![]() Sign up for the Slate Book Review monthly newsletter. ![]() See all the pieces in this month’s Slate Book Review. But you may find that you harbor your own fantasy-that Novik had uprooted this story from its overflowing single volume and let it spread its wings. ![]() Even the side characters had an appropriate. All told, Uprooted was truly captivating. Lots of action with an occasional touch of horror and violence. Novik portrays it as an ancient and mysterious force, its effects erratic and malleable in different magic users’ hands (I still can’t get over the excitement of those crazy mage battles) This rich blend of dark and whimsical complements the fairy-tale feel of the story perfectly. If you’re a reader who enjoys smart coming-of-age fantasy adventures, you’ll have a blast with Uprooted. Great world-building, well written, good dialogue. A delight - Cassandra Clare Enchanting, in every sense of that fine old word. 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. Uprooted has everything I love: a great heroine, new takes on old myths and legends, and surprising twists and turns. I felt this most particularly in Agnieszka’s evolution as a character. 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. ![]() Here, she packs an entire trilogy into a single book. ![]() It’s as if Novik is overcorrecting for the kind of Hollywood bloat that causes studios to split fantasy-novel adaptations into multiple films. ![]()
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