Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin

23 reviews

dwarrowdams's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

LeGuin’s writing style is still a delight, but the pacing felt really unbalanced: the beginning was slow and exposition-heavy, and then a bunch of things happened and the book ended at a weird point that left the heroine suspended between two plot arcs. Will definitely continue with the series, though, because I like the setting very much.

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement and Death

madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Colonisation, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Racism, and Confinement

alexalily's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Slavery, Child abuse, and Death

maidinnah's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective 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? Yes

5.0

As spellbinding and progressive as its prequel. As classic as A Wizard of Earthsea is, The Tombs of Atuan affected me more, focusing on a young girl grappling with a paradigm shift and

the terror of choosing freedom after a life of indoctrination into a religious cult

. Le Guin is a masterful worldbuilder and storyteller; her writing is both concise and emotionally resonant. She crams so much depth into such a short book, that it feels like sorcery. Looking forward to reading the rest of the series. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Blood, Racism, and Xenophobia

Minor: Animal death and Death

tangleroot_eli's review

adventurous slow-paced

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

I  enjoyed this one until Ged shows up. Then he’s such a patronizing asshat I almost threw the book across the room several times. “Oh, Tenar, you’re free now—as long as you go exactly where I take you and do exactly what I say!” He treats Tenar as much like a treasure as he does the Ring, and it’s super gross.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Confinement

Moderate: Torture, Murder, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Bullying, Xenophobia, and Sexism

Minor: Child abuse, Racism, and Slavery

Graphic: Darkness

marlamackoul's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Murder

lilaceous's review

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

2.5

characters - ⭐️

plot - ⭐️

engaging to read - .5⭐️

would recommend - 

would read again - 

eh. the protagonist is interesting and her story feels unique, but overall it was just a little boring and a little lackluster.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Slavery, and Death

yourbookishbff's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Child abuse, and Trafficking

Moderate: Xenophobia, Death, Murder, and Religious bigotry

abijmieds's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Religious bigotry, and Death

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Death, and Animal cruelty

nytephoenyx's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

3.0

This book is… fine. Nothing stunning. I want to like Ursula K. Le Guin more than I do. I like the world building, but I was kinda bored.

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Death