Uprooted
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| Rating | : | 4.97 (780 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00XQBBRQQ |
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| Number of Pages | : | 429 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-09 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
But Agnieszka fears the wrong things. 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. Her people rely on the cold, driven wizard known only as the Dragon to keep its powers at bay. Of course that's not true: he may be a wizard and immortal, but he's still a man, and our fathers would band together and kill him if he wanted to eat one of us every 10 years. And there is no way to save her. They talk as though we were doing human sacrifice, and he were a real dragon. "Our Dragon doesn't eat the girls he takes, no matter what stories they tell outside our valley. For when the Dragon comes, it is not Kasia he will choose.. The next choosing is fast approaching, and Agnieszka is afraid. But the corrupted Wood stands on the border, full of malevolent power, and its shadow lies over her life. Naomi Novik, author of the New York Times best-selling and critically acclaimed Temeraire novels, introduces a bold new world rooted in folk stories and legends, as elemental as a Grimm fairy tale. But he demands a terrible price for his help: one young woman handed over
Destined to be a Classic Must-Read Fantasy Novel Benjamin Thomas Having been a fan of Naomi Novik’s Temeraire series for many years, I have often wondered what she would do if she ever decided to write something else. After all, this is a woman who studied English Literature at Brown University, holds a degree in Computer Science from Columbia, and wasn’t afraid to show her geeky side as a game designer on Neverwinter Nights. That’s a pretty awesome combination in my book and when she chose to write the Temeraire series, a fantasy/historical mashup combining the concept of intelligent dragons working as a sort of Air Force with wartime forces in . Good Book, Less Than Awesome Ending Kelly I absolutely loved this book for a couple of hundred pages. The book grabs you immediately and pulls you in to an authentic, amazing story world. This book was different from any other book I'd ever read, and the premise was fascinating. As we got closer and closer to the end of the book, however, I was not as enchanted. This book starts out stronger than it finishes, and I wasn't crazy about the way it ended.The main character is interesting and believable - until [slight spoiler alert] she gets involved in a sexual relationship that was entirely unbelievable and bizarre to me. It was like the autho. "Mostly Good. Some Problems" according to Avery Abernethy. This is a very well crafted book with a traditional fairy tale meme. Most of the characters are likeable. The villains are completely evil. Strong female protagonist.This is a long book. The first half will go very fast. To resolve the conflict, in the last 25% of the book the characters make some bizarre decisions. It all works out in the end, but I did not find the characters actions to be believable to their earlier depictions.I flew through the first 2/Mostly Good. Some Problems This is a very well crafted book with a traditional fairy tale meme. Most of the characters are likeable. The villains are completely evil. Strong female protagonist.This is a long book. The first half will go very fast. To resolve the conflict, in the last 25% of the book the characters make some bizarre decisions. It all works out in the end, but I did not find the characters actions to be believable to their earlier depictions.I flew through the first 2/3rds of the book and had several head-scratching moments with the last quarter.. rds of the book and had several head-scratching moments with the last quarter.