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The Dispossessed

Ursula K. Le Guin

4.28 AVERAGE


To be whole is to be part; true voyage is return.
adventurous challenging reflective 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
challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated

This is a story that will stick with me. Anarchy as an individually fueled collectivism as an idea is something ide never considered. 

Ursula is my Odo. 
adventurous informative inspiring 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
emotional 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: N/A
adventurous challenging 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: Complicated
adventurous reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I could not get into this book. It's so slow and confusing that I can't find a plot to keep my interest. Maybe I'll return one day but it's not likely.
challenging reflective slow-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
challenging emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes

This book means everything to me. This isn't a book you read for its plot, or its characters, or even its excellent prose. It's a book you read to practice thinking differently, in the hopes of someday tearing down the wall in your mind and learning, at last, to live differently.