The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

4.07 AVERAGE

sambler2796's review against another edition

5.0
challenging reflective slow-paced
Truly excellent. A gripping, complex and insightful work that challenges the roles of sex and gender in a society that ultimately has no need to distinguish them. A remarkable achievement for a book published in the late 60s. The world feels lived in despite my not understanding some of the terms, and the makes no effort to hold the reader’s hand.
Definitely a book I will have to reread.
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vientosolar's review against another edition

5.0
reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ioq's review against another edition

5.0
adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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asham4's review against another edition

4.75
adventurous emotional reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Loveable characters: Yes

neen_bean's review against another edition

3.75
adventurous tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

calialirunner's review against another edition

3.5
challenging reflective sad tense 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
I struggled with this one more than I thought I would. There was reward, especially when I would reread especially difficult chapters to follow. It's requires a lot of reflection I think, world and civilization are the main characters here. 

fifasteve92's review against another edition

2.0
challenging slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: N/A
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
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shr1ke's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 31%
I am not finding this story very interesting. It is known for it's gender portrayals, but it just seems out of date now. Additionally, the audio narrator is very bad and distracting.
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imoeia's review against another edition

3.25
adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad medium-paced
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boymolefoxhorse's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous challenging emotional 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