IIRC Yeine is a warrior with lower emotional intelligence/subtlety than a lot of people in the court she has to maneuver in. But I read it many years ago and may be misremembering.
I have not read The Spirit Thief but I have run into that kind of valorization in real life and in fiction (Harry & Hermione are the example that spring to mind) and am nodding with you, emphatically.
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Date: 4 May 2014 11:05 pm (UTC)I have not read The Spirit Thief but I have run into that kind of valorization in real life and in fiction (Harry & Hermione are the example that spring to mind) and am nodding with you, emphatically.