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Naomi Novik
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NEBULA AWARD WINNER • HUGO AWARD FINALIST • “If you want a fantasy with strong characters and brilliantly original variations on ancient stories, try Uprooted!”—Rick Riordan
“Breathtaking . . . a tale that is both elegantly grand and earthily humble, familiar as a Grimm fairy tale yet fresh, original, and totally irresistible.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: NPR, BuzzFeed, Tordotcom, BookPage, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly
Agnieszka loves her valley home, her quiet village, the forests and the bright shining river. But the corrupted Wood stands on the border, full of malevolent power, and its shadow lies over her life.
Her people rely on the cold, driven wizard known only as the Dragon to keep its powers at bay. But he demands a terrible price for his help: one young woman handed over to serve him for ten years, a fate almost as terrible as falling to the Wood.
The next choosing is fast approaching, and Agnieszka is afraid. 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. And there is no way to save her.
But Agnieszka fears the wrong things. For when the Dragon comes, it is not Kasia he will choose.
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“Uprooted has leapt forward to claim the title of Best Book I’ve Read Yet This Year. . . . Moving, heartbreaking, and thoroughly satisfying, Uprooted is the fantasy novel I feel I’ve been waiting a lifetime for. Clear your schedule before picking it up, because you won’t want to put it down.”—NPR
“A very enjoyable fantasy with the air of a modern classic . . . Naomi Novik skillfully takes the fairy-tale-turned-bildungsroman structure of her premise . . . and builds enough flesh on those bones to make a very different animal. . . . The vivid characters around her also echo their fairy-tale forebears, but are grounded in real-world ambivalence that makes this book feel quietly mature, its world lived-in.”—The New York Times Book Review
“Novik here delivers a tale that is funny and fast-paced, laced with hair-raising battle scenes and conspiracies; it also touches on deeper ecological concerns we grapple with today.”—The Washington Post
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- Temeraire, Book 1
- De: Naomi Novik
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 9 h y 57 m
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When HMS Reliant captures a French frigate and seizes its precious cargo - an unhatched dragon egg - fate sweeps Captain Will Laurence from his seafaring life into an uncertain future and an unexpected kinship with a most extraordinary creature. Thrust into the rarified world of the Aerial Corps as master of the dragon Temeraire, he will face a crash course in the daring tactics of airborne battle.
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Excellent AU period fantasy
- De Melanie en 07-08-10
De: Naomi Novik
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All the Birds in the Sky
- De: Charlie Jane Anders
- Narrado por: Alyssa Bresnahan
- Duración: 12 h y 36 m
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Childhood friends Patricia Delfine and Laurence Armstead didn't expect to see each other again after parting ways under mysterious circumstances during high school. After all, the development of magical powers and the invention of a two-second time machine could hardly fail to alarm one's peers and families. But now they're both adults, living in the hipster mecca San Francisco, and the planet is falling apart around them.
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Too twee for me.
- De Amy en 03-13-17
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The Axe and the Throne
- Bounds of Redemption, Volume 1
- De: M. D. Ireman
- Narrado por: Matt Cowlrick
- Duración: 22 h y 24 m
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It is a fool's errand, and Tallos knows it, but against his own better judgment and the pleading of his wife, Tallos has committed himself to a voyage north. His lifelong friend's eldest sons are said to have been taken by Northmen, a raiding people ill-reputed for their savagery. The boys are already dead, Tallos knows, and in that dark place of grim reasoning he wishes only to find their corpses quickly so he can fulfill his promise and return to his wife. Instead, he finds something far worse.
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A book of Good & Horrible things.
- De Amazon Customer en 11-28-18
De: M. D. Ireman
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His Majesty's Dragon
- Temeraire, Book 1
- De: Naomi Novik
- Narrado por: David Thorn
- Duración: 6 h y 21 m
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Aerial combat brings a thrilling new dimension to the Napoleonic Wars as valiant warriors rise to Britain’s defense by taking to the skies . . . not aboard aircraft but atop the mighty backs of fighting dragons.
