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A review by nb_leftist
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
challenging
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Another one I’ve been wanting to read for a while.
I cannot tell you how impressed I am. I knew it was going to be good but this is so much better than I could have imagined. A lot of the book is written as an ethnography and I fucking love cultural anthropology. Crazy commentary on love, culture, gender, anarchism, Taoism, war, and civilization. The copy I had came with an essay about the novel as an afterword which I think did a good job of placing it in a more contemporary/current context.
I cannot tell you how impressed I am. I knew it was going to be good but this is so much better than I could have imagined. A lot of the book is written as an ethnography and I fucking love cultural anthropology. Crazy commentary on love, culture, gender, anarchism, Taoism, war, and civilization. The copy I had came with an essay about the novel as an afterword which I think did a good job of placing it in a more contemporary/current context.