Bitterblue

if the feminist propaganda of graceling (which I in no way disagree with) was barely noticable, the message of equality (which I also do not disagree with) in bitterblue was like being hit over the head repeatedly with a shovel named feminism, especially in the ending. take what you will from that, but it's a really minor quible for me.

A well handled romance all things considered, although the sex was suddenly thrown in at a moment when I don't think it would have naturally happened. The false sense of complexity at the start of the novel was annyoing. Being inundated with every little slightly off detail, much of which has no relevance, made me feel like bitterblue was paranoid.

A ending which was altogether to happy for my tastes was bearable due to the well foreshadowed and executed plot twists. The characterisation of leck's worst victims was very very good. The revolving door of characters and time skips helped to speed up a suprisingly slow story for its length.