not my fav book by my fav author
3 stars
this and the first Earthsea book are really just not my cup of tea
Paperback, 208 pages
English language
Published May 31, 1984 by Bantam.
4 stars
(3 reviews)
When the prince of Enlad declares the wizards have forgotten their spells, Ged sets out to test the ancient prophecies of Earthsea.
Luka /bookwyrm/ reviewed The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin (The Earthsea Cycle, #3)
about death
5 stars
This book has a strong message about the necessity of death, imagining what happens when immortality is possible.
When one door is closed many more are open
4 stars
Content warning mild spoilers inside
A lovely third instalment of the Earthsea series, and a good handoff from it being all Ged's story to broadening out. A few off notes though:
- I found the emphasis on restoring the King to bring back order off-putting and at odds with the gentle daoism infusing everything else about these books.
- Arren seems to go awfully quickly from doubting naif to ready to be crowned. I liked how much Ged's ascendancy was about time, effort and learning from his own mistakes, and Arren's feels rushed by comparison.
- This may be the most extreme of the Earthsea books so far for just lacking female characters.
I gather that the later books were in part a deliberate effort by an older Le Guin to fix some of the deficiencies of the first 3, especially around gender (even in Tombs of Atuan, I found Tenar more a captive who has things happen to her than a full actor). As much as I did enjoy this one, it's made me look forward to those even more.
Subjects
- Fiction
- Children's 12-Up - Fiction - Fantasy
- Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12)
- Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic
- Fiction / Fantasy / General
- Fantasy
- Magic
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