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Audiobook17 hours

Uprooted

Written by Naomi Novik

Narrated by Julia Emelin

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

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About this audiobook

WINNER OF THE NEBULA AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL • 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.

HUGO AWARD FINALIST • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR | BuzzFeed | Tor.com | BookPage | Library Journal | Publishers Weekly

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.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateMay 19, 2015
ISBN9780553410082
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Naomi Novik

Naomi Novik was born in New York in 1973, a first-generation American, and raised on Polish fairy tales, Baba Yaga, and Tolkien. She studied English Literature at Brown University and Computer Science at Columbia University before leaving to work in the games industry. She soon realized she preferred the writing to the programming, and decided to try her hand at novels. Temeraire was her first.Naomi lives in New York City with her husband and six computers.

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Rating: 4.353448275862069 out of 5 stars
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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Such a trip! I was whisked away to another world filled with magic and terror.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I was intrigued and enthralled throughout the entire book. It seemed like I was listening to a series, there was so much detail and fine writing. I absolutely loved this book. I hope there is a movie so I can see the magnificence of this world come to life.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    The publisher writes up this book as a fairytale like novel and that is true in its plot and also unfortunately in its somewhat lacking of characters and relatability. The first few chapters are a good depiction of vassalage. After that the plot is interesting in a story fashion rather then as a novel. The voice and bad grammar I can only assume are on purpose.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Masterpiece. Beautiful tales sawn arfully together. Sometimes slow with details, sometimes rushing forward with action. There are unexpected twists and almost nothing is as it seems first.
  • Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
    1/5
    Absolutely terrible narrator. How was this person paid for this job? Honestly, the writing is about the same. Don't waste your time unless you want a good laugh.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    A fantastic journey that tumbles you this way and that. A roller coaster of emotions and magic worth every ride.

    1 person found this helpful

  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    I enjoyed the story, but honestly had to switch to the ebook version because the narrator grated on my nerves. I think a talented narrator should be "invisible" -- disappear into the story so your mind doesn't pause to notice the strangeness of the narration. For me, this narrator was not worth it.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Rich textured. A unique spin on a tried-and-true plot. However once you get past the perspectives and the terminology you realize that the story is simple and predictable. You can see where it's headed and you can almost guess the ending. You have a dark brooding handsome magician who is training a Young apprentice. why the protagonist is textured and has some complexity the rest of the characters are linear predictable and two dimensional. there has to be more layers in order to keep this more interesting otherwise it becomes an average read.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Very good book. Caught my interest and kept it. Loved accent of narrator. Played into role very well. Only 4 stars due to predictable tropes. Still, just enough variation to keep me enthralled.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    It's an interesting story about a girl coming of age and discovering magic in a realm under siege by the woods.

    The reader has an accent but it fits the story.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Beautiful, magical, and inspiring... I loved it
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    The story was engaging but the narration ruined what would have been a 5 star book. The narrator was flat and stilted, pauses in the wrong places, emphasis on the wrong words, and emotionless throughout, like she was reading off disorganized notecards.

    I do not recommend this book in audio format.

    3 people found this helpful

  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    The only way this audio book experience could be better is if I spent the whole of its listening next to a warm fire, with winter raging outside. It feels like the kind of tale meant to be spoke aloud, like the examples of magic displayed within the story. It was thoroughly enjoyable.

    2 people found this helpful