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Izruvana

Naomi Novik

4.01 AVERAGE


Deracinée, c'est un conte merveilleux, plein de sorcellerie et de magie, de peuples qui oublient trop vite leurs racines et d'autres qui refusent de les oublier.
C'est une magie organique, qu'on ressent profondément tant l'écriture la porte.
C'est une histoire de rencontres, d'alliances et d'ennemis qui n'en sont pas vraiment, et enfin, c'est une histoire d'amour bien au delà de nos simples considérations, portée par des personnages humains, malgré toute la magie qui en découle.

Je m'en vais le conseiller de ce pas à tour de bras.

This was boring and although at times I like the simple story it was also at the same time too complicated with too many characters I didn’t care about it. Would have liked it was more if it just focused on her and him and the valley. Skipped to last chapter with about 50 pages left and didn’t feel like I was missing much.
dark emotional sad slow-paced

A beautifully imagined story.
adventurous tense 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: No
adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Can I give 10 stars? I did not want this book to end and it's been a long time since I felt that way. A true escape, with richness and depth and the effect of making my heart swell up just thinking about it.
adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Absolutely adored the writing and homage to Slavic folk tales. The coming-of-age/coming-into-magic duo worked extremely well for this novel, especially with the descriptions of how emotions and intuition create wholly different magic than that learned from a book.

Knocked off a partial star because the romance felt sour and not entirely necessary to me.

sarahklovesbooks's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 10%

The MMC said to the FMC that he hoped she could explain to the King how her virtue was worth the Prince’s life.