Reviews

The Eye of the Heron by Ursula K. Le Guin, Virginia Kidd

combimagnetron's review against another edition

adventurous reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

tashenone's review against another edition

5.0

Hope is a dangerous thing to have …

This heartbreaking story is an unfettered exposé of the cruelty of control. All intentions can be pure, every action thought out, each molecule of each person can stand resolute, refusing to bend from the path of compassion and empathy … and yet, all of that can be undone in an instant. All for the sake of control and power over others. Le Guin crafts a moving cautionary tale about the terrors that accompany attempting to exert power over other people. In beautiful writing that only this true master can conjure, we are shown exactly what happens when one man decides he is superior to another.

sealreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This might be my favorite of Le Guin's books that I've read so far! Definitely going to stay with me for a long time 

noemie_vdb's review against another edition

inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

spconn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

lumma_eck's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

louisjc's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

overdramaticsoprano's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

doomfelter's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

Le Guin has yet to disappoint me, and this book certainly did not. Such an easy but also excellent read. 

grayjay's review against another edition

3.0

An earlier independent novel of Le Guin's with many of her favourite themes. A planet called Victoria was settled as a penal colony of Earth in one wave by criminals and the wives they brought over later, and a second wave of exiled pacifist utopian. The two groups haven't fully integrated in a hundred years and the first group has begun to subjugate the second, intending to set up a feudal system and farms using the forced labour of the pacifists. A young man and woman on other side are trying to find their places in the world amid the struggle.

I found parts of it a little dull, parts of it good.