5erinnicole 's review for:

Tehanu by Ursula K. Le Guin

3.0

adventurous dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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In a lot of ways this felt like feminism 101: the novel. I really enjoyed the first 3, but found that this one really stepped out of the format and also still didn’t really challenge the Earthsea status quo. 

I found all of the discussions of

rape

in this novel to border on gratuitous for YA. I also found the

age gap relationship that appeared

horrifying. I prayed that it wasn’t going that way. But of course it did.  

Sometimes I think being a teacher ruins my ability to enjoy YA. Because part of me still can’t figure out what young person this book is for.