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Needs to be Unabridged!!
- De Rob en 08-01-07
De: Naomi Novik
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Among Others
- De: Jo Walton
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 10 h y 36 m
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Startling, unusual, and yet irresistably readable, Among Others is at once the compelling story of a young woman struggling to escape a troubled childhood, a brilliant diary of first encounters with the great novels of modern fantasy and SF, and a spellbinding tale of escape from ancient enchantment.
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Subtle Character Piece
- De Eoin en 09-15-11
De: Jo Walton
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Nettle & Bone
- De: T. Kingfisher
- Narrado por: Amara Jasper
- Duración: 9 h y 3 m
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Marra never wanted to be a hero. As the shy, convent-raised, third-born daughter, she escaped the traditional fate of princesses, to be married away for the sake of an uncaring throne. But her sister wasn’t so fortunate—and after years of silence, Marra is done watching her suffer at the hands of a powerful and abusive prince. Seeking help for her rescue mission, Marra is offered the tools she needs, but only if she can complete three seemingly impossible tasks:
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If Only I Could Cut Out Half the Story
- De Ree en 04-28-22
De: T. Kingfisher
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Daughter of the Forest
- Sevenwaters, Book 1
- De: Juliet Marillier
- Narrado por: Terry Donnelly
- Duración: 26 h y 45 m
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Lovely Sorcha is the seventh child and only daughter of Lord Colum of Sevenwaters. Bereft of a mother, she is comforted by her six brothers who love and protect her. Sorcha is the light in their lives and they are determined that she know only contentment. But Sorcha's joy is shattered when her father is bewitched by his new wife, an evil enchantress who binds her brothers with a terrible spell, a spell which only Sorcha can lift - by staying silent.
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Compelling story--but only at 1.5x
- De barefoot rabbit en 09-09-13
De: Juliet Marillier
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Ninefox Gambit
- De: Yoon Ha Lee
- Narrado por: Emily Woo Zeller
- Duración: 10 h y 52 m
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To win an impossible war, Captain Kel Cheris must awaken an ancient weapon and a despised traitor general.
Captain Kel Cheris of the Hexarchate is disgraced for using unconventional methods in a battle against heretics. Kel Command gives her the opportunity to redeem herself by retaking the Fortress of Scattered Needles, a star fortress that has recently been captured by heretics. Cheris' career isn't the only thing at stake. If the fortress falls, the Hexarchate itself might be next.
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Just too confusing with enough context
- De Jose Alvarez en 04-02-17
De: Yoon Ha Lee
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Girl, Serpent, Thorn
- De: Melissa Bashardoust
- Narrado por: Nikki Massoud
- Duración: 10 h y 6 m
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There was and there was not, as all stories begin, a princess cursed to be poisonous to the touch. But for Soraya, who has lived her life hidden away, apart from her family, safe only in her gardens, it's not just a story. As the day of her twin brother's wedding approaches, Soraya must decide if she's willing to step outside of the shadows for the first time. Below in the dungeon is a demon who holds knowledge that she craves, the answer to her freedom.
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It really is gay and it really does slap
- De Lemon Boy en 04-24-21
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The Witness for the Dead
- De: Katherine Addison
- Narrado por: Liam Gerrard
- Duración: 8 h y 12 m
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When the young half-goblin emperor Maia sought to learn who had set the bombs that killed his father and half-brothers, he turned to an obscure resident of his Court, a Prelate of Ulis and a Witness for the Dead. Thara Celehar found the truth, though it did him no good to discover it. Now he lives in the City of Amalo, far from the Court though not exactly in exile. He has not escaped from politics, but his position gives him the ability to serve the common people of the city, which is his preference.
