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Bitterblue (Graceling Realm, #3)

Kristin Cashore,

Ian Schoenherr (Illustrator)

Start date: August 12, 2012

Finish date: August 31, 2012

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Jun 22, 2012 Marla rated it it was ok

Shelves: young-adult, paranormal, overrated, zz-2012, with-reservations, fantasy, series, lgbt, book-about-books, mystery

2.5 stars. Very long, very slow and very political I am VERY disappointed with this book, it is not the exciting adventure nor sweet romance novel of the first 2 Graceling books. Since Bitterblue isn't a Graceling, you don't even have that unique perspective to marvel at. It seemed like the author had a page requirement and kept adding scenes to make her quota with very little substance.

If I didn't love the supporting characters so much, I would've given this book less stars.

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Feb 28, 2021 Avigail rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobook, audible, physical-book, 2021

Last year, I returned to the 'Graceling Realm' world and didn't understand the series's second installment. After finishing 'Bitterblue,' I understand it, and I am very fond of it. I am also glad to read about old beloved characters as Bitterblue, Katza, Po, and even Fire.
We know that Leck was an awful king to his kingdom, people, and most unbelievable to his own wife and daughter. In the third installment, Bitterblue has to rule a kingdom suffering for thirty-five years of her father's ruling a ...more

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Jun 21, 2015 Jen Ifer's Inklings rated it really liked it

Shelves: audio-books, read-in-2015, popsugar-2015-reading-challenge

As a whole, I wasn't very impressed with this series. It had the potential to be great, but these lead female characters we lacking. Bitterblue was the best of the 3.

What does this author have against marriage or children? And why are these lead female characters so full of self hate and self loathing? ...more

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Jul 29, 2010 Angie Taylor rated it really liked it

I really liked this third book in the Graceling realm, and I loved how the author tied in Fire. Very nicely done. I loved Bitterblue the character. She was devoted to doing what was right, and had very admirable qualities, making it easy to stand behind her as the reader. I'm not a fan of some of the moral issues Cashore always throws in her stories, but since they aren't the brunt of the story line, they don't bother me. I'm always a little worried about the inner workings of the authors mind w ...more

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