Reviews

A Very Long Way From Anywhere Else by Ursula K. Le Guin

klembot's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

2.0

valhecka's review against another edition

4.0

This is really beautiful - a novella more than a full novel, but so clean in how it describes the messiness of being a teenager who doesn't fit. Le Guin is just as exacting and loving toward modern-day human Earth teenagers as she is to any of her fictional species.

peiman198913's review against another edition

5.0

دورتر از هر جای دیگر، ولی نزدیکتر از هر کتاب دیگه به خود من، شاید اگه مثل بقیه‌ی کتابها میخواستم ستاره بدم حق این کتاب بیشتر از ۳.۵ نبود ولی از همون اول که شروع به خوندن کردم انگار خود منه، شاید بیش از ۹۰ درصد این اتفاقات دقیقا برام پیش اومده و برای همین من خیلی این کتاب رو دوست داشتم. یکمی برای من شبیه به ناطوردشت بود. داستان پسری درونگرا به اسم «اون» که شاکیه از اینکه برای دیده شدن و تایید شدن حتما باید همرنگ جماعت بشه و بعد دوستی به اسم «ناتالی» پیدا می‌کنه و اتفاقات دیگه....ه

قسمتی از متن کتاب:
ارتباط با دیگران هیچ چیز عاید آدم نمی‌کرد. من تنها بودم. همیشه تنها بودم. در آن چند مدت با او توانستم تظاهر کنم که تنها نیستم، اما در واقعیت امر، بودم و سرانجام این را به او هم ثابت کردم، مجبورش کردم از من رو برگرداند و برود همان جایی که بقیه رفتند. این هم مشکل زیادی نبود. تنها بودم که بودم، مشکلی نبود، باید این را می‌پذیرفتم نه اینکه تظاهر کنم. من از آن دست آدم های نبودم که خوب با این نوع اجتماع جور در بیایم. تصور اینکه کسی من را دوست داشته باشد احمقانه است. روی چه حسابی باید من را دوست داشته باشند؟

jdanforth's review against another edition

5.0

This book changed my life as a late teenager. The clarity (typical for UKLeG) with which the author portrays the compulsion, fear, joy, and paralysis of both human love and human striving for excellence allowed me to see myself in new ways. I can't think of another book involving a romance where I identified with *both* people in the relationship.

_ana_'s review against another edition

lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.0

__mia__'s review against another edition

5.0

He recordat perquè em va agradar. Aquest cop també m'ha agradat. És interessant perquè no sé si he llegit res més de la LeGuin que no sigui fantasia o Sci-Fi.

jrug's review against another edition

4.0

I‘m ashamed to say I didn’t know about this little gem until just a few weeks back. Even though it’s completely genre-free, it’s also so beautifully Le Guin.

iggydoane's review against another edition

reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

3.25

greeniezona's review against another edition

4.0

I knew nothing about this book when I picked it up in a used bookstore, but it was tiny and by LeGuin, so what could go wrong?

I didn't really expect this lovely gem of a book. Short, but deep, it is a moving meditation on how the people around us can affect our dreams and aspirations, as well as how we can get carried away by thoughts of what we "should" want. Like all good YA, this book isn't just for teens, but could be appreciated by anyone struggling with "the practicality" of their dreams, and whether it's worth the work, the discomfort, the inconvenience to others to achieve them.

violets_library's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective tense fast-paced

3.75