Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Death, Confinement, TortureModerate
Incest, Misogyny, SexismMinor
SuicideCommunity Reviews
Summary of 13199 reviews
Moods
adventurous 71%
challenging 50%
emotional 37%
mysterious 21%
tense 19%
dark 17%
hopeful 17%
inspiring 17%
sad 16%
informative 5%
funny 1%
relaxing 1%
Pace
slow 40%
fast 3%
Plot- or character-driven?
A mix: 51% | Character: 34% | Plot: 12%Strong character development?
Yes: 78% | It's complicated: 14% | No: 6%Loveable characters?
Yes: 54% | It's complicated: 31% | No: 13%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 67% | It's complicated: 25% | No: 5% | N/A: 1%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 54% | It's complicated: 23% | No: 21% | N/A: 1%Average rating
304 pages | first published 1969
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ISBN/UID: 9781473221628
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Gollancz
Publication date: 13 April 2017
Description
Genly Ai is an ethnologist observing the people of the planet Gethen, a world perpetually in winter. The people there are androgynous, normally neuter, but they can become male ot female at the peak of their sexual cycle. They seem to Genly Ai ali...Book Information
304 pages | first published 1969
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ISBN/UID: 9781473221628
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Gollancz
Publication date: 13 April 2017
Description
Genly Ai is an ethnologist observing the people of the planet Gethen, a world perpetually in winter. The people there are androgynous, normally neuter, but they can become male ot female at the peak of their sexual cycle. They seem to Genly Ai ali...Book information
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Death, Confinement, TortureModerate
Incest, Misogyny, SexismMinor
SuicideCommunity Reviews
Summary of 13199 reviews
Moods
adventurous 71%
challenging 50%
emotional 37%
mysterious 21%
tense 19%
dark 17%
hopeful 17%
inspiring 17%
sad 16%
informative 5%
funny 1%
relaxing 1%
Pace
slow 40%
fast 3%
Plot- or character-driven?
A mix: 51% | Character: 34% | Plot: 12%Strong character development?
Yes: 78% | It's complicated: 14% | No: 6%Loveable characters?
Yes: 54% | It's complicated: 31% | No: 13%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 67% | It's complicated: 25% | No: 5% | N/A: 1%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 54% | It's complicated: 23% | No: 21% | N/A: 1%Average rating