Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin

13 reviews

arcturus_b's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

I really liked this book. It's very different from the books I normally read (mostly modern fantasy), which was very refreshing. The pacing us different, too. It feels slow, but very focused. I liked that, too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Death

Moderate: Misogyny, Xenophobia, Slavery, Animal death, and Confinement

marsh_mall0w's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexism

Moderate: Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Slavery, and Violence

Minor: Child abuse and Suicidal thoughts

monahed's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

lillucys's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

In A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K Le Guin, Ged enters wizard school and becomes a young boy with an innate ability in casting spells into a fully fledged wizard. However, he makes a big mistake and suffers the consequences. 

He follows the shadow creature that he released across his known world and out to the edges of the open sea of Earthsea, in his attempt to correct his terrible mistake, regardless of what the cost will be. 

This was an different read for me, as I am not a fan of reading fantasy books. I gave it 3 stars. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

caitlincrtr's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, Gore, and Violence

Minor: Death, Animal death, and Murder

thewitchwhoisabook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

I only don't give this a 5 because I was a bit irritated by some of the inconsistent naming conventions/ unbelievable names. Otherwise, it's some of the best in the genre, which is especially amazing considering it's also seminal in the genre. Comforting, warm, and the language is beautiful. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death and Injury/Injury detail

alexalily's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, and Violence

onalark's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Misogyny

Minor: Medical content, Suicide attempt, and Physical abuse

nerdkitten's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Medical content, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Child death, Animal death, Body horror, Infidelity, War, Death, and Slavery

Minor: Child abuse, Excrement, Misogyny, Xenophobia, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Bullying

rieviolet's review against another edition

adventurous reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

It has been a really long time since I've read any fantasy book (it used to be my most read genre during my teenage years), so I started reading with very few expectations and I have to say I was very pleasantly surprised.

I really liked Le Guin's writing style and worldbuilding. Most of all, I really appreciated how she subtly but effectively wove the different themes into the main character's coming of age story. 

I look forward to slowly making my way through the entire series. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Violence, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Minor: War, Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Death of parent