it too!
I give this book 5/5 stars!

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Olinizm

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April 17,2025

This book was fun and very nostalgic! It reminded me a lot of the days when I was really really interested in this line of -ology books and everything that came with them! A solid middle-grade story well worth taking the time to read! I'm very interested to keep going with this series and see where it goes. Sometimes the writing can seem a bit frustrating, primarily because it's aimed at younger children, but I love dragons enough that I don't care!

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Naoki_Saiko

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

April 17,2025

A super fun journey for those that are familiar with the Dragonology book. I'm super sad I didn't read this as a kid but glad I did as an adult. Honestly just a great time all around.

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JustAnotherShiro

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April 17,2025

An 8th. grade student returned this book to our library last week and highly recommended it. I read it this weekend and have added the next two books in the series to our library wish list. The Dragon Diary is available now and The Dragon's Apprentice will be available July 2011. Even though the book has a suggested interest level of 3rd. through 6th. grade, The Dragon's Eye should appeal to dragon and fantasy lovers of all ages. The black and white illustrations that head each chapter and the full-page pen and ink illustrations interspersed throughout the book add to its charm. If the next two books are as delightful as the first, I would highly recommend the series for gift-giving.

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Not-Bot

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April 17,2025

I love the Ology World books, especially Dragonology, and I think it’s even better when you’re a big kid who has had to accept that dragons don’t exist. Dragonology takes the subject of dragons utterly seriously, detailing different species, behaviour and tips on how to track and train them. The Dragon’s Eye is the first in a spin off series of YA fiction novels and ever since I read Dragonology I have been a little bit intrigued about what these books have to offer.

Well, quite a bit actually. I think the real strength in The Dragon’s Eye is the fact that it’s based on a pseudo-factual book, Dragonology. There’s a great sense that the book is based on real life events involving real creatures because there’s a boxful of literature that says so. The fantastical becomes the actual. It pulls on all the information you can find in the Dragonology books and gives it a storyline, and if you’re lucky enough to have the Ology books, you find yourself using them as some kind of reference guide despite the fact that you know it’s all made up. If you haven’t read Dragonology then fear not because The Dragon’s Eye is not dependent on it, you can still easily understand and enjoy the story as everything is explained. In fact, if you don’t know anything about dragons you’re in for a deep end learning experience as the lead characters don’t know anything to begin with either but end up experts.

The language has a wonderful Victorian quaintness about it, giving it an authenticity of the period and adding to the realism. Mixing this with the fantastical element of dragons makes for a great adventure story. I think my only real niggle is that it can be a bit too quaint at times. The lead characters are 12 and 13 so you imagine this is roughly the target reader age and it feels a little like the author is a bit out of touch with what 12 and 13 year olds are reading these days. It just lacks a bit of guts, you never feel like the heroes are in any genuine danger, the kind where the way out is not clear and there’s no one to rescue them. I found it a bit patronising at times and I’m sure modern young teens would feel the same – they can handle a lot more emotional depth in a story than this book allows.

Having said that, I still really enjoyed The Dragon’s Eye. Sometimes you just want a happy, heart-warming story where the good guys are guaranteed to win and that is certainly what is on offer here. There are also some incredible pencil drawings dotted around the book which add a great dimension and a visual treat. There should be more illustrations in books I say! Overall, this is a good story, harmless fun that’s toasty warm and that’s not just because there’s a lot of fire-breathing going on.

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