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> Genre: Fantasy > Climbing, forever trying/Find your way out of the wild, wild wood.*

Climbing, forever trying/Find your way out of the wild, wild wood.*

December 1, 2015 by scootsa1000 3 Comments

As a fairly dedicated Cannonballer, I am embarrassed that it took me so long to read Uprooted.

After Hillary M, yesknopemaybe, narfna, alwaysanswerb, Quorren, Caitlin, crystalclear, Malin, and ElCicco all gave this book either 4 or 5 stars, I should have downloaded without hesitation, or gone out to the bookstore and bought it. But I didn’t. I waited around for my library to finally get it, and put my name on the list. And I forgot about it.

And then it was my turn. And the librarian said to me, “hey, that looks interesting. What’s it about?” And because I am an idiot, I just said, “I’m not really sure, but I heard it was good. Maybe some sort of fairy tale?”

When what I should have told him was, “Yes, this is a fairly tale. But also? This is the greatest folk tale I’ve ever had the pleasure of reading. This is a heartbreaking love story. This is a book about the power of friendship. This book is scary, and funny, and I wish it had gone on forever.”

I brought it home and opened it up.

And I came up for air 100 pages later, only because I had to pick my kids up from the bus stop. I read it while getting Thanksgiving dinner ready. I read it at the gym. I immersed myself in this story.

I don’t want to say too much about this book, other than that it is a nearly perfect specimen of writing. The words, the language, the story, and the characters are vibrant and alive.

*I kept listening to this song while I was reading this. I thought it was somewhat appropriate.

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Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: CBR7, Naomi novik, Scootsa1000, uprooted

Post by scootsa1000 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: CBR7, Naomi novik, Scootsa1000, uprooted ·
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Comments

  1. Malin says

    December 1, 2015 at 11:59 am

    Better late than never. It’s such a good book. Going in my Top 10 of 2015 for sure.

    Reply
  2. alwaysanswerb says

    December 1, 2015 at 12:27 pm

    This book is EVERYTHING and I’m glad you loved it too!

    Reply
  3. narfna says

    December 1, 2015 at 1:49 pm

    Soooooooo gooooood.

    Reply

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