A review by sarahjsnider
Very Far Away from Anywhere Else by Ursula K. Le Guin

3.0

I appreciated the ideas of friendship and loneliness and struggling with expectations and anti-intellectualism that are being addressed. I didn't like the mannered tone of the narration--it read like "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas," not like a teenage boy. And Owen's struggles with his feelings for Natalie were mostly glossed over. His struggles didn't feel emotionally honest in the way that the early days of their friendship did.