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Sto caricando le informazioni... Uprooted: A Novel (edizione 2016)di Naomi Novik (Autore)
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Plot: Agnieszka has grown up in Dvernik, in a valley that is dominated by the Wood that consistently tries to take up more space and regularly sends out some horrors or swallows up villagers who aren’t careful enough. Keeping the forest at bay is the so-called Dragon, a wizard. Every ten years, the Dragon collects a girl from the villagers. And not just any girl, but the most beautiful and brightest one. Everybody knows that this year, it will be Kasia, Agnieszka’s best friend, who will be chosen by him. Only that the Dragon takes Agnieszka instead, leaving her reeling, afraid of what’s to come and entirely confused. Uprooted is a wonderful read, one that feels a lot like a folk tale (and it is based on Polish folklore), but also reads like a modern novel. The romance didn’t work that well for me, but I loved pretty much everything else. Read more on my blog: https://kalafudra.com/2024/08/15/uprooted-naomi-novik/
Uprooted is not, as I thought it might be after those first three chapters, any of the following: a Beauty and the Beast story; a somewhat quiet tale about learning one’s magical abilities and negotiating a relationship with one’s teacher; or a story that includes intrinsically-gendered magic. What it is, is a kingdom-level fantasy with great magic and an engaging narrator—which packs a surprising amount of plot into its single volume. I recommend it highly. The pages turn and the Kindle screens swipe with alacrity. An early expedition into the Wood to rescue a long-missing Queen is particularly white-knuckle. Temeraire fans will be pleased to know that a superb tower-under-siege sequence demonstrates that Novik has lost none of her facility for making complex battle scenes clear and exciting. And Agnieszka remains a scrappy, appealing hero throughout. It’s just that one can’t help but be reminded that Novik’s Temeraire series will conclude next year as a nine-novel cycle and wonder why a writer so skilled at pacing a long, complicated chronicle over multiple books has crammed this story into one. It’s as if Novik is overcorrecting for the kind of Hollywood bloat that causes studios to split fantasy-novel adaptations into multiple films. Here, she packs an entire trilogy into a single book. Agnieszka’s corridors-of-power adventures in Polnya’s capital have kind of a middle-volume vibe to them, while some fascinating late-breaking revelations about the nature of the Wood definitely feel like they deserve their own dedicated installment. I felt this most particularly in Agnieszka’s evolution as a character. While it’s thrilling in the book’s final third to read about her taking control of her own magical identity as a latter-day Baba Yaga, it does feel as though it’s happened without giving her the opportunity to explore a few blind-alley identities on the way there. È contenuto inHa uno studioPremi e riconoscimentiMenzioniElenchi di rilievo
Agnieszka loves her valley home, her quiet village, the forests and the bright shining river. But the corrupted Wood stands on the border, full of malevolent power, and its shadow lies over her life. Her people rely on the cold, driven wizard known only as the Dragon to keep its powers at bay. But he demands a terrible price for his help: one young woman handed over to serve him for ten years, a fate almost as terrible as falling to the Wood. The next choosing is fast approaching, and Agnieszka is afraid. She knows--everyone knows--that the Dragon will take Kasia: beautiful, graceful, brave Kasia, all the things Agnieszka isn't, and her dearest friend in the world. And there is no way to save her. But Agnieszka fears the wrong things. For when the Dragon comes, it is not Kasia he will choose. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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I’ll also add that I couldn’t stand the narrator of the audiobook. Her delivery was so disjointed. Speeding up the playback helped which is what got me thru 3 long chapters. But I’m not a fan. ( )