Reviews

Seasparrow by Kristin Cashore

mrgtfrench's review against another edition

Excellent boat story, slog through snow, excellent political drama.

bibispizzas's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

elizkacz's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty

Moderate: Death of parent, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Rape

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

amabalama's review

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

rachowls's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Everytime I walk into a bookstore and see a new Cashore book I know I am in for a treat and Sea sparrow is no exception. It took me a while to be in the right space for reading it but what a gift of a story. I love the care Cashore takes with her characters and the complexity she brings to grief and anger. 

paigelamoureux's review

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

cupnoddles's review

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

tani's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

fuchsiarascal's review against another edition

adventurous reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

A very, very solid book. I enjoyed all of it (although the info dump about how ships work at the beginning was a bit heavy-handed), and Hava may be my favorite Graceling character yet. It was wonderful to watch her form real relationships for the first time in her life, even if she didn't realize it at the time. Learning to trust someone after a lifetime of (literal) hiding? It's not something that comes naturally to Hava, but she's learning.

I don't think they have therapists in the Graceling realm, but the entire Monsea kingdom could use them. (I think I made the same remark when I read Bitterblue.)

I received this for Christmas and was determined to not have to pack it into my luggage (since I'm moving back in a couple months), but thankfully the 600 pages were a quick read despite the length. Part of that was the formatting (every scene was a separate chapter with full page breaks, instead of just a small break mid-page, which increased its page count a bit) but also, it was just an easy, enjoyable read.

hannahhbic's review against another edition

5.0

I am going to buy this book specifically to hug it and pretend I’m hugging Hava, my traumatized but resilient daughter. What a masterpiece. Will return to this review when my thoughts are more in order.