Déracinée

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Naomi Novik: Déracinée (Paperback, French language, 2018)

Paperback, 512 pages

French language

Published Sept. 25, 2018

ISBN:
978-2-290-15489-2
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5 stars (3 reviews)

Depuis toujours, le village de Dvernik est protégé des assauts du Bois - une forêt maléfique douée d'une volonté propre - par le « Dragon », un puissant magicien. Celui-ci, en échange de ses services, prélève un lourd tribut : à chaque génération, la plus jolie jeune femme de la communauté disparaît dans sa tour. Cette année, c'est Kasia qui sera choisie. Forcément, c'est la plus belle, la plus populaire. Personne n'en doute, et encore moins Agnieszka, qui n'a jamais voulu de cet honneur. Mais les choses ne vont pourtant pas se passer comme prévu, et Agnieszka va découvrir un monde au-delà de l'entendement...

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'Uprooted' by Naomi Novik

4 stars

This book is very, very close to perfect. Novik's prose is stunning. Reading Uprooted felt like watching the Howl's Moving Castle movie again. In fact, this book felt very similar to Howl's Moving Castle, with a bit more of the plot happening outside of the tower.

The characters in this book were stunning. I thought Sarkan was goofy in the best way possible (he's the most serious character ever, lol), and adored Kasia. Even the villain was written so beautifully I felt her connections to the valley in the way I feel connected to my own home. There are so many themes of love and connection in this book that reading it filled me with so much joy. It was genuinely difficult to put down, that hasn't happened to me in ages.

I've read some other reviews for this book (the one-stars seem popular) and I definitely see where they're …