Reviews - Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea

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Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea

Ursula K. Le Guin

4.16 AVERAGE

gabbyluther's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional inspiring slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

sugarpop's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

better_possible_worlds's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I can't wait to read this book again. I loved it

legonora's review against another edition

5.0

inspiring

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

The best of the series/the most interesting in the series

prolid's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

alex_wordweaver's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This one was also good and definitely marked a shift in Earthsea's pattern of things; it's definitely the start of a different part of the series, like a second trilogy within the sextet. The difference in writing style threw me off a bit, with all the half-started sentences, and made it a little less than the usual 4 for me.

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froudy's review against another edition

5.0

A profoundly human fantasy story, following the twilight years of young heroes after their “happily ever after” faded, in a fading world shaped by their actions.

A truly stunning look at aging, dying, legacies and what it means to outlive the different lives you’ve had. Somehow, despite being decades old, every book by Ursula is a breath of fresh air into the genre. There really isn't any one like her. And this might just be my favourite.

wcrobi's review against another edition

5.0

The most proper and fitting subversion of the typical hero-trope fantasy I’ve ever read. I keep thinking it couldn’t get better, and then Le Guin goes

stellersjake's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional reflective relaxing tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Yes

Best Earthsea yet.

pik_d's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark hopeful reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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