A review by wheninapril
Uprooted by Naomi Novik

5.0

“truth didn’t mean anything without someone to share it with; you could shout truth into the air forever, and spend your life doing it, if someone didn’t come and listen.”


When I read the synopsis about this book, I was convinced dragon is the villain animal of this story who takes a girl from a nearby village in every 10 years and eats her up… Come on!!! Thats what the synopsis says!!!! You don’t believe me?!!! :O

Ok!! Ok!! My bad!! It DID mention Dragon is a wizard.. But I somehow missed it and thought there is a REAL dragon, when sadly.. There isn’t… And in first couple of pages he even seemed tolerable!! Apart from the taking a girl in every 10 years (and returning them as well.. I know it sounds confusing.. He takes a girl, keeps her for 10 years.. After that returns her and takes another..), even though those girls swore he never touched them.. I mean who does that?!!! -_-

But as I kept turning the pages the distant , arrogant dragon some how kept becoming endearing… And Agnieszka (I still can’t pronounce her name properly :#) is a pure gem!!! I loved her thoroughly. I loved how what a klutz she was, how smart mouthed badass… I loved the banters between them..

“It comes, I suppose,” I said thoughtfully, speaking to the air, “of spending too much time alone indoors, and forgetting that living things don’t always stay where you put them.”


specially this one...

“Listen, you impossible creature,” he said, “I’m a century and more older than—”
“Oh, be quiet,” I said impatiently; of all the excuses he might have used.


And I what I loved most about them is, Agnieszka did not try to change or chase or pursue dragon to stay in a relationship. How they both are independent individuals.

Ohh.. Another thing about relationships… How do you guys feel about sex scenes? I mean when your favorite characters have sex? I really feel uncomfortable… Wait.. let me explain why… Whenever I read a book, I become a part of it. I am always there where the characters are. So when they kiss.. I cheer them up!! When they started making out, I feel “AWWWW“… Now.. When they start to have more than that, I want to say, Excuse me guys!! You have company!!! To which of course they pay no heed and I have to escape to give them privacy!! In other word I skip the pages :#

I know I know… I have already gave out a little bit of spoilers.. So I won’t say anything more. Because anything about woods, Kasia, their villages contains MAJOR spoilers!!

All I will say IS try this one out… Its magical and you will get a strong headed-kluts-badass lead 😉

Rating >> 5/5 Stars <3
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