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flyingfox02 's review for:
The Dispossessed
by Ursula K. Le Guin
First time reading Ursula K. Le Guin and I took it very seriously indeed. I always had a pencil at the ready and took care not to crease the spine of my paperback, which made it difficult to underline stuff.. and I was underlining a lot! This book is chock full of ideas, and it was so gratifying to finally read an author beloved by many, and understanding what the fuss is about.
In this book we follow Shevek, a scientist from Anarres, the moon of planet Urras. Anarres is an anarchist-communist society. There is no government, money, nor taxes. Meanwhile Urras is more reminiscent of our Earth with its capitalistic ways. Contact had been severely limited between the two worlds and Shevek is the first person from Anarres to visit Urras. Chapters alternate between his past on Anarres and his present on Urras. I liked the Anarres chapters the most, because it's unlike anything I've ever read before. Thinking about the What Ifs of our world tickled my brain in the best way.
I don't have any complaints about this book. I think it does perfectly what it set out to do. A perfect book, but not a perfect rating, because I'm learning that 5 star books need to move me in some way. As much as I enjoyed this one, there was nothing for my heart to latch on to, if that makes sense. Who knows, maybe this will change as I read more.
In this book we follow Shevek, a scientist from Anarres, the moon of planet Urras. Anarres is an anarchist-communist society. There is no government, money, nor taxes. Meanwhile Urras is more reminiscent of our Earth with its capitalistic ways. Contact had been severely limited between the two worlds and Shevek is the first person from Anarres to visit Urras. Chapters alternate between his past on Anarres and his present on Urras. I liked the Anarres chapters the most, because it's unlike anything I've ever read before. Thinking about the What Ifs of our world tickled my brain in the best way.
I don't have any complaints about this book. I think it does perfectly what it set out to do. A perfect book, but not a perfect rating, because I'm learning that 5 star books need to move me in some way. As much as I enjoyed this one, there was nothing for my heart to latch on to, if that makes sense. Who knows, maybe this will change as I read more.