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Engaging
- De K. E. en 01-05-25
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The Hallowed Hunt
- De: Lois McMaster Bujold
- Narrado por: Marguerite Gavin
- Duración: 16 h y 23 m
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The half-mad Prince Boleso has been slain by a noblewoman he had intended to defile. It falls to Lord Ingrey kin Wilfcliff to transport the prince to his burial place and to bring the accused killer, Lady Ijada, to judgment. The road he travels with his burden and his prisoner is fraught with danger. But in the midst of political chaos, magic has the fiercer hold on Ingrey's destiny, and Ijada herself may turn out to be the only one he dares trust.
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Extremely disappointing
- De Loren en 10-12-12
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Turning Darkness into Light
- De: Marie Brennan
- Narrado por: Barrie Kreinik, Raphael Corkhill
- Duración: 11 h y 35 m
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As the renowned granddaughter of Isabella Camherst, Audrey Camherst has always known she, too, would want to make her scholarly mark upon a chosen field of study. When Lord Gleinheigh recruits Audrey to decipher a series of ancient tablets holding the secrets of the ancient Draconean civilization, she has no idea that her research will plunge her into an intricate conspiracy, one meant to incite rebellion and invoke war.
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Soooo boring!
- De Jason en 08-24-19
De: Marie Brennan
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The Hedgewitch of Foxhall
- De: Anna Bright
- Narrado por: Fiona Hardingham, Alister Austin, James Meunier
- Duración: 12 h
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Magic is fading from Wales—choked off by King Offa’s Dyke, the enemy earthworks that spans the entire border. Even the dragons have disappeared. And now an attack is imminent. Prince Taliesin would love to watch magic die. Prince Dafydd fears it, and the throne. But when their father promises the crown to whichever son can destroy the dyke and restore magic to Wales, the brothers are forced into an uneasy rivalry.
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welsh magic
- De victoria martin en 07-05-24
De: Anna Bright
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Hemlock & Silver
- De: T. Kingfisher
- Narrado por: Jennifer Pickens
- Duración: 10 h y 30 m
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Healer Anja regularly drinks poison. Not to die, but to save—seeking cures for those everyone else has given up on. But a summons from the King interrupts her quiet, herb-obsessed life. His daughter, Snow, is dying, and he hopes Anja’s unorthodox methods can save her. Aided by a taciturn guard, a narcissistic cat, and a passion for the scientific method, Anja rushes to treat Snow, but nothing seems to work. That is, until she finds a secret world, hidden inside a magic mirror. This dark realm may hold the key to what is making Snow sick. Or it might be the thing that kills them all.
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The Forgotten Beasts of Eld
- De: Patricia A. McKillip
- Narrado por: Dina Pearlman
- Duración: 6 h y 24 m
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Sixteen when a baby is brought to her to raise, Sybel has grown up on Eld Mountain. Her only playmates are the creatures of a fantastic menagerie called there by wizardry. Sybel has cared nothing for humans, until the baby awakens emotions previously unknown to her. And when Coren--the man who brought this child--returns, Sybel's world is again turned upside down.
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Sooooooo thrilled to have it (finally) at Audible
- De Ljsc en 03-05-12
The protagonist is a girl named Agnieszka, who, to her own surprise, is chosen. The wizard proves to be an irritable, difficult man whose social graces have worn off over decades (sort of like me after too long of a coding session), and treats her like a scullery maid. As the reader might expect in a story like this, Agnieszka turns out to have some latent magical abilities, and the Dragon turns out to have a heart under his crusty outer layer.
The plot is fairly standard stuff for fantasy, with a bit of romance novel thrown in. There's an arrogant, dangerous prince; a queen taken by the evil wood; a loyal best friend; a cold, scheming king; an oily rival wizard; nasty magical monsters, and an ancient people whose uncovered secrets are instrumental to the plot. Unsurprisingly, Agnieszka realizes that her talents are superior to the Dragon's in some ways, and the two of them discover that they must collaborate to fight The Wood. Also, they discover that they have the hots for each other (I had a bad "wood" pun in mind, but thought better).
