4.5 stars
dark inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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
adventurous fast-paced
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character

This book is a fine entry in a great series. It's also the type of book that has some great ideas but leaves you wishing they were developed a little better. 
adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective 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

Each Earthsea book is so different from the others, nothing like a traditional series where every book reads the same and provides a very similar experience to the last, that I fear younger readers won’t give these masterpieces the time or attention they deserve, or they’ll be put off by encountering something very new from book to book.
adventurous dark medium-paced
Loveable characters: No
adventurous mysterious reflective 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

little 12 yo me would’ve loved this book and tbh so does 33 yo me. crisis of faith, interweaved stories, direct prose, hell yeah

Proto-lesbian? Maybe. 
adventurous dark emotional 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

3,7 ⭐️