Pigs Don't Fly

by Mary Brown

Paperback, 1994

Status

Available

Call number

Fic SF Brown

Publication

Baen (1994), Mass Market Paperback, 384 pages

Description

SUMMER'S JOURNEYLeft an orphan with a small dowry and a magic ring, all Summer wanted was to find a husband and settle down. But she hadn't reckoned on the raggle-tail assortment of creatures who needed her help, even if the amnesiac, blind knight was the handsomest man she had ever seen....But the blaspheming dog, broken-down horse, crippled pigeon, half-dead tortoise and flying pig had ideas of their own, and Summer was to find her journey's end -- and love -- very different from what she expected....

User reviews

LibraryThing member annekiwi

This is one of my all time favorite books. The heroine is fat, the prince is rescued instead of the rescuer, the whole story is a series of adventures that always end with the unexpected. It's a quest novel, only the people on the quest aren't completely aware that they're questing. It's actually

the second book in a quadrilogy, however, each book stands alone. Meaning that you can read each book independently and not need the other 3 to understand what's going on. I liked book 1 almost as much as book 2 but not quite as much. Book 4 was okay, but not that great. I have had a really, really hard time reading book 3, which is surprising to me. It's the continuation of book 2 and since that was my favorite I assumed that I would love book 3 as well. No such luck. I highly recommend this book.

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LibraryThing member yoyogod

I absolutely hated this book when I read it. I thought the main character was so incredibly stupid and annoying that I kept hoping she'd get herself killed whenever she was in trouble so some new (and more interesting) protagonist would take over the plot. I was also extremely annoyed by the fact

that the book's main plot twist--that the flying pig is really a dragon--is completely given away by the moron who designed the cover.

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LibraryThing member Greymowser

Didn't want to put it down. It's about friends, love and seeing the real person inside instead of the outside. Fun novel.

LibraryThing member lexilewords

More of a 2.5...okay so read this years ago, probably about 12 or so, and had fallen. in love with everything about it. Not enough to add it to my annual reread list, but well enough to keep it for possible reread in the near future.

I quite forget what I loved about this, though I can speculate

based on what I do know of 20something Lexie's preferences.

It was a quest, with magic and folklore and a girl who had troubles with her mother but always found the right answer to save the day. Except...that's not true upon rereading as a full adult. Summer rarely finds the solution---if she does she nearly kills them all by bungling it.

Trusts the wrong people. Says the wrong thing. Hardly listens...

It's Whimperling (the eponymous flying pig of the title) who almost ALWAYS saves the day. Contrast that with THE UNLIKELY ONES wherein Thing did make mistakes but had many clever solutions and her companions by in large were useful much of the time.

Meanwhile I find it interesting that unlike TUO that Summer's companions here all settle or compromise on their greatest wish for life. I wonder if it's because Thing's friends were far better creatures? Though to be truthful Summer is nowhere near as close to her friends as Thing was.

All in all I'm disappointed...even in Jasper...hopefully the next 2 books are better and I didn't misremember.

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