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sehenry20's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Graphic: Death, Violence, and War
Moderate: Sexual assault, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
camiandkitread's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
It’s clear Nokik is a talented writer, her descriptions are lovely and evocative. However, I was uncomfortable with the attempted sexual assault near the beginning of the book and couldn’t really move past that since it was unnecessary to the plot.
Her characters were well written but were boring and took their sweet time to do anything.
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
silversparkles50's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
beanaroni's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, and Sexual content
Minor: Sexual assault
theintrovertsbooks's review against another edition
- 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
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
5.0
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and War
amaranth_wytch's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence
rkfmiller's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War
Minor: Sexual assault
siglerbooknook's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
The underlying tones are definitely Beauty and the Beast but in very much its own way.
Our heroine, Nieshka is instantly loveable for her clumsy, messy, confident self. I've never read a hero quit like her and it was very enjoyable.
Her sunshine to the Dragon's grumpy was delightful.
Perhaps one of my favorite things about this book was the themes of friendship and individuality seen side by side without being pitted against each other. Nieshka and her best friend Kasia have a beautiful friendship that acknowledges their flaws but never stops them from loving each other. We see hints of real human jealousy, grief, annoyance, and love in both girls even though their personalities couldn't be more different. I don't know if I've ever seen such a wholesome and believable friendship in literature before.
I enjoyed the story over all, though for a while the plot did get terribly confusing and difficult to follow. Once we were given answers they were mostly satisfying.
While I will never completely enjoy the "undefeatable villain" trope, the reasoning behind this one was at least understandable.
Even the ending was quite unique. I enjoyed the less-than-perfect end. I think everything neatly wrapped in a bow would have betrayed the overall feel of the story.
Over all I definitely liked Uprooted, and am likely to read it again.
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Rape, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and War
eleanora's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War
Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Sexual content, and Blood
Minor: Death of parent