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4.07 AVERAGE
4.07 AVERAGE
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
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Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Incredible that Le Guin had more progressive views on gender in the 60s than a lot of people do today.
This was a really wonderful, heartfelt story. Ai and Estraven's journey through the snow will stick with me for a very long time.
This was a really wonderful, heartfelt story. Ai and Estraven's journey through the snow will stick with me for a very long time.
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Very interesting and introspective sci fi but very slow paced.
adventurous
mysterious
reflective
medium-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
sad
tense
medium-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
The best one yet. Contained a lot of interesting yet depressing themes, whilst forever staying hopeful and inspired.
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-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:
Complicated
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
challenging
dark
hopeful
slow-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
le guin’s scintillating prose, detailed worldbuilding, and fascinating characters help envisage a world without gender and of varying cultures that somehow still offer insight to modern-day Earth. even in very bleak circumstances, le guin crafts intimate moments and injects them with such compassion so that you deeply understand the characters and believe that they’ll get through.
a classic of science-fiction, and rightly so.
a classic of science-fiction, and rightly so.
adventurous
challenging
dark
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I doubt I will ever not love a book from Le Guin. This one deserves all the hype. Truly amazing in all aspects.
5 stars to this incredibly imaginative tale by Ursula K. Le Guin! I am new to the realm of science fiction although less so to speculative fiction. I always thought that science fiction was usually disturbing like Vonnegut's Harrison Bergeron but was delightedly surprised by the tenderness of Le Guin's characters.
The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of Genly Ai, an envoy to the Ekumen (kind of like the UN but for worlds instead of nations) who comes to a planet called Gethen (Winter) where gender does not exist. There he meets Estraven the prime minister of Karhide. The relationship between Genly and Estraven is one of the most complex and interesting I've seen in a novel and the poignancy of the story sneaks up on you as subtle as the practice of shrifgrethor (Manners in Karhide).
The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of Genly Ai, an envoy to the Ekumen (kind of like the UN but for worlds instead of nations) who comes to a planet called Gethen (Winter) where gender does not exist. There he meets Estraven the prime minister of Karhide. The relationship between Genly and Estraven is one of the most complex and interesting I've seen in a novel and the poignancy of the story sneaks up on you as subtle as the practice of shrifgrethor (Manners in Karhide).