Graceling/YMMV
Subjective tropes in Graceling:
- Canon Sue: Katsa, in a number of ways. Insane superpowers? Check. The best at everything ever? Check (but a Justified Trope). Unusual eyes, and the only Graceling on whom it is attractive (except Captain Faun and Po, making three out of four Gracelings with speaking parts)? Check.
- I though it was more that perhaps Graclign eyes appear attractive to other Gracelings. Most poeple really don't like them.
- Real Women Never Wear Dresses: Katsa hates wearing dresses. Or anything feminine, really. Which leads to Broken Base: Refreshing subversion of feminine stereotypes, or novelized hatred of all things effeminate?
- What Do You Mean It's for Kids?: Despite the 14+ rating, there are a couple of (nondescript) sex scenes in this novel. This has become a subject of controvery among Amazon reviewers.
Subjective tropes in the spin-off Fire:
- Real Women Never Wear Dresses: In direct contrast to Katsa, Fire subverts this. She's a musician, desperately wants children, does indeed wear dresses, and is mentioned to like flowers and flower arranging. And she's not much of an Action Girl either, although she tries. However, she's hardly a wimp.
- What an Idiot!: Brocker? You shouldn't have shacked up with your mad king's wife, okay?