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Planet of Exile by Ursula K. Le Guin
4.0
adventurous dark mysterious 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: Yes

Planet of Exile does something amazing with cultural differences between civilizations. There is a fundamental alienness, a shifting of boundaries and mores when the colonists and the natives encounter one another. Things that cannot be surmounted, and things that they must try. This story of resource competition and accidental bonding is hard to put down.