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lauramcc7's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
fast-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? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, and Religious bigotry
3eggomelet's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
slow-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
3.25
This book felt slower than its predecessor. It was boring until about halfway through, when some plot actually started. Nevertheless, I liked where it went.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Confinement, Sexism, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Animal death, Xenophobia, and Blood
meganpbell's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
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? It's complicated
4.25
Following a young sacrificial priestess of an underground labyrinth and her life-changing encounter with a thief, I liked this second book in the Earthsea series more than the first and am very curious how the next book will put the first two into perspective somehow.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Religious bigotry, and Abandonment
Minor: Slavery
nithya_natalya's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
I'd never read Ursula K. Le Guin before, and this was recommended and lent to me by a big fan of hers. Although this is second book in a series, this can definitely stand on its own. A quick and fun fantasy read that was giving abolitionist vibes for sure. I have also been in a toxic work situation for a while, so Tenar's struggle towards freedom and letting go of the thing that is trapping and killing her was highly relatable. Honestly highly relatable to anyone feeling the weight of late stage capitalism.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, and Kidnapping
libcolleen's review against another edition
dark
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
slow-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? It's complicated
5.0
Earthsea is all one book. Each segment means so much more the more you read all of them again and again so that Ged and Tenar and Tehanu can be all of their ages at once as you revisit.
The audiobook narration is an old fashioned style and I don't think a British man suits this series, considering the author. I think Tenar's book in particular should be read by a woman.
The audiobook narration is an old fashioned style and I don't think a British man suits this series, considering the author. I think Tenar's book in particular should be read by a woman.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Confinement
dwarrowdams's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.0
LeGuin’s writing style is still a delight, but the pacing felt really unbalanced: the beginning was slow and exposition-heavy, and then a bunch of things happened and the book ended at a weird point that left the heroine suspended between two plot arcs. Will definitely continue with the series, though, because I like the setting very much.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Confinement and Death
madamenovelist's review against another edition
adventurous
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? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Confinement, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, and Colonisation
erikwmj's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse and Confinement
Moderate: Slavery and Xenophobia
Minor: Violence and Murder
alexalily's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
hopeful
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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement
Moderate: Torture
Minor: Child abuse, Death, and Slavery
tangleroot_eli's review against another edition
adventurous
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
I enjoyed this one until Ged shows up. Then he’s such a patronizing asshat I almost threw the book across the room several times. “Oh, Tenar, you’re free now—as long as you go exactly where I take you and do exactly what I say!” He treats Tenar as much like a treasure as he does the Ring, and it’s super gross.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement and Death
Moderate: Bullying, Sexism, Torture, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, and Murder
Minor: Child abuse, Racism, and Slavery
Graphic: Darkness