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ashleysills's review against another edition
- 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
If you enjoy dark fairytales, beautiful prose, and being immersed in new fantasy worlds, I think you'll enjoy this one.
Agnieszka is unexpectedly chosen to be taken by the Dragon, an event that happens in her valley every ten years. The villagers go along with it because the Dragon protects them from the evil Wood, but no one really knows what happens to the girls he takes, besides the fact that when they come out, they always leave the valley.
I feel like I didn't have a very good idea of what this book would be about when I started it; the blurb on the back only covers the first couple chapters. I was intrigued from the start, though, and the depth of the story just built and built from there until I was making all kinds of connections I and couldn't put the book down! I'm willing to bet you'll feel a little breathless by the end, caught up in everything that's happening and thoroughly satisfied by the ending, like I was.
The characters: I loved Agnieszka and Kasia's friendship, and I loved Agnieszka and the Dragon's "rivalry" and his grumpy to her sunshine :)
Like a fairytale, this book was full of rich themes, like the fact that misery and fear can be poisonous, and hate creates monstrosities and can topple societies. I like deep themes, what can I say? 🤷‍♀️
A note about the pace: this book isn't fast-paced like a YA fantasy. The story takes its time, the writing style is rich and prose-heavy, and it reads like a fairytale. I thought it was so beautiful, but I tend to enjoy beautiful language. It took me a lot longer to read this one than most books, but in my opinion it was definitely worth it.
Uprooted was just about everything I could ask for in a fantasy novel. I highly recommend it to lovers of deep, rich fantasy and hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
Moderate: Death, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Sexual content
🌶️ not much romance throughout, but there are 2 open door scenes, easily skippable. Skip pages 158-159 and 353-355julesadventurezone's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Sexual assault, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Drug use, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Colonisation
Minor: Child death, Genocide, Rape, Slavery, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Colonisation
alliecat1915's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail
jnichols's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual assault
walkie_check's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism
eule's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Death, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, and Blood
hiddeninfantasy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail
ingi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Violence, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Classism
errie's review against another edition
2.5
- The atmosphere/settings were really well written - both creepy and comforting.
- The writing/language was beautiful and vivid, I could clearly picture even some of the most dreamlike scenes.
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail
kitterring's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
I thought that the ending and the allegory was sweet and hopeful. Considering how dark things got to lead to that point, it felt like a gentle ending that was earned. It made sense and I was satisfied knowing how things got to where they did. I liked how many of the relationships were hard to interpret. There were a lot of conflicting interests and I enjoyed not knowing. The shallow nature of the court proceedings opposed to the people just trying to get by. Overall enjoyed this a lot.
Moderate: Body horror, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Alcohol, and War