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Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore

31 reviews

starlightorchestra's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Very difficult to read as a trauma survivor but it’s an excellent book and I look forward to reading the next soon
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cicizzy's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

This book was darker than the other two in my opinion. It’s dealing with the aftermath of the torture of the people in Monsea by Leck. The people are understandably not fine. The book portrays different ways in which the people in Monsea deal (don’t deal) with the trauma and how Lecks reign affects the kingdom even many years later. 

I really wanted to hug Bitterblue several times while reading the book. 

Bitterblue is struggling. The people around her act in weird ways she doesn’t understand. She feels like she doesn’t know what’s going on in her kingdom. So she starts sneaking out to find answers and meets new friends. But instead of clear anders she just finds more riddles and puzzle pieces that won’t fit together. This book  had more mystery and less action than the previous ones. 
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booklifeisthelife's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

This was a decent book. It was a bit slow at times and difficult to stay invested but I still mostly enjoyed it. I adored the main character and loved the side characters as well. There was depth to them. They weren't merely side character existing just to exist. There was mystery (which isn't my favorite thing) that was done well. I liked learning what we did. I'm really hoping
bitterblue can make a good kingdom and set them on a good path now that she will soon have people around her that support her ideas. That wont constantly push her ideas down. That want to make the kingdom a better place.
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catinaflatcap's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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chameleonhound's review against another edition

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challenging dark inspiring
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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emmah_1845's review against another edition

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adventurous dark hopeful mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I really liked this book! At first it was a little slow, but once the mysteries were brought up, it was very enjoyable! I loved how even though the readers had ideas about what happened before the events of the story, the reveals are really satisfying and make a bunch of sense. I think the author has gotten better at writing with each book and I love to see who the characters became. I also love how the book was centered around fixing a kingdom after the death of the king and how after all of these years, his existence still lingers.
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noetical's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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strubbries's review against another edition

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The beginning of this book is painful to read. It’s so slow for me, and i like slow reads! but i think after the first two books, this one was just so different and dragged on. too many questions and the rate at which they were getting answered was not a good balance. once i suspected that
Giddon and her would get together
i asked reddit if it would happen, and once that was confirmed, i honestly decided to stop reading because fuck
with my whole entire heart i hate that man and how he downplayed Katsa ‘having a grudge’
. so i spoiled the ending and discoveries so i didn’t have to read the rest. and honestly, im still a bit confused at it. i get it but i dont? i think a talk about this with someone who also read it would be amazing because there were so many moving parts to Leck’s reign and story that could be picked apart.
Now, i skipped pages to get the info i wanted on my kindle, and i ended up reading like 50 pages toward the very end. and oh my goodness, the ongoing trauma that Bitterblue experiences, wow. she did not catch a break at all. it was like boom boom boom
Theil kills himself, Rood hangs himself, new foreign people come along, etc etc
!!! i was tearing up and crying at many parts there because the amount of emotional weight that that girl is carrying throughout the whole fucking book. So; in the end, i liked the first two books a lot. though i didn’t finish this book, i know what happens and its still a bit of a thinker even when you have the puzzle pieces-ha, get it? I do not plan to read the last two books 🤷‍♀️
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imchelsi's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

This story pulled me in in a way the first two did not and I really enjoyed it. The world building was impeccable and i loved getting to know Queen Bitterblue who was my favorite character in the first book. Be aware that there are some very heavy topics.
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caitander's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This one is a lot darker than the other ones in the series so far. It deals with really intense topics surrounding the characters trauma and is very political. There’s a lot of discovery happening in this story, both about information and being lied to and Bitterblue’s discovery of herself. I enjoyed her journey and seeing how her strength in this book reflects back to her experiences in Graceling. The world is so rich and it’s so interesting to learn more about
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