Reviews

Planeta de exilio by Ursula K. Le Guin

araby's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

magratajostiernos's review

3.0

3,5
A pesar de mi horrible edición con espantosa traducción he logrado disfrutar de este libro gracias a la grandeza de Ursula K Le Guin.
No se convertirá en una de mis historias preferidas de esta autora, pero como siempre, merece muchísimo la pena.
Se trata más bien de una novela corta (200 páginas) en las que asistimos a la unión obligada de dos especies abocadas a la destrucción por culpa de una gran amenaza. 'Planeta de exilio' trata sobre el beneficio del mestizaje, de la unión de culturas, que puede ser la verdadera clave para la supervivencia.
Una vez más me maravilla la cantidad de temas interesantes y complejos que trata la autora en medio de una trama aparentemente sencilla y superficial.
¿Tendremos alguna vez una (re)edición de TODOS los libros y relatos que componen el ciclo Ekumen en español? Porque vamos, LO NECESITAMOS.

****Como todas las historias que componen este ciclo es una historia autoconclusiva

aloy's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

gingerine's review against another edition

medium-paced

3.5

1outside's review against another edition

2.0

This novel was not my cup of tea but it was short and quite well written, that's why I was able to finish it. :)
As I don't normally read Sci-fi (used to a bit more years ago) and Fantasy, I quite can't find the line between these two genres...Planet of Exile is labeled as Science Fiction but to me it seems more like Fantasy, which I've never been too keen on (exept for His Dark Materials).
Anyway, I'll maybe try other of LeGuin's books in the future.

nebbit's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

4.0

cyireadbooks's review against another edition

2.0

Well...I don't get what the attraction is. Perhaps I need to start with the first book in the series -- Rocannon's World.

yiannakin's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

ibexian's review against another edition

fast-paced

4.25

kaymrenee's review against another edition

adventurous reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

If there is any book by Le Guin that I've read thus far which clearly shows her upbringing under 2 anthropologists, it is this one. While other stories of hers challenge or subvert our expectations on gender, race, and class by directly choosing to not follow the modern cultural norms in western society from which she wrote, Planet of Exile chooses to display those biases and bigotries through the characters and in doing so challenges the reader to consider their own. Le Guin, through characters on two sides of a cultural divide, similarly challenges traditional anthropological paradigms in an almost post-modernist critique of the classification of societies and culture. I cannot more highly recommend this book to Le Guin fans, and to those exploring her works for the first time.