Fuego - tildebooks

Hardcover, 412 pages

Spanish language

Published April 5, 2010 by Roca Editorial.

ISBN:: 978-84-9918-101-1

(1 review)

Al otro lado de las montañas al este de los Siete Reinos, en una tierra rocosa y asediada por la guerra que se llama Los Vals, Fuego es la última de su especie—los humanos monstruo—en el reino. Es una joven de diecisiete años, preciosa en cuerpo y mente. Tiene una cabellera de color rojo brillante que ondea al viento como una llama y posee el mismo poder que tenían sus congéneres de leer la mente y ejercer su influencia silenciosa sobre los humanos. Pero ese poder hace que la mayoría de los habitantes de Los Vals no confíen en ella, que la odien, que la aparten, que la teman. A diferencia de su padre, Fuego se niega a utilizar esos poderes en su beneficio, una actitud que sólo le reporta problemas con quienes quieren que lo haga. Cuando estalla una conspiración para derrocar al rey, Fuego deberá elegir entre ser …

Al otro lado de las montañas al este de los Siete Reinos, en una tierra rocosa y asediada por la guerra que se llama Los Vals, Fuego es la última de su especie—los humanos monstruo—en el reino. Es una joven de diecisiete años, preciosa en cuerpo y mente. Tiene una cabellera de color rojo brillante que ondea al viento como una llama y posee el mismo poder que tenían sus congéneres de leer la mente y ejercer su influencia silenciosa sobre los humanos. Pero ese poder hace que la mayoría de los habitantes de Los Vals no confíen en ella, que la odien, que la aparten, que la teman. A diferencia de su padre, Fuego se niega a utilizar esos poderes en su beneficio, una actitud que sólo le reporta problemas con quienes quieren que lo haga. Cuando estalla una conspiración para derrocar al rey, Fuego deberá elegir entre ser fiel a sus principios y el amor por un príncipe a cuya mente no tiene acceso.

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Tomasino reviewed Fire: a novel by Kristin Cashore (Graceling Realm, #2)

Review of 'Огнена' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

Graceling was in danger of a low review for most of the book until a pretty solid ending changed my mind. Fire had so much going against it from the start that it had no chance of recovery. I didn't completely hate it, but it was exceedingly uninteresting. I'll just touch on a couple things of note.

A few good things:

Kristin Cashore is a decent writer. By that I mean she is able to describe a scene, write dialog, create a sense of movement, and all the other technical things a writer should be able to do. She also has some interesting ideas for what could make a Fantasy story compelling. Graces, Monsters, neat ideas.

Some bad things:

Kristin Cashore is not a very good storyteller. Or maybe she only has one story in her, and needs to give us a variety of versions of it. Fire was, for …

Graceling was in danger of a low review for most of the book until a pretty solid ending changed my mind. Fire had so much going against it from the start that it had no chance of recovery. I didn't completely hate it, but it was exceedingly uninteresting. I'll just touch on a couple things of note.

A few good things:

Kristin Cashore is a decent writer. By that I mean she is able to describe a scene, write dialog, create a sense of movement, and all the other technical things a writer should be able to do. She also has some interesting ideas for what could make a Fantasy story compelling. Graces, Monsters, neat ideas.

Some bad things:

Kristin Cashore is not a very good storyteller. Or maybe she only has one story in her, and needs to give us a variety of versions of it. Fire was, for all intensive purposes, the exact same story as Graceling. If you were to reduce it to an outline and character sketches it would be quite obvious.

Finally, I feel wrong not mentioning the extreme imbalance in sexual power she gives her characters. I'm all for a historically portrayed low-fantasy where women face the struggles of history. This wasn't that. This was something else entirely, and it's a bit disturbing. I can't recommend young readers to this novel in much the same way as I can't recommend Piers Anthony's [b:A Spell for Chameleon|76664|A Spell for Chameleon (Xanth, #1)|Piers Anthony|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1357166716s/76664.jpg|2501416].