I just finished Graceling by Kristin Cashore and
then went on Goodreads to read the reviews for the novel, because I’m
backwards like that.
Now - just so we're all clear I want marriage and kids. I
see these things in my future, but I also recognize that not everyone is like
that. And I think that an author whose character refuses to be married or have
kids is … revolutionary.
This may not be the first novel ever written with a
strong female lead like that but it was the first one I’ve read. What makes
this book even more awesome in its revolutionary ways is that it’s a young
adult novel. So this message that you don’t have to get married and have kids
to be happy, which seems to be in every other story, is getting out there to a
younger audience.
Not everyone seems to think this is cool. Many of the
reviews I saw on Goodreads of this book rebel against Cashore for not giving
Katsa (main character) a "happy-fairytale- ending". WHICH MAKES NO SENSE TO ME.
Katsa still ended up with the one she loves so... why is this
author and her character considered "man-haters"? Its 2012 people.
Am I right?
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