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Uprooted by Naomi Novik

126 reviews

cgwynne's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

Wonderful world building and prose. I felt very connected to the characters and the land. If I wasn’t working, probably could’ve finished in a couple sittings because it was so gripping. Was mainly fantasy with a romantic subplot that I honestly felt was unnecessary in the grand scheme of things (probably biased because I would’ve preferred it not to happen given the age difference). There was a plot hole that I was surprised to not be addressed, but overall very very good. Will certainly be reading more of Naomi’s work. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Sexual assault

dcdc's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, and Murder

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, and Rape

asahome's review against another edition

4.25

A woman befriends the woman who will be taken by the wizard, only he takes her instead. She's mad at him for taking her and also mad at him for not taking the other girl.

I like how they handled the

conflict resolution

at the end. It was a very realistic approach to what happens in my opinion

after war if you want their to be peace and not just a pause in the physical conflict

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Death, War, Blood, Animal death, and Violence

Moderate: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Kidnapping, Torture, Confinement, Gore, and Sexual content

Minor: Medical trauma, Rape, Genocide, Death of parent, Grief, and Pregnancy

Possession: the Woods possesses people, the book calls it corrupting them

erinmichele_reads's review

adventurous

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Death, and Sexual assault

katiecoconut21's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense slow-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

2.5

Uprooted by Naomi Novik is a re-telling of a Polish fairytale. Anyone who says it's a retelling of Beauty and the Beast is lying to you; the only similarities are very shaky at best.

I enjoyed it perhaps moreso as a retelling than some other books, and my only critiques are nit-picky, but ultimately, ended up taking away some of the magic of the story for me.

The lack of magic-system development particularly bothered me. For some reason, Agnieszka

is better at Baba Jaga's magic than the magic practiced by the Dragon, Sarkan

. That's exactly it though...for some reason. Emphasis is not really placed on why this is the case, and I feel like it is largely due to a magic-system that wasn't fully thought through. In most cases, it just felt like a reason for why Agnieszka is different.

Going on that vein, the

budding romance between Agnieszka and Sarkan

felt out-of-the-blue for me. Just because there's forced proximity doesn't mean love will follow.fairytale. I honestly felt more chemistry between Agnieszka and Kasia than I did otherwise (though Kasia was easily my favorite character).

The pacing was a bit off. The ending felt rushed for me, especially because Agnieszka's time

at court

felt so slow, and we weren't even introduced to

the Wood-Queen

until the book was almost over, making me feel like I was going to have to read a sequel, despite explicitly seeking out a standalone novel.

Having said all that, Uprooted is still an enjoyable novel overall, especially for those who enjoy re-tellings from less famous fairytales.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual assault

ohno_joreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Blood, Animal death, Death, Violence, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, and Classism

Moderate: Vomit and Sexual content

Minor: Alcohol

kefredriksen's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I adore this book so much. I really liked the mature fairy tale vibes it gives. I found the characters to be well developed, interesting, and lovable, though, I would classify this as a plot-driven story mainly. The writing style is stellar. It uniquely balances the line between easy-to-read and what I consider more 'classic' fantasy prose. I got super sucked in. Loved the world building, loved the dynamics between the characters, and loved the ending!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, and Violence

callitz's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Death

Moderate: Classism, Gore, Blood, War, Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Violence

Minor: Body horror, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Vomit, and Bullying

sehenry20's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Sexual assault

camiclarkbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

It reminded me of an adult version of Hannah Whitten’s “For the Wolf,” but I did find that book more enjoyable. 

It’s clear Nokik is a talented writer, her descriptions are lovely and evocative. However, I was uncomfortable with the attempted sexual assault near the beginning of the book and couldn’t really move past that since it was unnecessary to the plot. 

Her characters were well written but were boring and took their sweet time to do anything. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, and War