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4.04 AVERAGE
4.04 AVERAGE
adventurous
reflective
fast-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:
Complicated
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
"Would you have the sea grow still and the tides cease to save one wave, to save yourself? Would you give up the craft of your hands, and the passion of your heart, and the hunger of your mind, to buy safety?"
MY HEART
MY HEART
adventurous
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is what fantasy should always feel like.
Long, epic journeys that lead their heroes to come into themselves. Wise wizards and philosophical discussions. New, wondrous places and cultures to be explored. Challenges of life and death, endless seas full of miracles, and, of course, dragons.
There was an age-old tune of tales told around the campfire to this book, and yet, it also felt fresh and new and magical. Truly a gem of fantasy and the reminder that I shouldn't let another year pass before I pick up the next Eathsea book.
It's so good!
Long, epic journeys that lead their heroes to come into themselves. Wise wizards and philosophical discussions. New, wondrous places and cultures to be explored. Challenges of life and death, endless seas full of miracles, and, of course, dragons.
There was an age-old tune of tales told around the campfire to this book, and yet, it also felt fresh and new and magical. Truly a gem of fantasy and the reminder that I shouldn't let another year pass before I pick up the next Eathsea book.
It's so good!
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
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:
Complicated
adventurous
Slow and ponderous, sure. And genius. Such an amazing walk. I will read this book again.
adventurous
mysterious
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
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
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
كانت ثقيلة، أثقل من سابقتها وأكثر ظلمة، استوحى ميازاكي فلم Legend of Erathsea من هذه القصة وأجزاء أخرى، لكن أساسها جاء من هذه، عل التالية تكون أكثر تسلية...
Lovely, as the previous Earthsea books have been. As all Le Guin is.
In Book 3, Ged/Sparrowhawk is now Archmage of, er, Earthsea - whatever the main map is about - and is summoned, by Handsome Young Prince Arren, to look into a general problem that people are observing: a great sickness is eating away at the outer lands. Wizards are losing their mojo. Crops are dying. People are being weird. SICK LAND.
Ged has kind of an inkling of what's up and, after Arren is moved to bow down and pledge himself ("MY LIEGE!") to him, enlists Arren as his squire in what is essentially a long road movie. They pass through a variety of islands in this island world. There's the sad, shitty island where everyone's addicted to a type of opium, the market sucks, and Ged + Arren meet a messed-up, wild-eyed wizard who speaks in riddles. There's the sad, aggro town where they can't dye their silks very well anymore, everyone gets sort of pathetically mad, and they meet a messed-up, wild-eyed wizard who speaks in riddles (yes, another one). There's lots of sea travel. There's an awesome boat society interlude. There are dragons. I won't spoil anymore.
Anyway, the magic of Le Guin's fantasy is how richly tactile it is, and how ponderously wise. As I've said before, it's better Tolkien than Tolkien. This one felt a bit like T.H. White's Once and Future King, in that it combined a genuine feeling of Legend with a genuine feeling of mundane, quotidian humanity. Good values!
Lovely and lovely. I read it also with a parental eye, thinking what age might be appropriate to introduce Earthsea to a kid. There's some deep meditations on mortality, human folly, and one very gross (and scary) scene of violence, so maybe tweens.
In Book 3, Ged/Sparrowhawk is now Archmage of, er, Earthsea - whatever the main map is about - and is summoned, by Handsome Young Prince Arren, to look into a general problem that people are observing: a great sickness is eating away at the outer lands. Wizards are losing their mojo. Crops are dying. People are being weird. SICK LAND.
Ged has kind of an inkling of what's up and, after Arren is moved to bow down and pledge himself ("MY LIEGE!") to him, enlists Arren as his squire in what is essentially a long road movie. They pass through a variety of islands in this island world. There's the sad, shitty island where everyone's addicted to a type of opium, the market sucks, and Ged + Arren meet a messed-up, wild-eyed wizard who speaks in riddles. There's the sad, aggro town where they can't dye their silks very well anymore, everyone gets sort of pathetically mad, and they meet a messed-up, wild-eyed wizard who speaks in riddles (yes, another one). There's lots of sea travel. There's an awesome boat society interlude. There are dragons. I won't spoil anymore.
Anyway, the magic of Le Guin's fantasy is how richly tactile it is, and how ponderously wise. As I've said before, it's better Tolkien than Tolkien. This one felt a bit like T.H. White's Once and Future King, in that it combined a genuine feeling of Legend with a genuine feeling of mundane, quotidian humanity. Good values!
Lovely and lovely. I read it also with a parental eye, thinking what age might be appropriate to introduce Earthsea to a kid. There's some deep meditations on mortality, human folly, and one very gross (and scary) scene of violence, so maybe tweens.