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Fire (Graceling) by Kristin Cashore
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Fire (Graceling) (original 2009; edition 2011)

by Kristin Cashore

Series: Graceling Realm (2)

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In a kingdom called the Dells, Fire is the last human-shaped monster, with unimaginable beauty and the ability to control the minds of those around her, but even with these gifts she cannot escape the strife that overcomes her world.
Member:amwo
Title:Fire (Graceling)
Authors:Kristin Cashore
Info:Firebird (2011), Edition: Reprint, Paperback, 480 pages
Collections:Your library
Rating:*****
Tags:urban fantasy, young adult

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Fire by Kristin Cashore (2009)

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This was a good book (around the same quality as Graceling). Perhaps my main qualm was that the book used Fire's beauty as the major plot device the entire time. The idea that someone is "so attractive that it causes problems" is interesting for a while, but when it became the entire book it got tiring. Also, the plot was a little too straightforward. I could have guessed it from page 20 (give or take some side-trips that Fire takes), which is a little frustrating from a literary perspective... ( )
  mrbearbooks | Apr 22, 2024 |
Did NOT like this one at all. ( )
  jazzbird61 | Feb 29, 2024 |
Väga veider, ma lausa ütleks, et kergelt skisofreeniline lugemiskogemus. Raamat ise märksa nõrgem kui sarja avaosa "Gracling" (eesti keeles "Võluvägine"), aga käest ära panna ei saanud.
Sündmustik suuremas osas etteaimatav, kangelanna ebausutav, stamp stambi otsa, aga kirjutatud oli nii oskuslikult, et aga mida kaugemale jõudsid, seda enam haaras. Huvitavaim osa raamatust oli kahtlemate kõik Lecki lapsepõlve puudutav, kahjuks oli see kogu Fire põhijoontes romantilisele loole üsna kunstlikult külge poogitud. ( )
  sashery | Jan 29, 2024 |
I struggled a little bit with this one. I really liked the main character and loved seeing the world again. I also liked that it tackled some topics that I have never read in fantsay book before like pregnancy and sex and the consequences. Those topics are not normally talked about. I also really liked the found family elements that developed. But i felt like the plot was not as captivating and sort of like graveling less captivating. I am still really excited for book 3. This book did not wow me! ( )
  lmauro123 | Dec 28, 2023 |
I struggled a little bit with this one. I really liked the main character and loved seeing the world again. I also liked that it tackled some topics that I have never read in fantsay book before like pregnancy and sex and the consequences. Those topics are not normally talked about. I also really liked the found family elements that developed. But i felt like the plot was not as captivating and sort of like graveling less captivating. I am still really excited for book 3. This book did not wow me! ( )
  lmauro123 | Dec 28, 2023 |
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Cashore is that rare gifted writer who can give a fantasy novel real depth.
 

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Author nameRoleType of authorWork?Status
Kristin Cashoreprimary authorall editionscalculated
Diestelmeier, KatharinaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Elbrick, XantheNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Rostant, LarryCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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DELLIAN LAMENT:

While I was looking the other way your fire went out
Left me with cinders to kick into dust
What a waste of the wonder you were

In my living fire I will keep your scorn and mine
In my living fire I will keep your heartache and mine
At the disgrace of a waste of a life
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For my little sister Catherine, the (Corinthian) pillar of my heart
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Larch often thought that if it had not been for his newborn son, he never would have survived his wife Mikra's death. [Prologue]
It did not surprise Fire that the man in the forest shot her.
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In a kingdom called the Dells, Fire is the last human-shaped monster, with unimaginable beauty and the ability to control the minds of those around her, but even with these gifts she cannot escape the strife that overcomes her world.

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Beautiful monster
More feared than loved even by self
Meet your destiny
(Kerian)

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