Reviews

Sürgün Gezegeni by Ursula K. Le Guin

pictusfish's review against another edition

3.0

Not my favorite hainish novel but still worth reading just because she's such a good writer.

diotcoke's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful

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

3.25

katybug25's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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? It's complicated

4.25

neostellar's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

flowerbeast's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

zelos's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful medium-paced

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

3.0

it didn't grab me as much as the later Hainish cycle books do, but it was still a solid read. it's fun to compare these earlier books to the later ones - there's a world of difference between Planet of Exile and The Word for World is Forest for example.

e_money_the_cat's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense 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

dunecello's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

3.0

readingphoebe's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful tense 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? Yes

4.0

grayjay's review against another edition

3.0

This fast yet thoughtful volume of the Hainish Cycle plays in themes of race and othering. A colony of humans have been stranded without contact for hundreds of years on a planet that is host to a better adapted species of humanoid.

The second of her Hainish novels, like Roccanon's World, this seemed simpler and less developed than her later novels like The Left Hand of Darkness.