A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin

3.89 AVERAGE

itsevie13's review against another edition

3.5
adventurous challenging mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
I found the writing style of this book incredibly hard to get into. It felt as if it had been written far earlier than  the 70s and the narration felt very distant from any of the characters. After an initial slog through the first third of the book, I did get used to the stile and the plot picked up a little. The world building is very cool and a wide area is traversed which is good if you like epic or quest type fantasy. I did however find the ending a little unsatisfying and not as big a showdown as I was expecting, I think this was in part again due to the style of writing. It was a nice book but I'm not sure it would be the first thing I'd recommend to anyone.

moawennerberg's review against another edition

3.5
adventurous tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

robotshin's review against another edition

3.5
adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

torfi's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious tense 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: Complicated
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ayabubblebutt's review against another edition

3.5
challenging emotional inspiring reflective 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: Yes

nstevens0309's review against another edition

5.0
adventurous medium-paced
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

cantorlope's review against another edition

4.25
adventurous mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mossbaby's review against another edition

3.75
adventurous dark inspiring mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
A solid high fantasy book and very classic. I love Ursula’s prose and found this water filled world fun and intriguing. I went in to reading this with low expectations as it her YA fantasy book but found it to be darker than expected. 

lunox's review against another edition

4.5
adventurous hopeful lighthearted mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

invinciblecat's review against another edition

4.0
emotional reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes