Dragonflight takes you through Lessa's journey into the world of dragon riding in Pern. The book lacked character development and I barely connected with the main characters, let along the dozens of bizarre names that would fly by. I read this as an e-book and at the end there was probably 15 pages just explaining terms and who is who (would have been helpful to know earlier...). While those things can be great, as a reader I shouldn't NEED those, the protagonists journey should suffice in introducing you to most new concepts and people. Weak on overall world building.

The main enemy of the book was actually a natural disaster that happens (biological matter called Threads fall through the sky). It was an interesting idea, but again the book had one less character you could hate. Perhaps Lessa's abusive boyfriend counts as the antagonist...

Props to some of the interesting time traveling that McCaffrey created. It definitely created some creative solutions to problems.

It took me a long time to get into this book, I felt like I was out of the loop a lot of the time and never connected with the characters. I am in no rush to read McCaffrey again, I don't really care what happens next.