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blockonthenewkid 's review for:
Planet of Exile
by Ursula K. Le Guin
A solid 3/5.
Interesting world, and ominous in the Hainish Cycle, that the League of All Worlds has gone quiet.
The societies and HILFs seen on Werel are at first interesting, but devolve slowly to being a little bland. An interesting concept that could have been explored more like in Karhide with LHoD.
The book also loses marks for being surprisingly sexist, which surprises me for a Le Guin work, but apparently she has spoken to this previously and acknowledges that she fell too easily into traditional gendered roles here in Planet of Exile.
At it's heart, the novel appears to be love at first sight blended with sci-fi & a Romeo/Juliet dichotomy thrown in, however a deeper reading gives insight into survival instincts and adapting to your environs, overcoming and dealing with biases. A much more sci-fi focused story than the previous, but it didn't capture the same breathy adventure, or lingering sadness that Rocannon's World had for me.
Interesting world, and ominous in the Hainish Cycle, that the League of All Worlds has gone quiet.
The societies and HILFs seen on Werel are at first interesting, but devolve slowly to being a little bland. An interesting concept that could have been explored more like in Karhide with LHoD.
The book also loses marks for being surprisingly sexist, which surprises me for a Le Guin work, but apparently she has spoken to this previously and acknowledges that she fell too easily into traditional gendered roles here in Planet of Exile.
At it's heart, the novel appears to be love at first sight blended with sci-fi & a Romeo/Juliet dichotomy thrown in, however a deeper reading gives insight into survival instincts and adapting to your environs, overcoming and dealing with biases. A much more sci-fi focused story than the previous, but it didn't capture the same breathy adventure, or lingering sadness that Rocannon's World had for me.