A review by ktlope
The Eye of the Heron by Ursula K. Le Guin
5.0
This took me a long time to get through for some reason, and I wish that I read it with less breaks in the middle but it was really incredible and I think a new favorite. There’s so much packed into a liiiiitttle little book and it managed to feel both revelatory and simple at the same time. I picture myself coming back to this many times bcoz I think there’s a lot more to absorb from this, particularly on themes of revolution, non-violent protest, authoritarianism, class, gender and feminism, imprisonment, and different types of human relationship w nature. Whilst being under 200 pages !!!!!
I’ve only read three books by Ursula but I think they always feel special to me because I see so much of the northwest in the scenery of her books. It feels like hooooooome and a tender little hug for my heart
This was also a book that I was constantly asking people around me if they had a pen that I could borrow so I could underline something. So many good lines. “Her father ignored her question by repeating it, thus transforming a feminine expression of emotion into a masculine assessment of fact”. So good
I’ve only read three books by Ursula but I think they always feel special to me because I see so much of the northwest in the scenery of her books. It feels like hooooooome and a tender little hug for my heart
This was also a book that I was constantly asking people around me if they had a pen that I could borrow so I could underline something. So many good lines. “Her father ignored her question by repeating it, thus transforming a feminine expression of emotion into a masculine assessment of fact”. So good