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A deliberately paced, thoughtfully written political discourse on what a realistic anarchy might look like. There’s heavy conjecture on made up theories in high level theoretical physics that sometimes felt excessive while reading, but in retrospect I think it wonderfully enhanced Shevek’s character narrative and served up some fun metaphors for his and the Odonian political philosophies. There’s a lot of set up in the first half of the book, but patience is rewarded as the second half flies by. I don’t reread books but I think this is one I’ll have to revisit, it feels like it was meant to be read multiple times.

jjouzephine's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? No

4.5

doctoracula's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

hollypatience's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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

coraboric's review against another edition

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5.0

I wanted to highlight most of every page, especially in the first and third parts. Le Guin is an unparalleled author, and there is no one else like her. The way Le Guin writes about living between capitalism, socialism, individual v collective thought and progress - it's timeless, but it also suggests a different way of living entirely might be necessary. Why choose between two? Why does what we choose to live in have to already been tried?

It's hard for me to wrote about Le Guin, as you can see. Just read it!

nanaundnana's review against another edition

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adventurous informative inspiring medium-paced

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

5.0

poppelin's review against another edition

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5.0

Tanke- och längtansväckande berättelse med vackert, näst intill poetiskt språk.

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