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4.01 AVERAGE
4.01 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Dosť dobrý koncept, len tak zbytočný romantický vzťah som asi ešte nevidela 3,5/5
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Una venganza centenaria se alza desde lo más profundo del Bosque. Su fauna y flora cobran vida para sacar el lado más oscuro de todo aquel que tiene la mala fortuna de acercarse demasiado a su linde. Sólo la conexión de una joven hechicera con su tierra y con su humanidad será capaz de frenar el avance del Bosque.
Una historia de magia, de conexiones, ambientada en la Polonia medieval y en su folclore. Una prosa exquisita que te engulle desde el primer párrafo.
Una historia de magia, de conexiones, ambientada en la Polonia medieval y en su folclore. Una prosa exquisita que te engulle desde el primer párrafo.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I was rapt, Agnieszka is perfect
I love resolutions where the evil is more complex and is brought to peace rather than destroyed wholesale, especially with the ending of her coming into a kind of harmony with the forest in the end. But my favorite movie is Naussica of the Valley of the wind so this is obviously right up my alley
Damn you, Naomi Novik! Damn you for writing a book that was so impossible to put down that I essentially didn’t sleep for two nights. (And when I was trying to sleep, I was thinking of this story.)
As the NPR review says: “Clear your schedule before picking it up, because you won’t want to put it down.” If only I had taken that advice to heart!
This book has essentially the same plot as Spinning Silver (which I read 3 years ago in a similar December push to hit some reading goals!): a seemingly ordinary girl from an unimportant town in a mysterious fairy tale-like version of Eastern Europe gets taken by a disagreeable yet mysterious and sexy man with magical powers. She is trapped there until she figures out that she has autonomy and then she does grand things and we get follow her adventures as she figures out her new powers.
And yet, they are both individually compelling!
I actually liked this one more—I thought the world was explained a bit better. And I loved the juxtaposition of learned magic against folk magic — kind of like a wizard/sorcerer divide in D&D (5e).
If you want a strict magic system and deep character development, this is not for you. If you want a compelling story with a delightful female protagonist, a satisfying ending, and, as Patrick Rothfuss put it perfectly, “some old world magic and the flavor of a dark faerie story,” then this is the book for you.
But seriously, clear your schedule.
As the NPR review says: “Clear your schedule before picking it up, because you won’t want to put it down.” If only I had taken that advice to heart!
This book has essentially the same plot as Spinning Silver (which I read 3 years ago in a similar December push to hit some reading goals!): a seemingly ordinary girl from an unimportant town in a mysterious fairy tale-like version of Eastern Europe gets taken by a disagreeable yet mysterious and sexy man with magical powers. She is trapped there until she figures out that she has autonomy and then she does grand things and we get follow her adventures as she figures out her new powers.
And yet, they are both individually compelling!
I actually liked this one more—I thought the world was explained a bit better. And I loved the juxtaposition of learned magic against folk magic — kind of like a wizard/sorcerer divide in D&D (5e).
If you want a strict magic system and deep character development, this is not for you. If you want a compelling story with a delightful female protagonist, a satisfying ending, and, as Patrick Rothfuss put it perfectly, “some old world magic and the flavor of a dark faerie story,” then this is the book for you.
But seriously, clear your schedule.
had me in the first third, lost me at court, got me back in the end. lovely aesthetic and pretty ending. very cute friendship.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes