Why is she a misogynist? Just curious, not arguing.
I have no tolerance for animal cruelty whatsoever (I absolutely could not stomach Cannibal Holocaust for that reason), but I can't remember any in Graceling. I mean, Katsa killed some animals, but I didn't think it was out of cruelty.
And I'm a person who cries when pets die in movies, so...
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So far, there seem to be mostly three types of MC in this genre:
1) Kickass assassin/young mercenary (Graceling, Throne of Glass, Grave Mercy)
2) Nobody from nowhere turned into Child of Destiny (Shadow and Bone and too many to count)
3) A princess or a nobleman's daughter, unremarkable and bored out of her mind until a call to adventure changes everything (the rarest type) (The False Princess, Girl of Fire and Thorns)
Continuing with my YA fantasy wave --> GRAVE MERCY. This is the first YA fantasy where I see religion played like that, with an edge. Interesting.
So far, there seem to be mostly three types of MC in this genre:
1) Kickass assassin/young mercenary (Graceling, Throne of Glass, Grave Mercy)
2) Nobody from nowhere turned into Child of Destiny (Shadow and Bone and too many to count)
3) A princess or a nobleman's daughter, unremarkable and bored out of her mind until a call to adventure changes everything (the rarest type) (The False Princess, Girl of Fire and Thorns)
Yes, and there seems to be very little low fantasy. I don't even mean social fantasy, just a story that doesn't include saving the whole world. A story that's intimate, chamber music instead of grand opera.Wooh hahahaha yea that's pretty accurate. Mine falls into group three, though I purposefully wrote her to show up the MC is the saviour of the world trope. (Mainly because I scoff that any one person can save or change an entire nation, especially when that person is a marginally skilled teenager with all the associated flaws.)
After a couple of months reading some lengthy adult novels, back to lean YA... Hannah Moskowitz's Gone, Gone, Gone. I've only just started it, but her distinctive voice has certainly kicked in.
I'm reading CHIME right now. I'm not quite sure how I feel about it yet.
I'm reading CHIME right now. I'm not quite sure how I feel about it yet.
Dark and twisty is delicious. Btw, MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH, the YA version, is wonderfully dark and atmospheric. There was only one thing I wanted to see that wasn't there--an Action Girl MC. But that's my own specific preference which is a trope in itself.Not everything is for everyone, and that's generally a good thing . I couldn't get into Shadow and Bone, though I've yet to read Girl of Fire and Thorns. I tend to prefer adult fantasy (and even then I am hard to please) because I look for very specific things that tend not to crop up often in YA fantasy and paranormal.
Though I'm really looking forward to Monstrous Beauty because it sounds dark and twisty and I am all over that yeah.
After a couple of months reading some lengthy adult novels, back to lean YA... Hannah Moskowitz's Gone, Gone, Gone. I've only just started it, but her distinctive voice has certainly kicked in.
I finished The Girl With Borrowed Wings by Rinsai Rossetti yesterday. I recommend it.
You have a Teeth ARC? Jealous.