A review by emberise
The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

A book about a girl who just goes along with everything that happens to her. She's kidnapped? she just goes with it. Now she's going to learn to fight, sure. The plot carries her along and she makes no attempt to take agency. In the whole book she seems to make one decision and even that one doesn't feel like a decision so much as 'fate'. Hell, even the guy who kidnaps her only does it because magic tells him to. Everyone in this book is more like a puppet than a character.