Uprooted: A Novel

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Praised by my own all-time favourite fantasy author, Robin Hobb — who said that An Ember in the Ashes “Keeps one reading long after the lights should have been out”— this book certainly started the series on the right foot. He was on me in an instant, thrusting me flat down against my pillows. "So," he said, silkily, his hand pressed down upon my collarbone, pinning me easily to the bed . . . I was terrified . . . He shoved me hard against the bed and bent low. Don’t even get me started on how many times I had to reread a paragraph because I lost count on how many times my mind wandered while I’m reading this book. This situation almost never happened before; even on books I disliked, I didn’t have much trouble finishing them. I legit thought about the process of turning a raw potato into French Fries out of nowhere while reading this, and hey, it’s more interesting than what the pacing and romance this book put me through. As YA fantasy books go, Lonely Castle in the Mirror takes a Murakami-esque approach to narrative and world-building. Though, because it is YA fantasy, characters and events are far more universal and less surreal.

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Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children begins in Florida, with a boy named Jacob who is told fairy tales by his grandfather: tales of a strange island filled with children possessing impossible abilities. The first book in Sabaa Tahir’s Ember Quartet made a very big impression on fans of YA fantasy books. An Ember in the Ashes took the YA world by storm upon release in 2016, and for good reason.Traversing the Fold is a deadly undertaking, with the Fold being home to hostile and monstrous creatures. Bookshelves is one feature of OnlineBookClub.org; Bookshelves is found under the forums.onlinebookclub.org/shelves/ subfolder at OnlineBookClub.org. Bookshelves is only one of many features at OnlineBookClub.org. OnlineBookClub.org has many other features too. These creatures are known as nightmares, and they are born from the dreams of sleeping spirits. These spirits are dotted around the world, and Winnie’s town is home to the American Luminaries. And these six are our protagonists: a batch of fiery youths from the US, UK, Japan, and beyond, each with their own abilities and hang-ups. From here we watch these characters (each with their own edgy YA fantasy name) fight with and against one another for survival and success.

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Magical and practical, otherworldly and planted in the real, I could not stop reading this book and neither will you!” —Tamora Pierce You intolerable lunatic,” he snarled at me, and then he caught my face between his hands and kissed me. Novik, Naomi (2018). Uprooted. Giancola, Donato (illus.). Seattle: Grim Oak Press. ISBN 978-1944145309. This leads her to being sent, by a rebel faction, to the empire’s military academy as a mole. From here, the tropes of YA fantasy really set in. Together, these are two of the most exciting YA fantasy books to come out of Japan, or anywhere in the world for that matter.

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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

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Once again, I like assholes. I like anti-heroes, but they have to self-redeeming. The "Dragon" in this book is none such. I found myself reading and rereading the various passages. More than an image clearly formed in my mind, I felt what Agnieszka felt. I could have been her: I'm glad," I said, with an effort, refusing to let my mouth close up with jealousy. It wasn't that I wanted a husband and a baby; I didn't, or rather, I only wanted them the way I wanted to live to a hundred someday, far off, never thinking about the particulars. But they meant life: she was living, and I wasn't.”His name tasted of fire and wings, of curling smoke, of subtlety and strength and the rasping whisper of scales. He eyed me and said stiffly, "Don't land yourself into a boiling-pot, and as difficult as you may find it, try and present a respectable appearance.” But there was darkness in Uprooted that you don't encounter in most of the fairytales. There were brutal murders, desperation, hatred and rage, and the good guys didn't always win. There wasn't a Prince Charming, only a grumpy, sassy wizard who was irritated most of the times and he couldn't remember what being a human felt like. Thousands were slaughtered due to one man's certainty and ambition. And the wizards weren't good or evil, just opportunists, devoid of love. And Agnieszka? A flawed, stubborn girl with a good heart and iron will, unable to hate even her worst enemies, a dedicated friend and daughter, and a different kind of hope. Lastly, the magic system is uber ridiculous. There were no limitations or repercussions to it; Agony could’ve conjured Geralt of Rivia, Gundam, Doraemon, or a massive spaceship, and it would still work. She’s a Mary Sue; there’s no proper explanation given to how her magic worked. She only needed to speak the words she has read, and she would be able to cast anything. I didn’t feel any intensity from the action and the battle scenes anymore because of this. I pity the tree used to create this novel. He wasn’t a person, he was a lord and a wizard, a strange creature on another plane entirely, as far removed as storms and pestilence.” It is owned and run by an ancient magician with the Tempest-inspired name of Prospero, who takes on an apprentice to pit against the ward of his eternal rival.

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It's nor here nor there. I'm going to steal a bit from Chester and say this is the epitome of Blur Rating.He snorted. “He thinks killing a day-old hydra has made him a hero.” None of the songs had ever mentioned the Vandalus Hydra being one day old: it diminished the story more than a little.”