anyberg 's review for:

The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin

4.5

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

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The grand teacher/apprentice journey of the trilogy. Beautiful discussions of what power is and isn’t and what it means to use it. Arren is a great vehicle for the weight-of-responsibility, must-grow-up-too-quickly adolescent archetype. Thoughtful, passionate, difficult consequences and lessons