A review by obviousthings
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

Did not finish book. Stopped at 17%.
Le Guin’s worldbuilding is excellent, and the political messages in the book are interesting, but when the characters discuss gender there’s so much bioessentialism that I find it kind of exhausting to read. I’m sure that’s par for the course for something written 50 years ago, and the book doesn’t necessarily condone that kind of thinking (e.g. some really misogynistic comments are framed in a way where we’re clearly meant to question them/not take them at face value), but it’s not really something I want to put up with in my casual reading.
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