Graceling was my new favorite young adult novel when I first read it, and I was particularly impressed by the way the issue of birth control was handled. Also it didn't seem to imply that men slept around and had experience but women didn't, the expectation of (at least mostly) virginity and inexperience went both ways. Or at least in Po's culture, I was less sure about some of the other kingdoms.
As much as I loved Graceling, though, Fire made me feel things and think things so hard that I still tear up during Certain Scenes on my bajillionth re-read. And Bitterblue, the end of the trilogy that just came out, is probably one of the most important books I've read in years. I spent three solid hours babbling half-in-tears at my Very Patient partner after reading that book. Holy shit.
(Sorry, I just have, like, all the feelings about those three books. I'll stop now.)
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Date: 2012-08-11 04:28 am (UTC)As much as I loved Graceling, though, Fire made me feel things and think things so hard that I still tear up during Certain Scenes on my bajillionth re-read. And Bitterblue, the end of the trilogy that just came out, is probably one of the most important books I've read in years. I spent three solid hours babbling half-in-tears at my Very Patient partner after reading that book. Holy shit.
(Sorry, I just have, like, all the feelings about those three books. I'll stop now.)