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4.16 AVERAGE
4.16 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
fast-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
I thought we were going to go full [b:Wolverine: Old Man Logan|6238080|Wolverine Old Man Logan|Mark Millar|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1560344879l/6238080._SX50_.jpg|6420803] here, but that was only the subplot.
Widowed Tenar (long time no see!) is in Gont to see off a dying Ogion. She brings a girl who was recently beaten, raped and burned. Ged also returns to Gont from the land of the dead, meek and powerless. Happy times ahead.
Hero stories are fun because power is well distributed. In earlier entries to this series, Ged could use binding spells on dragons, sending them tumbling into the sea to their doom. He faced shadows, ancient deities and death itself, each posing as a formidable threat. But with his knowledge of wizardry, Ged always had a puncher's chance against any odd.
None of that is prevalent here. And perhaps this was the intent, as Le Guin wove into the narrative: The highest forms of power are beyond women's reach. And to that, the main threats to Tenar and Therru are not magical beings or dragons - they are men.
I did not come into this book prepared. There were some very upsetting events that made it a more tedious task to read than its predecessors, but I fully acknowledge its importance in the Earthsea saga.
Widowed Tenar (long time no see!) is in Gont to see off a dying Ogion. She brings a girl who was recently beaten, raped and burned. Ged also returns to Gont from the land of the dead, meek and powerless. Happy times ahead.
Hero stories are fun because power is well distributed. In earlier entries to this series, Ged could use binding spells on dragons, sending them tumbling into the sea to their doom. He faced shadows, ancient deities and death itself, each posing as a formidable threat. But with his knowledge of wizardry, Ged always had a puncher's chance against any odd.
None of that is prevalent here. And perhaps this was the intent, as Le Guin wove into the narrative: The highest forms of power are beyond women's reach. And to that, the main threats to Tenar and Therru are not magical beings or dragons - they are men.
I did not come into this book prepared. There were some very upsetting events that made it a more tedious task to read than its predecessors, but I fully acknowledge its importance in the Earthsea saga.
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
My favorite earthsea so far. I actually feel like struggling through the first 3 might have been worth it for this book. It is a deep exploration of womanhood and power.
adventurous
challenging
dark
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
I am so happy that the series returns to Tenar in this way! I was expecting another long adventure in this book, but a lot of it was bedded in the real detail of a practical life well-lived, which was lovely.
Le Guin writes evil so well at every scale - the small wrongs people commit against each other every day and the great evils that threaten goodness itself - and her characters don't treat it as inevitable, which I love.
Lots in here to muse on about womanhood, loss and justice.
Le Guin writes evil so well at every scale - the small wrongs people commit against each other every day and the great evils that threaten goodness itself - and her characters don't treat it as inevitable, which I love.
Lots in here to muse on about womanhood, loss and justice.
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
My least favourite so far. The third act felt rushed. Outside of that, I felt it as meditative and profound in the quiet moments as the rest of them. This book really benefits from it afterword