Uprooted by Naomi Novik was a perfect fantasy story/fairytale. It’s got all the right parts (dark magic, regular magic, unimpressed heroine, ambivalent wizard, etc), but isn’t terribly predictable, and forms real characters instead of shadows of well-known archetypes. By following the easy-to-like first-person narrator Agnieszka, and seeing her relate to the Dragon, her best friend Kasia, and all the others, painted a vivid and realistic picture of the world. We even get a surprising amount of moral ambivalence, considering the genre. A very good book. I may start to read Naomi Novik’s fantasy series if Uprooted is any indicator for that series’ quality.
I'm currently behind on reviews, so don't be surprised if the recent reviews are a bit sparse.
Uprooted
author: | Naomi Novik (2015) |
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date added: | 2018-07-20 |
date read: | 2018-07-21 |
pages: | 438 |
author: | gender:female, origin:us |
awards: | british-fantasy-award, british-fantasy-award-nominees, hugo-award-nominees, nebula-award, nebula-award-nominees, world-fantasy-award-nominees |
genre: | fantasy |
themes: | myths-legends |
rating: | โ โ โ โ โ |