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albullington 's review for:
A Wizard of Earthsea
by Ursula K. Le Guin
I had to force myself to finish this. The imagery of Sparrowhawk chasing the shadow around is cool, but it’s also monotonous. There doesn’t seem to be a ton of character development, aside from some minimal learnings about how foolish he was when he was younger. Vetch is there to carry the plot along and only has a supporting role, no will of his own. The scene with the dragons was probably the coolest imagery, but even that had no particular challenge or fear of the hero losing. For these reasons, the book didn’t grip me.