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3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
adventurous
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
So stylistically different from my latest Le Guin read (Always Coming Home) that it took me a second to get into it, but once I did I was enthralled. Creative and thought-provoking as only Le Guin can be.
Beautiful and strange, I've never read Ursula Le Guin and perhaps incorrectly assumed she was at her publishing peak in the 70's, so I was surprised by how modern some of this book was (relatively - it was still published 20 years ago).
A travel guide to unknown dimensional planes, Le Guin captures so much of what makes us human by imagining worlds and cultures and territories that are distinctly not human.
It's charming and beautiful while also terrifying and distressing as, the older I get, the more it seems that history really does repeat itself regardless of time, place, or culture and perhaps at a fast speed than ever before.
Recommend to fans of sci fi, travel stories, fairy tales, and imagined histories.
A travel guide to unknown dimensional planes, Le Guin captures so much of what makes us human by imagining worlds and cultures and territories that are distinctly not human.
It's charming and beautiful while also terrifying and distressing as, the older I get, the more it seems that history really does repeat itself regardless of time, place, or culture and perhaps at a fast speed than ever before.
Recommend to fans of sci fi, travel stories, fairy tales, and imagined histories.
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
imaginative as always from le guin. i especially love when she talks about language and linguistics. this was an intriguing read, each chapter a different imagined plane of existence seen through the eyes of one narrator, so it reads like a travel journal. not really character-focused, however, so not super impactful for me. the repeated use of the r-slur was a bit of a jumpscare on audio though. published in 2003, but i still hate to hear it
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Minor: Child death
It was an intriguing concept, but it has too many instances of rape and violence for me to keep going.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Such a good book! I didn’t know anything about it, so to find it was sci-fi was a nice surprise. I was expecting short stories about airports, but I got something even better. It’s not quite 5 stars because a couple of the stories were boring to me, but still a good read.
Content Warnings
Minor: Body horror, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic
Abandono la lectura a poco más de la mitad, no ha llegado a interesarme, a excepción del capítulo inicial que articula el resto de relatos. Excesivamente descriptivo, hasta donde he leído se limita a describir las diferentes sociedades y culturas de los planos que visita.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated