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4.01 AVERAGE
4.01 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
I think I went into reading this book with waaay to high expectations. Not only because of the amazing reviews but also because Brandon Sanderson talked about it in one of his lectures and he’s my favourite author so I was like yeh this shit must be good.
And it is. I really, really liked it and my god, is the setting and world building fantastic. But it was still somehow missing something. Like when you’re making curry and it looks good, it tastes good, but there’s just some spice missing and you can’t put your finger on it.
I think for all the dread the wood should inspire I didn’t feel much of it. Maybe it was because of the writing. I found it a bit rocky and hard to follow during the action scenes (but I’m not a native speaker so maybe that’s on me). And even tough the story was told from Agnieszka’s point of view, it almost felt too…clean, and at no time I found myself scared, or gripping the book at the edges, afraid for the character’s safety.
I think I was also missing an overarching goal throughout the book. Because it was never clear whether or not the wood could even be defeated, it sort of meandered around in the middle (like the main character’s magic - so I suppose it fits after all). And for it being a book about the wood, it spend a very good chunk away from it.
Also, the whole “immortal wizard and his way-too-young apprentice fall in love despite him being an insufferable ass”-trope is getting a bit old. That being said I’m absolute trash for it, BUT STILL.
[edit: After thinking about it a lot and noticing more stuff that bugged me, I'm lowering the score. Won't do anything to the star rating, however.]
3.8 ✩✩✩✩ and I'd recommend it but ya know..lower your expectations. I still liked it but I didn’t love it as much as I thought I would.
And it is. I really, really liked it and my god, is the setting and world building fantastic. But it was still somehow missing something. Like when you’re making curry and it looks good, it tastes good, but there’s just some spice missing and you can’t put your finger on it.
I think for all the dread the wood should inspire I didn’t feel much of it. Maybe it was because of the writing. I found it a bit rocky and hard to follow during the action scenes (but I’m not a native speaker so maybe that’s on me). And even tough the story was told from Agnieszka’s point of view, it almost felt too…clean, and at no time I found myself scared, or gripping the book at the edges, afraid for the character’s safety.
I think I was also missing an overarching goal throughout the book. Because it was never clear whether or not the wood could even be defeated, it sort of meandered around in the middle (like the main character’s magic - so I suppose it fits after all). And for it being a book about the wood, it spend a very good chunk away from it.
Also, the whole “immortal wizard and his way-too-young apprentice fall in love despite him being an insufferable ass”-trope is getting a bit old. That being said I’m absolute trash for it, BUT STILL.
[edit: After thinking about it a lot and noticing more stuff that bugged me, I'm lowering the score. Won't do anything to the star rating, however.]
3.8 ✩✩✩✩ and I'd recommend it but ya know..lower your expectations. I still liked it but I didn’t love it as much as I thought I would.
I had high hopes for this and I liked the atmosphere of the woods but that's it...
No character arcs. I didnt have emotional investment in any of them. The man that they call the Dragon doesn't shapeshift into a dragon!? The romance fell flat and had no chemistry. Overall the book was too long, a lot could have been omitted. The ending was unsatisfying too.
No character arcs. I didnt have emotional investment in any of them. The man that they call the Dragon doesn't shapeshift into a dragon!? The romance fell flat and had no chemistry. Overall the book was too long, a lot could have been omitted. The ending was unsatisfying too.
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I'm a bit confused by the ending of this book. The writing was great and so the story but I felt let down towards the end. I was expecting something more that never came and instead left me longing and disappointed...
could've done without the sex scenes don't feel like they added much but I liked the type of magic in this and the writing style
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
The magic system in this book is AMAZING! I fell in love, thank you very much.
The complexity of the magic system and the twisting plots of the book is *chef kisses*. Usually, magic, in books, it feels amazing and powerful and you feel like you want to have them too even if it's corrupted magic. But in Uprooted? This book shows the terrible and deadly effects of magic and it works! There's no description of the magic that fell flat or unbelievably weird- I get goosebumps from reading Uprooted!
As for Agnieszka and Sarkan? Hah! My 50-years-down-the-road-married type of couple core. He's so serious and tidy and she's just a whirlwind of personality that every interaction between them feels like a normal married couple that bickers for fun since it's their love language. I swear, this dynamic needs to be in other books more. No matter how bad Sarkan keeps on scowling at Agnieszka, he's a softy at heart for his wife. Only at heart though since he would never ever falter in front of her. And the fact that Agnieszka accepts him like that? Very wifey material.
I adore the ending because that's literally Agnieszka and I'm glad she pick herself. I always dream of endings like that for her and the fact that it did happened? I'm super happy!!
The complexity of the magic system and the twisting plots of the book is *chef kisses*. Usually, magic, in books, it feels amazing and powerful and you feel like you want to have them too even if it's corrupted magic. But in Uprooted? This book shows the terrible and deadly effects of magic and it works! There's no description of the magic that fell flat or unbelievably weird- I get goosebumps from reading Uprooted!
As for Agnieszka and Sarkan? Hah! My 50-years-down-the-road-married type of couple core. He's so serious and tidy and she's just a whirlwind of personality that every interaction between them feels like a normal married couple that bickers for fun since it's their love language. I swear, this dynamic needs to be in other books more. No matter how bad Sarkan keeps on scowling at Agnieszka, he's a softy at heart for his wife. Only at heart though since he would never ever falter in front of her. And the fact that Agnieszka accepts him like that? Very wifey material.
I adore the ending because that's literally Agnieszka and I'm glad she pick herself. I always dream of endings like that for her and the fact that it did happened? I'm super happy!!
Kind of fun candy book. 4.5 stars for the first half, 2 stars for the second. I wasn’t so bothered by the “feminine-feelings” beats “masculine-order” thing as many others were, because I felt it was more that both kinds of magic were required and that’s why things progressed when the feminine magic came back. But holy crap was the author insistent on jamming the protagonist’s Mary Sueness down your throat. I was almost hoping she’d turn out to be corrupted or something.