Uprooted

Naomi Novik

Del Rey

2015

400 páginas

13h 20m

ISBN-10: B00KUQIU7O

Naomi Novik, author of the New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed Temeraire novels, introduces a bold new world rooted in folk stories and legends, as elemental as a Grimm fairy tale.

“Every so often you come upon a story that seems like a lost tale of Grimm newly come to light. Uprooted is such a novel. Its narrative spell is confidently wrought and sympathetically cast. I might even call it bewitching.”—Gregory Maguire, bestselling author of Wicked and Egg & Spoon

“Our Dragon doesn’t eat the girls he takes, no matter what stories they tell outside our valley. We hear them sometimes, from travelers passing through. They talk as though we were doing human sacrifice, and he were a real dragon. Of course that’s not true: he may be a wizard and immortal, but he’s still a man, and our fathers would band together and kill him if he wanted to eat one of us every ten years. He protects us against the Wood, and we’re grateful, but not that grateful.”

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.

Advance praise for Uprooted

“The magic in Uprooted, with its realistic moral dimension, is so vividly believable that it almost seems you could work the spells. But the book will do that for you.”—Ursula K. Le Guin, award-winning and bestselling author of The Earthsea cycle

“Uprooted has everything I love: a great heroine, new takes on old myths and legends, and surprising twists and turns. A delight.”—Cassandra Clare, New York Times bestselling author of The Mortal Instruments series

“Magical and practical, otherworldly and planted in the real, I could not stop reading this book and neither will you!”—Tamora Pierce, New York Times bestselling author of Trickster’s Choice and Trickster’s Queen

“Wild, thrilling, and deeply, darkly magical. An instant classic.”—Lev Grossman, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Magicians Trilogy

“Uprooted is one of those tales you come back to over and over again because it’s just that enchanting. The adventure builds with such tension that you are peeking through your hands at the end, hoping it will all be okay, and Naomi Novik delivers a conclusion that’s deeply satisfying, earning a permanent space on my bookshelf that I’ll revisit often.”—Kevin Hearne, New York Times bestselling author of Shattered

“Reading Uprooted was like rediscovering a favorite old sweater, familiar and beloved. It feels as if it has always existed and has been waiting patiently for me to return to it.”—Maggie Stiefvater, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Shiver Trilogy

From the Hardcover edition.

Resenhas (5)

2 (Razoável)

*insira aqui o gif do john travolta meio confuso*

Eu fico triste de não ter gostado desse livro como achei que iria gostar. Mesmo. A premissa é linda, a capa é maravilhosa, há uma promessa de enemies to lovers que sempre me pega, mas deu tudo errado. Várias coisas nessa história não funcionaram pra mim e no fim das contas foi meio impossível fingir que elas não me incomodaram.

- Agnieszka, a gata borralheira mágica, começa interessante, mas o desenvolvimento dela é ridiculamente precipitado. Num dia ela é uma camponesa desastrada e no outro é a mais poderosa feiticeira, floco de neve, dona do mundo, rainha das invocações que existe. Quê?
- O anti-heroi/Dragão que no início foi o personagem que mais me chamou atenção acabou se revelando simplesmente um grosseiro. Ele abusa verbalmente da protagonista o livro inteiro sem nenhuma razão aparente e desmoraliza ela em toda fucking oportunidade. Ela é suja, ela é lunática, ela é atrapalhada, ela é burra, ela é inútil (!!!!)
- Apesar de o Dragão ser grosseiro em todos (todos) os diálogos, um romance nasce...não sei...de onde? E eles tem 0 química (ora, que surpresa).
- Algumas cenas duram tipo, pra sempre. Pra sempre. E não de um jeito bom.
- Eu fiz um teste e pulei sei lá, 15% da leitura em um determinado momento e não fez diferença nenhuma.

Esse é um livro que muita gente amou, então acho que ele carrega uma história que funciona muito bem pra alguns leitores. Mas nesse caso, eu não tô incluída. Não foi uma boa experiência e, sinceramente, não sei se eu encararia outro livro dela tão cedo.