I liked that while Hiccup is so out of sync with the other Vikings, he already has the makings of a leader, he just doesn’t have the confidence to back up his ability. I felt like that made his relationship with Toothless really cool and added some unexpected humor. One of the things I liked a lot is that in the book, Hiccup can speak to dragons, and he hears them talking back. In fact, I’m not sure if there’s even a line uttered by a female Viking? I’m not sure. Honestly, though, I think I liked the book better, except for the fact that there are so few female characters. I would say it definitely inspired the movie, but there’s not much overlap in the two stories besides a few of the characters and the fact that they’re Vikings figuring out an existence in a world in which dragons exist plus needing to battle an extra huge dragon. The first thing I’ll say about the book is that it is SO different than the movie. I’ve seen the movie How to Train Your Dragon lots of times with my daughter, so I’m pretty familiar with it. It’s always risky reading a book after seeing the movie first.
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