Uprooted in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Jul 19, 2015 AH rated it really liked it

Shelves: magic, fantasy, witches, dragons, sorcerer, k-files, zzread-oct-2015

Update 12/27/15 - Uprooted was one of my Top 10 picks for 2015. See what other books made my list on Badass Book Reviews.

I first discovered Naomi Novik a few years ago when I read a copy of His Majesty's Dragon. For those of you who have not yet had the chance to meet Temeraire the dragon, find yourself a copy of that book right away.

I was curious to read Uprooted because I already knew that I loved Ms. Novik's writing style. She takes a character and puts the reader in that character's hea ...more

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Jul 02, 2016 Cee rated it really liked it

Shelves: young-adult, fantasy, wizardy-magic

Random personal anecdote: I've played the piano for over seven years. It doesn't come naturally to me at all. I struggle through every bar of music when I learn something new, and it often takes me over a month to learn a new song. I suck at reading sheet music and figuring out what all those squiggles on paper mean. The structured, scholarly approach to music doesn't work for me at all.

When I was in the middle of Uprooted, I decided to try to improvise a piano piece. Let go of all the sheets an ...more

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May 30, 2015 cc rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: 2015-published, 2015-read

**this review contains a few spoilers**

I'm honestly so upset that I didn't love this book--I had high hopes!--but goddammit I found myself bored to tears around 30%... (maybe even before that) T_T

I tried, oh, I tried, but after a while I stopped caring about the characters and their problems, and this is a total deal-breaker for me because I read for the characters, everything else comes second.

And even though it is not the central point of the story, the romance in this book is so weird--it's ...more

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Sep 06, 2015 S H A R O N rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy, fiction, vaginal-fantasy-bookclub, ebook, 2015

I found this to be a very solid fairy tale that was easy to read and had some depth to it. I must confess though....it seemed Agnieszka was a bit too much of a Mary Sue. She was awfully accepting of the fact that she was a witch/wizard and could all of a sudden do all of these spells. Sure there was about 10 pages (approximately) of a "learning curve"...but then, suddenly, she could do EVERYTHING.

Once that happened I got a little fed up with it. Not enough to put it down or to rate it poorly, b ...more

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Sep 26, 2018 Diane ~Firefly~ rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, ya, kindle, fairy-tales

It was nice to have a complete story in one fantasy book.

What I enjoyed:
* Kasia was awesome. She wasn't the MC, but had a good story arc and was interesting.
* Originality in The Wood as the evil(view spoiler)
* the author wasn't afraid to kill characters (view spoiler) ...more

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Jun 09, 2015 Katie rated it liked it

Shelves: audiobook

Oooh, this book started out so good! With two best friends living in a small village near the enchanted 'Wood'. And, a majestic 'Dragon' wizard appointed by the King as protector of the valley where they both reside.

The dragon takes a girl from a different village every 10 years; this decade he take Nieska, and not her friend - like everyone was banking on. Nieska has magic; an earthly kind of magic. Like a reincarnated Baba Jaga - magic. Nieska's magic is compatable with the Dragon's magic. Ni ...more

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