A review by screeching_panda
Graceling by Kristin Cashore

adventurous tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

This 2008 book did not age well, but a necessary evil to influence the tough girls in fantasy.

Katsa is not like other girls. She's tough, has different eye colors, and was born to kill ever since she accidentally killed a pervert. It was exhausting to listen to her compare her to her comrades and horse, and how they won't push on because they need to do silly things like rest and eat while she can survive off of just a few hours. And on the topic of the horse? Poor animal doesn't get a name, but Katsa forces it through snow and uses it as a battering ram.

At one point, Katsa and Po, the love interest, protect a child and they play family. It was a weird dynamic to bring Katsa and Po together, but fails to make Katsa seem compassionate. 

The plot twist of Katsa's real power was kind of interesting, but the villian  was pretty obvious.
Youre telling me the guy with the eyepatch, a disguise to hide his mismatched eyes, is a Graceling? *shocked pikachu face*
 
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