Uprooted: A Novel

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Every ten years, a selection of six young and powerful magic users are selected by The Alexandrian Society to be initiated into its ranks, but only five will pass. One will fail. a b c El-Mohtar, Amal (24 May 2015). "Friendship, Magic And Danger Blossom In 'Uprooted' ". NPR . Retrieved 12 November 2022.

Uprooted by Naomi Novik: 9780804179058 | PenguinRandomHouse Uprooted by Naomi Novik: 9780804179058 | PenguinRandomHouse

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. The Atlas Sixis set in a world where a small percentage of our population have some kind of magical ability (think Harry Potter or The X-Men). There are magical universities for these people. I will', Prince Marek said. 'And I'll take this witch-girl of yours, and your lovely peasant [Kasia] too.'

This one treatment to Agnieszka is particularly the most terrible Sarkan had pulled out of his sleeve. Everyone knows that sorcery is evil. For Elisabeth, the dangers of sorcery are an everyday presence, as she resides in the Great Library at Austermeer, between magical grimoires that transform into monsters.

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Set in a dark, dystopian future North America, in which the continent has been sliced into thirteen districts — each with its own responsibility to the capital.The writing style for me was below average. It was mediocre, tiresome and there was absolutely nothing special about it. There were so many unnecessary paragraphs in the book, mainly consisting of pointless descriptions that I quite easily could have done without reading. This novel is too dense. It's too layered and runs from one plot to another without giving us time to digest the previous one, making this one tough cookie to swallow. When it's not the overly descriptive surroundings, it's the tedious never ending rendition of magic, one that, by the way, still left a lot to be desired.