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Uprooted by Naomi Novik
Sep. 14th, 2015 06:48 amI finally read Uprooted, by Naomi Novik! I know some of you have read it, because I remember seeing posts about it on my flist/DW (which I avoided reading at the time for spoiler reasons). Come talk to me about it!
I really enjoyed it! I loved the world, especially that it was a fantasy world built around Eastern Europe, which is not something you see much in Western/English-language fantasy (actually, the only other one I can think of is CJ Cherryh's Rusalka). I assume from the author's surname that she's drawing on her own cultural history here. And I loved the characters and relationships. Generally I found it unputdownable a lot of the time. I haven't been reading a whole lot of fantasy lately, and this reminded me how hard good fantasy can pull me in.
( Not huge spoilers so much as general reactions )
I really enjoyed it! I loved the world, especially that it was a fantasy world built around Eastern Europe, which is not something you see much in Western/English-language fantasy (actually, the only other one I can think of is CJ Cherryh's Rusalka). I assume from the author's surname that she's drawing on her own cultural history here. And I loved the characters and relationships. Generally I found it unputdownable a lot of the time. I haven't been reading a whole lot of fantasy lately, and this reminded me how hard good fantasy can pull me in.
( Not huge spoilers so much as general reactions )