3.62 AVERAGE

dark mysterious 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: Complicated
emotional reflective 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

Love the premise and the siege portion of the book. Otherwise, it was less  intriguing and less fun compared with other Hainish Cycle books
adventurous emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Winter is coming the original version George rr martin could never 
adventurous reflective 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: Yes
adventurous sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced
adventurous dark reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

While not a fan favorite Le Guin novel, Planet of Exile still captured my mind. I love Ursula's depictions of societies/cultures, and the Tevarans, Terran exiles, and Gaals proved to be no exception. What has stuck with me days after finishing the book is the way she describes their gaze and eyes themselves. The firece, dark eyes of the exiles and the averting light eyes of the nomads. The stone-pounding nomads and dwindling exiles forgotten by home still sit with me as I write this review. The thought of an exiled community centuries removed from their homeworld still occupies my mind. A good book lingers, hovers over you well after reading, and this book does just that. I do think, however, that the plot is just a little bit lacking in this Le Guin novel. Lacking in what? I don't know. I don't know what to think about Rolery and Agat's relationship. I think many characters were left a little underdeveloped. But I did enjoy the openness of the ending. I'd recommend anyone remotely interested to read this shorter novel.