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The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

4 reviews

pearrots's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gore, and Drug abuse

Minor: Incest, Suicide, Xenophobia, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, War, and Sexism

madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Slavery, Religious bigotry, Blood, Trafficking, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Vomit, Excrement, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Incest, Grief, and Gore

Moderate: Confinement, Addiction, and Child death

idajoh's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective tense slow-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

At some point I thought it contained somewhat of an internalised mysoginistic tone, however, I think it was mostly the voice of the main character, rather than the authors opinion

Overall, a very good read where you are taken to a vast world in outer space

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Excrement, and Vomit

Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Animal death, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Trafficking, and Vomit

valereads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

The Left Hand of Darkness was a beautifully written character-driven novel filled with amazing prose and a fantastically realised world more reminiscent of a high quality fantasy novel that your typical sci-fi.

I loved the world this story was set it, it was original and felt truly real. I especially loved some of the short stories in between the main story chapters which told some stories from the world in which it was set and gave the whole thing more depth.

I shall definitely be rereading this book soon and I highly recommend it even (especially?) if science fiction isn’t typically your genre.

Content warnings: exorsexism, sexism, anti-intersex slur, abuse (specifically abuse of prisoners), incest

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Incest and Transphobia

Minor: Infertility