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A review by mint_renegade
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
adventurous
dark
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
A time capsule, slow to unravel. Intimacy in outer space. Less about plot, more about the personal and political implications of, well, life.
The author admitted to being haunted by the pronouns; it permeated one or two of my own reveries. The he/him of it all, intended to neutralize, did more to dilute the verasity of the thought experiment.
Credit where credit is due, a novel published in the 1960s disecting the gender binary can't be anything but a net positive.
Compare the climate here with that In Dune?
The author admitted to being haunted by the pronouns; it permeated one or two of my own reveries. The he/him of it all, intended to neutralize, did more to dilute the verasity of the thought experiment.
Credit where credit is due, a novel published in the 1960s disecting the gender binary can't be anything but a net positive.
Compare the climate here with that In Dune?