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4.04 AVERAGE
4.04 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Pretty good. Le Guin feels it to be her responsibility as an author to preach her world view through her stories and that's fine. But as I said in my review of the first Earthsea book, I think this tendency comes through at a cost to the quality of the story.
This book was a solid adventure. I'm still having a weirdly difficult time clicking into the series, maybe because I wasn't expecting the primary character to change with each book. I'm not NOT enjoying it, so I still plan to finish the series, but I am going to stop listening to them as audiobooks. I'm hoping the combination of old audiobook plus the non-traditional pacing of the books is what is throwing me off, and by physically reading the next one I'll enjoy it more.
One of the core themes of this book is immortality, and kept on and off giving me existential dread. Ursula had some notes on the matter at the end that blew me away. I’ll be coming back to this book in the future just ftp revisit these ideas, even though it deserves rereading for a host of other reasons.
Dragons! There are dragons in this installment of the life of Ged. Definitely recommend.
slow-paced
This third book of Earthsea was very good, and it was nice to return to the open air sailing adventure that was the iconic atmosphere of AWoE (1). The Farthest Shore's pacing felt slower to me than either of the first two books, but that may not truly be the case. That being said, the ending was worth the wait for me, and I felt satisfied with where things were left off.
As I progress further into this series, I think perhaps I begin to understand why Earthsea never entered into the same realm of notoriety as Harry Potter or some other YA fantasy classics. Le Guin's sparse storytelling and keen focus on theme/introspection is fascinating and beautiful for the right reader, but I have a hard time figuring out exactly what sort of person I aught to reccomend this book and series to. I have loved it, but I know that I lot of my immediate circle would struggle to maintain their interest without a little more direct action.
4.5/5 stars because Goodreads doesn't allow half stars.
As I progress further into this series, I think perhaps I begin to understand why Earthsea never entered into the same realm of notoriety as Harry Potter or some other YA fantasy classics. Le Guin's sparse storytelling and keen focus on theme/introspection is fascinating and beautiful for the right reader, but I have a hard time figuring out exactly what sort of person I aught to reccomend this book and series to. I have loved it, but I know that I lot of my immediate circle would struggle to maintain their interest without a little more direct action.
4.5/5 stars because Goodreads doesn't allow half stars.
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
fast-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