lucasmillan 's review for:

The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin

4.0

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Ged's trilogy feels foundational to our not so recent anymore era of fantasy trilogies, and at the same time so different. The Farthest Shore could be read as its own story, the dawn of Arren, the dusk of Ged, another episode in the wide history of the Archpelago. It's the most straightforward structurally and thematically, with a clear goal that resonates through the protagonist's journey. And yet, it doesn't lose its evocative power, even when you don't quite agree with its moral propositions; they always feel grandiose and honest and well intentioned.

I really wish I had read these books as a teenager, but I'm happy to be reading them now.