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Uprooted
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Cora
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Naomi Novik's "Uprooted": Friendship, Magic, and Adventure! “Uprooted” is rooted in Slavic folk tales, which are often dark and complex. The story is set in Polnya (Poland). The local wizard is named Dragon, and Baba Yaga, a famous character in Slavic tales, is mentioned several times in the story The writing is lovely, detailed, full of imagery, and magic. There’s a strong bond between female characters. The details of the magic and the world building are vivid, complete, and subtle. I felt as if I were caught up in a fairy tale, transported to another time and place. There is something horrific about fairy tales, and this book captures that essence. The book is action packed and keeps rolling along with enough twists and turns to fill a number of novels. Just when I thought things couldn’t get worse, they do. There are plenty of wrong headed characters, who do things that make me cringe, knowing the outcome is going to be terrible. Sometimes it’s Agnieszka, the protagonist, who blunders into a mess. Although I found the writing lovely, there were a few times I wanted to get on with the story and cut to the chase. In those places, I found myself skimming. Sometimes, I found myself longing for some dialogue. The book is dense with lovely prose and short on dialogue. This is a wonderful story and deserves Nebula Award it won. Everyone who loves fantasy should read it.
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A book that stirs up imaginary from fairytales read to us as children, but now as adults, its very rare find to read such a book that can appeal to the child within and the adult as well! I think the Slavic names for people or places was a great personal touch by Novik. The ''evil'' in the story are the Woods that grew near our Heroine's home town. Everyone knows to avoid the Wood, as all sorts of horrifying things come out of the woods to kidnap and/or corrupt the locals...I think Naomi Novik did a stellar job of using our personal innate fear of the dark unknown as a vehicle for making 'the Woods' truly creepy. The local wizard known as 'The Dragon' brings our herione under his wing to teach her the art of magic in order to protect the villagers from the Woods and what lurks within...This story takes all of the well worn themes from fairytales and turns them on their head. I think the only negative thing I can think of pertaining to this story is that, It wasn't 300 pages longer!
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ISBN:
9780804179058
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Publication date:
03/01/2016
Publisher:
BANTAM DOUBLEDAY DELL
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Language:
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Pages:
464
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1.10IN
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5.40IN
Copyright Year:
2015
Author:
Naomi Novik
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