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challenging
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
a really trippy book. the main theme/concept of the novel is very exciting and stimulating. it stretches your mind, exploring all of it’s implications in which the world and it’s societies are structured. the world building is minimal but effusive. le guin doesn’t spend much time giving you details on the planet or it’s history. it’s a very short book that feels like it’s all plot. yet despite this i felt like i had a full understanding of the nature of life on the planet. she didn’t have to rely on cliches or tropes or exaggerations. le guins ability to be spare but effective; her capability to use every word to paint a broader believable picture is magical.
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
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:
No
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization
Moderate: Animal death, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
"and i wondered, not for the first time, what patriotism is, what the love of country truly consists of, how that yearning loyalty that had shaken my friend's voice arises, and how so real a love can become, too often, so foolish and vile a bigotry. where does it go wrong?"
adventurous
challenging
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
medium-paced
reflective
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:
Complicated
Favorite book of all time probably. Mandatory reading for anyone interested in scifi and/or gender.
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated