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A review by reads2cope
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
4.0
Only the third Le Guin I've read, and the parts I disliked were the same things I disliked in Left Hand of Darkness - a strange focus on sex and too much time debating complex politics (in Left Hand) and physics (in Dispossessed)
I also was confused by the flashbacks at the beginning, possibly because I listened to it rather than having an eBook or physical copy. However, the way anarchism is described on Annares, and especially contrasted with the capitalism on Urras, was very interesting. I hated Shevek, which by the time he gets to Vea's party I hope the reader is supposed to do, but still, even that felt like a push too far. However, the last third of the book really paid off and the excitement of the ending might get me to continue the Hainish Cycle... we shall see.
I also was confused by the flashbacks at the beginning, possibly because I listened to it rather than having an eBook or physical copy. However, the way anarchism is described on Annares, and especially contrasted with the capitalism on Urras, was very interesting. I hated Shevek, which by the time he gets to Vea's party I hope the reader is supposed to do, but still, even that felt like a push too far. However, the last third of the book really paid off and the excitement of the ending might get me to continue the Hainish Cycle... we shall see.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Classism
Moderate: Bullying
Minor: Abandonment