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pickFire is another very strong female lead, but on the opposite side of the spectrum from Katsa. The emotional depth we lacked with Katsa was fulfilled with Fire, and the unique ties between the two stories brought an added layer of satisfaction to readers. Definitely recommend reading Graveling before this.
Pain might escalate upwards, and, just when you'd thought you'd reached your limit, begin to spread sideways, and spill out, and touch other people, and mix with their pain. And grow larger, but somehow less oppressive. She had thought herself trapped in a place outside the ordinary feeling lives of other people; she had not noticed how many other people were trapped in that place with her.
There is nothing unnatural in this world," he said. "An unnatural thing is a thing that could never happen in nature. I happened. I am natural, and the things I want are natural. The power of your mind, and your beauty, even when you've been drugged in the bottom of a boat for two weeks, covered in grime and your face purple and green - your unnatural beauty is natural. Nature is horrifying.
pickI love this series (almost) as much as my dear Brigan loves horses. Fire is a completely different story to Graceling, just with the same incredible writing. The characters between the two books were worlds apart, (my love for Katsa does outweigh my love for Fire) but Brigan, Small (the horse), and the incredible world of the Dells makes Fire my favourite book of the two. Truly, this world of colorful, beautiful monsters refuses to leave my mind.
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Not as amenable as “Graceling” but again I liked the character development and often could relate to Fire. But I‘m no huge fan of too much politics and intrigue and often felt like the story didn‘t proceed.
The German link above says there‘s a prologue. Whelp, the audiobook has none. I feel betrayed.
Bummer that I had some problems remembering characters.
But all in all enjoyably different from common YA-fantasy
Ha‼️ Finally. Yesterday I identified the link between this volume two and the previous one. “Fire” is set in a similar world/universe even though the area of the plot is different. Nevertheless, I always wondered what Fire has to do with the Kadsa and the others.
I certainly knew that this is supposed to be a prequel but things didn‘t seem to go together well. But since about 45 minutes I identified the link.
It‘s [insert spoiler here]‼️🙌🏼
👉🏼 https://bit.ly/3aGrcgJ ➡️ The Dells and Pikkia (Fire)
Surprisingly different from volume 1.
Needed some time to find into because I expected something that at least takes place in a similar world – which it doesn‘t seem to do; not really. But I like it. Especially that there thankfully is no (typical) love interest involved.
So, let‘s see where the threat of war and humans with monster-blood will take me.
And here we go. Volume 2. I‘m curiously looking forward to it.
And you know, I have a crush for this cover. It‘s glimmering. The more often I looked at the cover of „Graceling“, the more I liked it also. But due to the background, the brown hair didn‘t reflect like this red does.
bailed.5/5⭐ If Graceling had as much infodumping, it served a better purpose than in Fire. The tone is so bleak with rape & animal abuse EVERYWHERE. Fire is a flat character whose only notable trait is her devastating beauty literally driving men crazy. Her character path is driven almost entirely by the men around her. Seriously? After such a complex, fully-formed, active character like Katsa who defines & defends her own identity? So disappointing.
panIn the world of this novel, some animals are "monsters," imbued with a beauty and persuasiveness that brings them great power. Fire is a human "monster" struggling to accept this power. I found this novel profoundly boring. I should have bailed halfway through, but I wanted to see how Cashore resolved a specific situation. Why in YA fantasy worlds are social structures just like ours only with magic? Now it's in the "back-to-the-library" basket.
I'm not feeling the tagged book, and I've been distracting myself with the caterpillars in our backyard. Yesterday we watched the transition from caterpillar to chrysalis. It took about 3 min from J-shaped caterpillar to chrysalis, then a few more minutes to smooth itself into the classic chrysalis shape.
Now, we wait.
And I decide whether to finish this book or not. Is it worth seeing it to the end?
Berry-and-banana breakfast to go with my book (tagged).
pickSo I absolutely liked this book note than Graceling. Fire is an especially enjoyable main character and voice that I always rooted for and wanted to know where her path was going. I also live that the main characters in Graceling and Fire both go against the assumptions/roles we put on female characters when it comes to sex, virginity and children.
Squeezed in a couple more hours of reading and started this baby
pickAaaaaa this was beautiful 😭 Not as good as Graceling (imo) but it was still lovely
#HumpDayPost
1. Pic I took of some lovely flowers I saw at the zoo
2. I don‘t even remember the last time I went to a concert. I loooove music but I don‘t like loudness and large crowds.
3. Probably laziness. 😂
4. Handmaid‘s Tale, The Office, Top Gear UK, Jurassic Park, GOT, Doctor Who, Seinfeld.
5. Tagged!
@MinDea
Book: Fire by Kristin Cashore
Author: Francesca Lia Block
Movie: The Fifth Element
Food: fried rice
#manicmonday #letterF
pickI loved this book. Surprisingly, I think I enjoyed it more than Graceling.
so-soThis one was also tough for me. I felt really disconnected from the previous world she created.
Full review here: https://booksarethenewblackblog.wordpress.com/2018/03/01/fire-by-kristin-cashore...
#fire #review #kristincashore #bookblog
Has anyone read this?! Stating it today!
#fire #kristencashore #bookworm
#octoberlibrary17 #redtbr ok so it's a little red and a little maroon but they are fall reds right !? Anyone want to do a buddy read on one of these with me?!
pickThis prequel to Graceling follows Fire, a young woman who is the last of her kind: a human-shaped monster who is intoxicatingly beautiful and has the ability to control minds. But her kingdom is under threat of a civil war, and Fire is called on to use her gifts that she's kept suppressed for years. The beginning was slow and the story took a while to get going, but the palace intrigue and secrets kept me interested.
#NextUp I'm starting the two other books in the Graceling series, Fire and Bitterblue. Also I'm joining in on the #lengthylit read of Ghost Story. #fallintobooks
🇬🇧🇺🇸I love this cover 💕
I don't read the books, but maybe I will this year... or next 😉
🇩🇪Ich liebe dieses #Cover 💕
Gelesen habe ich diese Trilogie allerdings noch nicht. Vielleicht schaffe ich es noch dieses Jahr - wenn nicht dann nächstes 😅
#diebeschenkte #dieflammende #diekoenigliche #kristincashore #bookblogger #bookstagram #booknerd #bookjunkie #buchjunkie #bookphotography #buchblogger
pickDefinitely a five star read for me! I loved this one so much, it had everything I didn't even know I wanted. It was a bit slow at the beginning but the slow build was part of the journey and what a satisfying journey it was.
pickLove the UK covers so much more than US. I liked this one much more than Graceling, it had a full political/romantic/internal conflict. I thought Archer's inability to keep it in his pants was going to be a "boys will be boys" trait, but that was not the case: drastically affected his life and relationships. Addressed menstruation with frankness. Well presented case for Fire deciding to not have kids. I defy someone to draw the family tree. ?
Some of the pretty #DressesOnCovers that I own. All amazing fantasy novels ☺❤
#ReadJanuary
#somethingforsept #septemberphotochallenge #couldn'tputitdown
I am back from my weekend with family, and starting to catch up on the photo challenges I have missed!
Starting with today's challenge, this is a small selection of books I could not put down. All of these had stories that gripped me from the start and made it impossible to not continue with the series!
