A review by achingallover
The Word for World Is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

The first chapter, in Davidson's head, is viserally uncomfortable. He's so awful, as he must be to represent a number people. The switches in POV were used really effectively to drive the plot, and also because you could see how one POV's actions would impact another, even if they did not. It's a short book, but there is so much packed in there. I felt such grief for the Earth, as well as Athshe. 
The final conversation between Selver and Lepennon gave me shivers.
"There is no use pretending, now, that we do not know how to kill one another."..."But you must not pretend to have reasons to kill one another." Says so much without saying it.
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