Reviews tagging 'Death'

Uprooted by Naomi Novik

135 reviews

freyagame's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

I read this when I was 15 and thought it was aggressively mid, came back to it and am a little horrified that my opinion hasn't changed. 

Overall nice world building and scenery but never really decides if it wants to be high fantasy and I think it really suffers as a result. It is clear that Novik is a very talented writer, the prose is really great but is let down by plot structure IMO. Not helped by the MC being incredibly annoying in the first half of the book with some weird development leading into conclusion.

We are never told why she is able to do magic that no other wizard can, there is seemingly no reason.

Most of the plot is driven by what's happening with her best friend who we are told is very amazing but who is actually very boring and sleeps mostly until she needs to swing a sword around. Their relationship is really bizarre: a few moments early on that lead to some great conflict but these threads are all dropped.

However, the final chapter was incredibly sweet and did bring it back a lot for me, I'm a sucker for a village boogie.

Romance and magic system a bit nonsensical and underdeveloped (interesting age gap!) I really do think you could squeeze the entire romance plot into the content of about 5 pages, it never really goes anywhere: he's written entirely out of the second act and receives next to no development as a result. A travesty honestly. Also an instance of sexual assault that is kind of brushed under the rug once the plot get rolling, dissapointing. Random very slow 100 pages or so in the middle that get very political, a bit of a standstill that doesn't gel fabulously with the first section of the book. Generally good vibes if you don't think too hard about anything and just roll with it. If looking for fun fairytale is a great pick but a bit of a shallow fantasy otherwise :// 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Sexual assault, Murder, Sexual harassment, and War

beanaroni's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, and Sexual content

Minor: Sexual assault

thekissballad's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I found this to be highly immersive and I really enjoyed it.

It can drag at times, but I didn't mind it as much as I usually do.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

melofsteele's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Although I was unprepared for the amount of fighting and gore of this book, it was one of the best fantasy adventures with a splash of spice and romance I've ever read. I'd recommend this to all fantasy adventure lovers! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, War, and Injury/Injury detail

_rowantree_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and War

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

sydneylmeyer7's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Infidelity, Violence, and Sexual harassment

theintrovertsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Gore, Sexual assault, Medical content, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape, Murder, and Alcohol

antoniac's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

nitecrtlvr's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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

4.0

An excellent read overall. I was expecting more of a romance but it was more of an adventure/fairytale retelling and the romance was a slow burn that was more in the back ground as a tasty morsel that left you wanting more but yet happy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Vomit, and Sexual harassment

amaranth_wytch's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence