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A review by lizshayne
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
challenging
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
My previous review, which was on the printed edition of the book, was from 2009. That was a while and I’ve been meaning to reread this forever because I could not remember what happened.
I’m beginning to understand why. It’s not exactly a story about things happening (Shevek would be rolling his eyes right now) but a story about what it is to have things happen.
I don’t know. It’s gorgeous in Le Guin’s inimitable fashion and I am not the same person I was at 22–though I am contiguous with her—and the same is true of the world. And Le Guin is gone. And I wonder which of those changes is shaping my response most.
I’m beginning to understand why. It’s not exactly a story about things happening (Shevek would be rolling his eyes right now) but a story about what it is to have things happen.
I don’t know. It’s gorgeous in Le Guin’s inimitable fashion and I am not the same person I was at 22–though I am contiguous with her—and the same is true of the world. And Le Guin is gone. And I wonder which of those changes is shaping my response most.