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4.28 AVERAGE
4.28 AVERAGE
hopeful
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
This should be mandatory to read in schools. So succinctly captures the ideals hopes and contradictions of the anarchist left and a capitalist existence.
‘Revolution is our obligation: our hope of evolution. “The Revolution is in the individual spirit, or it is nowhere. It is for all, or it is nothing. If it is seen as having any end, it will never truly begin.”’
‘Revolution is our obligation: our hope of evolution. “The Revolution is in the individual spirit, or it is nowhere. It is for all, or it is nothing. If it is seen as having any end, it will never truly begin.”’
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Shevek comes from the “anarchist” moon of Anarres and visits the planet his people once escaped from, Urras. Urras looks very familiar to us, yet the book is told mostly through Shevek’s eyes, which are familiar only with the culture he grew up in.
It’s a fascinating, heavy book. It takes a while to get into, but once I was in I was captivated. The writing is dense and full of ideas. I don’t think you can get through it without having a new view of things. Le Guin’s writing is, as always, sparse and often beautiful.
It’s a fascinating, heavy book. It takes a while to get into, but once I was in I was captivated. The writing is dense and full of ideas. I don’t think you can get through it without having a new view of things. Le Guin’s writing is, as always, sparse and often beautiful.
adventurous
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A close contender for my favorite of Le Guin's. Also the only credible example of an anarchist utopia I know of. I've reread this one three times now.