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Eon: Dragoneye Reborn

(2008, Fiction - Fantasy, Written by Alison Goodman)

  • Is it age appropriate?

    About our ratings

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 12, age appropriate for kids over 14; suggested age 12.

  • Is it any good?

    3.0

  • Common Sense says

    Exciting but weak plot in violent, China-influenced fantasy.

Why We Rated This iffy for Ages 12–14

The good stuff

  • Messages:

    The main character lies to everyone she knows in order to get what she wants, though she is not happy about it. The society in this book is rigidly sexist.
 

What to watch out for

  • Violence:

    A lot, and, especially in the climactic battles, quite graphic and bloody. A man is stabbed and can see his own guts, another is stabbed in the throat; descriptions of beheaded bodies, old men kicked to bloody pulps, graphic sword battles and killing, torture; a man is held down and stabbed through the hand. Teens and adults are punched and kicked. A man forces himself on a teen girl, kisses her, pulls her clothes off, and nearly rapes her.

  • Sex:

    Much talk of, and characters who are, eunuchs, mentions of castration and gelding, and another major character who is transsexual. References to menstruation.

  • Language:

    One use of "bitch."

  • Consumerism:

    Not an issue.

  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    A girl takes one drug to prevent menstruation, and another that has effects and side-effects similar to performance-enhancing drugs. Teens drink wine and get drunk
 

What Parents Need to Know

About Eon: Dragoneye Reborn

Parents need to know that near the end this gets very violent and gory (see content advisories for details). Also one major character is a eunuch and another is a transsexual, both of which are accepted in the fantasy culture of this story, as are the rigidly maintained gender roles. There's an attempted rape and references to menstruation and castration.

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  • Families can talk about European- and Asian-influenced fantasy. What are the differences and similarities? If you took out the culture-specific references, would you still be able to tell which mythology it had grown out of? How is the use of magic different? What elements are common to all fantasies?
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