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Naomi Novik

Start date: December 17, 2015

Finish date: December 31, 2015

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Aug 04, 2015 Amy rated it really liked it

Shelves: _own-ebook, fiction, rec-ig-blogs-friends-other, read-in-2015

Let me say upfront that I'm not really a fantasy fan - it's one of the genres that rarely calls to me. I actually only picked this book up after hearing Liberty (and I think Rebecca also raved) at Book Riot rave about it. She made it sound amazing and I couldn't resist giving it a try. AND I AM SO GLAD THAT I DID!

Yes, this is fantasy but it's so much more! Although there is magic and it's essentially a fairy tale, it's so well-written and engaging that I have a hard time thinking of it as fanta ...more

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Feb 24, 2017 Gremlin rated it really liked it

Shelves: book-group, think-galactic, fantasy

As I started reading this, I was reminded that I do really enjoy well-written and well-imagined fantasy - which this was. Specifically, the magic styles (as you can see in all the reviews) are just fantastic and each magic wielder seems to have their own unique spin. There is a great juxtaposition between the main character (intuitive, earthy, creative) and the man who is teaching her (educated, formulaic, rigid). The eventual blending of their wills can work wonders and it's great to see that p As I started reading this, I was reminded that I do really enjoy well-written and well-imagined fantasy - which this was. Specifically, the magic styles (as you can see in all the reviews) are just fantastic and each magic wielder seems to have their own unique spin. There is a great juxtaposition between the main character (intuitive, earthy, creative) and the man who is teaching her (educated, formulaic, rigid). The eventual blending of their wills can work wonders and it's great to see that play out.

I also really enjoyed the way that corruption worked in this - super, effectively creepy (not to mention, the villainy that is the location of "The Wood"). And the characterization of Baba Yaga, though small and historical, was also a delight.

For all the good, that didn't mean there weren't flaws or things I had a hard time loving. (view spoiler)

Worth the read. This was a 3.5. ...more

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Nov 01, 2020 Amanda rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: retelling, nebula-award-previous, locus-award-previous, 4-stars

I meant to write so much about this book, but then the world of 2020 swallowed me whole. I'm deeply saddened by it, too, because there was a lot that I deeply liked/loved/was mleh about. I liked how this one, unlike Spinning Silver, didn't automatically turn itself straight into its love story only.

I remember loving the ending, where we get the inference of where the couple is going, but we don't see it yet. I remember most being disappointed by the fact we never met the earlier girls who were ...more

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