If you've read a lot of fantasy novels, especially ones with a folkloric basis, there's nothing surprising here. I didn't find the writing very compelling or the characters very complex, though I was engaged enough to keep listening. It's really not a bad book, and I think that readers who haven't become jaded to the tropes of fantasy might like it, but it's not a very heavyweight entry to the genre.
There have been complaints about the audiobook reader. While I didn't find her performance terrible and didn't mind her accent itself, she speaks with a weird cadence that gets a little irritating. Imagine some text-to-speech software that reads in a Polish accent, and you'll have a sense of the way that some passages and bits of dialogue sound. Voice actors, you don't have to make foreign accents THAT exotic, especially if it's the protagonist's own inner voice.
If you really want to read this book, don't let my three stars discourage you, but it might be one to get on sale.
Enjoyable lightweight fantasy
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That narration was distracting
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A word of warning however, if you're reading these reviews and thinking "the narrator's accent isn't that bad, people must be exaggerating." (Much like I thought) It definitely wears you down about 1/4 of the way into the book. Her accent tweaks simple words such as, "water" "iron" and "broad" just enough that it makes you overly conscious of how often the word are used. 3/4 of the way into the story and it would warrant teeth grinding anytime a few choice words are spoken. Aside from the accent, the cadence of the narrator's voice is often stiff and awkward and doesn't follow the mood of moments.
Overall, I wouldn't really recommend the book to someone with any gusto. Maybe with a different narrator, it could be presented a bit better.
Mildly entertaining
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the performer was too difficult to understand.
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Lovely voice, awkward narration
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Many listeners have complained about the narrator -- but to me, she gives the story much of its gravitas and legitimacy. It feels like you're listening to a Russian folk tale. I don't think an American narrator could convey that as effectively.
I will say that the book flags a little as it progresses. Ultimately magic has to solve the problem, and that means there's a certain element of hand-waving involved. The author works hard to make the magic and the denouement as earned and rational as possible -- and she very nearly succeeds completely.
Overall, really worth a listen.
A magical tale
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the narrator I loved and hated. her accent lent a lot of immersion, but the rhythm of her words felt like i was listening to someone who was ESL. i don't mind putting myself into "understand what someone is saying" mode, but it makes it hard to immerse myself in the story because I am too busy trying to make sure I understand what is being said. even so, if she narrated a follow-up book, i would buy it to hear the story in her voice again.
love her accent, hate her recitation
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I know some people struggled with the narration
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What did you like best about Uprooted? What did you like least?
The story was great, brilliant and original.The problem was the narrator. She is so focused on getting a particular accent and rhythm perfect that she never varies her inflection.
There are two main problems with this:
1. It's almost impossible to catch the jokes. The novel has absolutely hilarious bits, but they are read with the same tone and rhythm as fight scenes, sex scenes, and kitchen scenes.
2. No pauses. Several times, the narrative made the sort of forward skip that, on the page, is signaled with a white space or star. But the narrator gives these pauses the same amount of silence as at the end of a sentence. There are several major time and scene skips in the novel, but because the narrator kept reading smoothly from the last scene it takes a moment to realize what has happened, throwing you completely out of the story.
Would you be willing to try another one of Julia Emelin’s performances?
No.A Story So Good, Even the Narrator Can't Ruin It
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Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
The story is griping and makes you want to listen more but the performance creates a dilemma do you continue listen to find out what happens or give in to the frustration and turn it off.What other book might you compare Uprooted to and why?
With in my library, I did not have anything similar to Uprooted which is why I bought it. I wanted something new. I will probably end up buying the book "print" so I can find out what happened.Would you be willing to try another one of Julia Emelin’s performances?
No, I will steer clear of her performances. It isn't the Russian accent, I actually liked that for the book. It gave the book more charm, character and added something different. But she reads in such a start stop fashion that the flow to her performance is always broken leaving me unable to enjoy listening to the book and always debating over continuing or turning off the book.Was Uprooted worth the listening time?
I liked the story but narration prevented me from finishing. I could only make it halfway through.Any additional comments?
Listener beware, the story is worth the effort if you can get past the narration.Great Story but...
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