Graceling--For Those Who Have Finished

[Laura]

I haven't read all these posts, but I read a few where people were talking about not liking the end. I didn't really think about that. I think sometimes when I really love a book, I'm not as critical of it. And I really loved this book. It was an immediate favorite. It didn't feel like a debut to me. I feel like I've been reading a lot of really great debut novels lately.

[♥Xeni♥]

Hmm, to be honest the end only got to me because there was so little of it. It was "here is Leck, now he's killed, they all journey back to see Po. End." and I really really really wanted a big bad showdown with Leck. If they are all going to journey hundreds of miles to meet up with him, and then she just coincidently runs into him while getting Butterblue to safety; it just makes no sense, is what I'm aiming for.

Fairly, the plot outline sucked. But I still really enjoyed the book. If the author would have perhaps sat down and reviewed the plot outline it might have gotten more clarity to it. Other than that, the idea of Grace's is just super cool! Which is why I (most likely, need to check) gave it 5 stars at the time.

[sara frances]

I read this book awhile ago and it was okay. I didn't really like Katsa. She just seem like a raging bitch.

I agree with you about the ending, Xeni. There was this build up that sort of just imploded on itself.

[♥Xeni♥]

Lol! "raging bitch" does sort of fit, doesn't it? xD

I feel like the author was trying to force a lot of "modern day" teenage angst into the novel, through Katsa. Which didn't really fit, because it was a fantasy world with totally different rules and the way she grew up, she shouldn't have been like that as a product of her environment. So, the "raging bitch" part is apt, but I think that was primarily the author's fault of trying to identify with modern day publicity too much.

[SarahSaysRead]

Her temper never bothered me. It seemed to fit, for someone who is supposed to have a "killing" grace, and I think it even fits the whole survival thing relatively well - she's vert naturally defensive. And it was something that she recognized as a character flaw in herself and strived to control it better as the book went on.

I also assumed that growing up as royalty was part of it... she's usually just wanted to be left alone and not paraded around in front of her uncle's associates.

[♥Xeni♥]

It's not her temper so much as her general reaction to what occurs that bugs me. Her thought process, if you will.

[Daisy]

I didn't see 'raging bitch' in Katsa, I felt she was a strong woman and her temper fit her character and Grace, like Sarah said.